Jamba Adds Energy Drink, Coconut Water, To Mix
May 31, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life, The Healthy Lunchbox
Jamba Juice has expanded its lineup of drinks, including bottled products, to include an energy product and coconut water-based beverage. Dubbed Fruit Refreshers, one new menu item is a coconut water drink made with fruit, sherbet, and ice. Another spring arrival is the launch of Jamba Juice All Natural Energy Drinks, the product of a [...]
Caffeinated SuperJuice
May 29, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life
It won’t make you immune to aging or cancer, but Bai drinks are an alternative to the spiky jolt that comes from pure coffee. Bai Brands‘ Bai5 line now includes a Congo Pear flavor , which is 20-calorie per bottle juice-cum-tea product, with about 70 mg of caffeine, an amount slightly higher than a can [...]
An Energy Drink Fit For Fighters, Workaholics
April 28, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life, The Daily Bitch
It’s entirely unlike me to promote an energy drink with more unpronounceable ingredients than I care to mention, but desperate times led me to the official drink of UFC. I suppose it isn’t so surprising given that at one time I watched and enjoyed Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bodog, despite my disdain for any [...]
Fage Adds Nonfat Yogurt Options
January 26, 2011 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life, The Healthy Lunchbox
Greek dairy giant FAGE announced a new line of products dubbed FAGE Total 0% Flavors. The fat-free yogurt range includes a variety of exotic flavors. The line, which comes in split cup packaging, is the first to feature the following new flavors: Strawberry-Goji, Blueberry-Acai, Mango-Guanabana, Cherry-Pomegranate, and Honey. Made from skim milk, the flavors include [...]
Fruit Kids Will Eat: Snacks That Pass Our Test
June 15, 2010 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Featured, Nutri-Life
Getting kids to eat fruit or vegetables after the age of two usually involves juice(s) or fruit disguised as fun snacks. Parents seeking healthy snacks can now add Funky Monkey freeze dried fruit snacks to the list of suitable lunchbox additions. Made from 100% fruit, the snacks are gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, peanut and tree nut-free. [...]
Absolut To Introduce New Flavor
October 26, 2009 by Krysten Kauder
Filed under Featured, Leisure & Culture
Travelers will toast the new year with Absolut’s limited edition ‘Flavor of the Tropics’, available in January 2010, DFNI reports. Launching initially in Europe and the Americas, it will be available at duty-free locations everywhere in February 2010. The new flavor contains orange, mango, melon, lychee and hints of berries and pineapple. Click here for [...]
Non-Dairy Probiotics
June 2, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Nutri-Life
The man behind Silk soymilk is entering the probiotic sector through his new company, NextFoods. Where else would Steve Demos make his base—no, not California, but Boulder, Colorado. NextFoods is a new venture whose main product, at present, is Good Belly, a vegan, wheat-free and soy-free drink meant for daily use to promote probiotics, or [...]
Easy Exotic CocktailsWhat: A vodka company and a drink mixers company help make you a bartender extraordinaire, sans serious sugar.
March 5, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Uncategorized
The Dirt: Massachusetts drink company Mixerz is the upscale, healthy alternative to the sugar-heavy cocktail mixers of the past. Throw all your sour mix and bloody mary mixes out the window, because Mixerz has options for everyone, and they use cane sugar to sweeten! The collection ranges from bloody mary mix to lemoncello to one [...]
Beauty For A Better World
March 3, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
Caviar, gold, mango, grapefruit and hemp seeds. What do these elements all have in common? They are the basis for the irresistible skin care items featuring in Trendcetera.com’s party goody bags and raffle, which benefited HIV/AIDS nonprofit Sekolo Projects. If you are like us and you have multiple beauty personalities, you will be able to [...]
The Latest For Locks
February 24, 2009 by Andrea Toochin
Filed under Paints & Potions
As early as twenty years ago, curly hair was fixed by being relaxed or straightened. These days, there are salons and products galore to help define curls and keep frizz at bay. Some people are even wearing extensions and weaves by choice, after many spent hours in the salon and many a penny getting theirs [...]


