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NOL ADDS PATAGONIA SWEETS™ TO CERTIFICATION LIST
     

Collins, GA - National Onion Labs, Inc. (NOL) is proud to announce that Chile-based Patagonia Sweets™, a division of American Onion, Inc. has enrolled their sweet onion acreage in NOL’s flavor certification program. 

American Onion Vice-President, Bill Levy remarks; “We are the only Chilean sweet onions ever to attain the Certified Sweet™ status from NOL. We were very confident our Patagonia’s would be truly sweet, but now we have NOL’s certification to prove it.”

American Onion, Inc. also utilizes the industry-leading, third-party certification program to ensure quality in its Oregon-based Hermiston Sweets™ in the program with much success.

Patagonia Sweets that attain NOL’s Certified Sweet™ are expected to be on retail shelves beginning mid-December, 2006.

More information on National Onion Labs, Inc. can be found at www.onionlabs.com.

For Patagonia Sweets™ sales information contact Curry and Co. in Brooks, Oregon at 1-503-393-6033, or visit them on the web at www.curryandco.com

Certified Extra Sweet™ and Certified Sweet™ are both trademarks of National Onion Labs, Inc.

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