A Mount Maunganui food manufacturer who says he makes the healthiest salami in New Zealand is looking for investors keen to help take his business to the next level.
Identifying a gap in the market for a high-quality, low-fat salami, LASCo managing director Jeff Ryan developed a range of products 90 per cent fat-free, gluten-free, dairy-free and soy-free.
Unlike many salami-makers who ferment the meat, LASCo uses a state-of-the-art smoking oven to cook the meat and kill bacteria.
Mr Ryan and partner Trudi Peet launched LASCo (Lean Artisan Smokehouse Co) late last year and have been doing the hard work necessary to get their products known and stocked in supermarkets and boutique grocers.
Individual supermarkets have enthusiastically taken the products on board but the real boost to sales will come from a supermarket chain stocking LASCo salamis (national grocery co-operative Foodstuffs is considering the products for it's New World and Pak'nSave supermarkets).