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Z Specialty Food, LLC is a family owned and operated gourmet foods business.
Because of this, we are able to give attention to each individual product and its package. Over the years, we have become known for both our fine quality and our exquisite packaging. Ishai Zeldner, the founder, is a fourth generation food merchant. He worked in a beekeeping operation in Israel while living on Kibbutz. Upon his return he enrolled in apiculture at the University of California, Davis. Put it all together and the rest is the early history of Z Specialty Food, LLC.
This is the whole family! In the center, Ishai who runs most of the operations and answers the phone as often as possible and Amina who does the writing and art direction and runs the office. Josh, a student, has been doing all the data entry for this website and often helps out in the warehouse. Shoshi joins us at trade shows and other events. We each have our favorite product and favorite flavor of honey!
Because of this, we are able to give attention to each individual product and its package. Over the years, we have become known for both our fine quality and our exquisite packaging. Ishai Zeldner, the founder, is a fourth generation food merchant. He worked in a beekeeping operation in Israel while living on Kibbutz. Upon his return he enrolled in apiculture at the University of California, Davis. Put it all together and the rest is the early history of Z Specialty Food, LLC.
Spring, 2007: Ishai with a few of our hives in the back yard. The honey from these hives is sold to you as \'chunk comb\'. That is, a jar of honey with a chunk of pure comb honey in liquid honey. It\'s the best of both worlds! (Yes, they are full of bees and honey! And yes, they are in our back yard!)
How we started:
Moon Shine Trading Company began simply with a love for pure and wonderful honeys. In 1979 we started with 180 pounds of pure Yellow Star Thistle Northern California\'s finest. Ishai carefully warmed the honey, gently strained it through a fine screen and then proudly bottled the glistening product.
With this tiny beginning the seed of the Gourmet Honey Collection™ had been planted. During the following years of growth, we carefully researched each honey before it was selected to be a part of the Gourmet Honey Collection™. Each honey must meet our rigid criteria for purity of color, bouquet and flavor. Now, many years later, we are still able to marvel at the beauty and simplicity of nature\'s finest sweet each time we prepare and bottle our honey.
What came next:
In 1984 Moon Shine Trading initiated Gourmet Butters & Spreads. This line represents some of the finest spreadables available beginning with our first and favorite California Almond Butter (available chunky and smooth) right up through the introduction of our Honey Fruit Spreads and the nationally acclaimed and award winning California Honey Apricot Spread; a tangy combination of dried apricots and sweet honey.
"Honey in the Straw™," is an innovative way to take the Gourmet Honey Collection™ on the go. Not only does this make a wonderful treat, we have packaged it in a variety of styles from boxes to gift bags for every occasion!
And so it went - Chocolate and Vanilla Cremes were combined with our nut butters to truly divine effect.
Then we decided to create Nut Sweeties™, an adorable item that showcases whole nuts in pure honey. What could b more natural?
Cowboy Caviar:
So, how did we get from honey to Cowboy Caviar, those wonderful tomato and vegetable patés?
We always loved great food. Back in the 1980\'s when we were just starting, we met wonderful people who were also venturing into the food business with terrific, not widely distributed, products. Cowboy Caviar was one of these. When it came up for sale in the early 2000\'s, we just couldn\'t resist!
Press:
Sacramento Bee March 9, 2005
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