Greek FroYo & Frozen Kefir: Fad or Fab?

Send to KindleTweet Vermont-based activist food company Ben & Jerry’s has revealed a new line of frozen yogurt products based on Greek yogurt. The line up includes four flavors that will come in pint and snack-size containers. The product is said to have more protein and fewer calories than the standard B&J product. According to [...]

New Product Review: Natural Fruit Soda

Send to KindleTweet Corn syrup-free fruit sodas are nothing new but this brand might help bring the trend outside of the treehugger demographic. The brainchild of Portland, Oregon-based David Yudkin and his family, HOTLIPS is a line of “natural fruit sodas” made from produce picked from the Pacific Northwest region. HOTLIPS is not the family’s [...]

Safe Soap

Send to KindleTweet Keeping your family germ-free while reducing your dependence on petroleum- and chemical-filled products is a difficult endeavor. Lately it seems as though petroleum byproducts and corn syrup derivatives are in most products, even when they don’t seem necessary. Petroleum is often found in various fuel types, plastics, detergent and many other daily household products. The [...]

The Food Orgasm: Coconut Milk Frozen Dessert

Send to KindleTweet Love is the only reason I can justify spending $7 on a pint of frozen dessert. Tonight, when I brought my basket to the register at Garden of Eden, the checkout girl was dumbfounded when I responded $6.99 after the scanner failed to assign a price to my treat: Luna & Larry’s [...]

Starbucks: A LEED Store, Happy Hour & Custom Drinks

Send to KindleTweet Though the country may still suffer from nearly 10% unemployment, we have begun a recovery and so has Starbucks. Late last month, the company announced that its SoHo, NYC, store on Spring Street is registered for LEED certification as part of the U.S. Green Building Council’s Volume chrome://foxytunes-public/content/signatures/signature-button.pngCertification pilot program. The design [...]

Jamba Juice Adds Hot Drinks

Send to KindleTweet Smoothie company Jamba Juice announced that it will begin selling hot drinks on March 1, 2010, in more than 340 stores. The launch includes 10 new hot beverage items, including four unique to Jamba Juice and six organic Mighty Leaf Tea. The company will also add some baked goods and a new [...]

A Chocolate Family Affair

Send to KindleTweet It’s no longer an oxymoron to use the words “healthy” and “candy” together thanks to Q.bel. The Nyack, New York-based food company has created a product that is part cookie, part candy, with no corn syrup and unnecessary additives. Founded by Bahram Shirazi, a former finance executive, Q.bel Foods was created after [...]

Duane Reade Pushes DeLish

Send to KindleTweet The creation of yet another snack line may seem insignificant, but while the lot of well-educated and privileged people believe that simply teaching people to cook will end obesity, the truth is that we must wage a war against the widespread overuse of corn syrup and salt. This became clear when I [...]

A Healthy Halloween

Send to KindleTweet Halloween is our justification for candy overload just as Thanksgiving is a justification for overeating and St. Patrick’s for binge drinking. But, the more education consumers get about food, the more parents crave healthy, tasty options for their kids. One product I keep away from my niece, and all the kids in [...]

Nutrition & Health Trends FY10

Send to KindleTweet Our third year at Expo East again revealed the health, wellness and nutrition trends for the coming year, with a continued focus on gluten-free and ayurveda-inspired wellness and beauty lines. While years ago organic was the go-to seal to attract new buyers, gluten-free continues to be the latest seal trend seekers search [...]

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