Beverage Trend – Single Brew Coffee

The latest beverage trend is about the medium not the product. Single brew coffee. It’s ironic that if you hold onto something for long enough it will once again be en vogue. When I moved to NYC in 2004, I was staying with my aunt and uncle, who had been in the same apartment in [...]

Food Distribution Giant Reveals Nutrition Trends

One of the biggest distributors of organic and natural foods, UNFI or United Natural Foods Inc., released its 3rd quarter roundup of trends, both existing and upcoming. The video below is geared at those that manage or own health food stores. Among the products hot listed are “super seeds,” non-dairy spreads and cooking oils, and [...]

Uniqlo: The New Gap?

Years ago when New Yorkers heard a little known Japanese store called Uniqlo was coming to Broadway in SoHo, we heard it described as “the Gap of Japan.” Fast forward five years and Fast Retailing, Uniqlo’s parent company, is gearing up for the much anticipated launch of two huge new U.S. stores, both located in [...]

Bright Eyes: A Roundup Of Eye Creams

When a man that’s never worn moisturizer tells you that you need more sleep, you ask said man, a relative, “do I have lines around my eyes?” No, he says, they’re just, you need more sleep, he says choosing his words carefully. “They’re purple,” I question, fear and vanity taking over me. Yes, he responds. [...]

Photoshop-Inspired Beauty: Cellulite Creams

The baby boomer generation of women don’t understand why generation X cares so much about cellulite. I guess that’s because they weren’t dating in the age of Photoshop. We are supposed to feel like men appreciate women with curves but everyone prefers firm to flabby. Genes do ultimately define our shape but how toned we [...]

Is GMO Broccoli Next?

An announcement from Monsanto and Apio (a unit of Landec Corp.) suggests that broccoli might be the next vegetable to be tweaked in the lab. Such products are labeled as enriched and at first seem positive additions to the grocery shelves, as they are marketed as multi-tasking products that are healthier than the original versions. [...]

New Product Review: Clif Mojo & Luna Bars

Every fall the Expo East wellness and health food convention brings retailers, writers and product developers together to showcase existing and new products. Just a few years ago I spoke to a man about chips that were made in an unconventional manner. Two years later Pop chips have a following across the nation, including in [...]

Exotic Fruits Among Expected Food Trends

Ironic trends continue as folks in the developed world seek out super fruits and herbs while American multinationals peddle their mainstay products in developing nations such as China and India. I am hooked on super fruits and Indian and Chinese herbs. I’ve been into exotic fruits including yuzu, passion fruit, and seabuckthorn for quite a [...]

Hydration Helpers: Low Sugar BPA-Free Tools

Detox goals usually only last a few days. Cutting carbs, sugar, caffeine, and alcohol are often a short-lived dietary move. One that may having a more lasting impact is to lower one’s alcohol and caffeine intake and to ingest more water and soup. Two tools that might help are a low-calorie water soluble vitamin mix [...]

Safe Soap

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 effort to shrink [...]

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