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Rollout: New Food Products for December 2008

New food products guaranteed to whet the appetite.
Post Date: 11/26/2008
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Coming to a grocery near you …

The annual FMI show provides a look at the many innovative products hoping to find space on the shelf.
Post Date: 07/25/2006
Author: Diane Toops, David Feder and Dave Fusaro

Editor’s Plate: Healthier products abound at this year’s FMI show

The FMI show proved food processors are trying their best to formulate with the Dietary Guidelines in mind.
Post Date: 06/01/2006
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Rollout: The best of June’s new food products

This month's debutantes include Birds Eye Steamfresh veggies; Wishbone Salad Spritzers; Kellogg's Granola Munch'ems and Special K Snack Bites; 100 calorie packs from Frito-Lay; Dr Pepper Berries & Cream; McCormick Finishing Sauces.
Post Date: 05/31/2006
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Product Spotlight: A steamy story of dressed-up vegetables

Birds Eye Steam & Serve offers quality vegetables expertly prepared with a gourmet sauce … at nearly 3 bucks.
Post Date: 05/23/2006
Author: Hollis Ashman and Jacqueline Beckley, Consumer Understanding Editors

The Pacesetters: Top-selling new products

IRI’s top-selling products of 2005 deliver lessons (good and bad) in taste, nutrition, convenience and performance.
Post Date: 04/25/2006
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The magic in vegetables

The scientific and marketing imperatives mount for working phytochemicals into your food products.
Post Date: 03/30/2006
Author: Frances Katz, Senior Technical Editor

Product Spotlight: How far can you push canned tomatoes?

ConAgra’s Hunt’s brand tries to create a superpremium category for canned vegetables.
Post Date: 03/30/2006
Author: Hollis Ashman and Jacqueline Beckley, Consumer Understanding Editors

Rollout: February's most interesting new food products

Hershey's Kissables; Birds Eye’s Herb Garden Collection; Quaker Life with yogurt; DiGiorno’s wheat pizza; Cheez-It Fiesta; Seattle’s Best Coffee at home.
Post Date: 01/31/2006
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Rollout: January's most interesting new products

Birds Eye Steam & Serve side dishes; Kraft’s healthier mac & cheese; frozen premium fruit from Dole; Crystal Light for bottled water; Mega M&M’s; Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Dipped cookies
Post Date: 12/21/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

2005 Innovation Awards: Works of art

Our editors, readers and advisors pick the masterpieces of 2005 (and a couple of potboilers) with an eye toward healthier eating.
Post Date: 11/28/2005
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New packages can enliven mature products

Revitalizing the health of your brand or product may be only a package change away — just ask StarKist, Pringles, Corbett Canyon and Birds Eye.
Post Date: 06/28/2005
Author: Kate Bertrand

Front Burner: Thai required

What is there to not attract people to Thai? The typical Thai dish balances all flavor elements — sweet, astringent, salty, piquant, tart and <I>uomi</I> (meaty) — with a surprising lightness and delicacy that makes for a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Post Date: 04/19/2005
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Incorporating Thai in your food products: Fresh is the key

The learning curve may be longer for Thai than for Italian or Mexican, but if the popularity of pad thai is any indication, this cuisine is fit to be Thai-d.
Post Date: 04/18/2005
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How to say it organically

Consumers are buying into organic foods; are you buying organic ingredients?
Post Date: 03/28/2005
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Category Report: It’s in the bag

The fresh-cut fruit and vegetable category is being fueled by convenience and the new Dietary Guidelines.
Post Date: 03/24/2005
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Rollout: The best of April's new food products

Haagen-Dazs sees the light; plant sterols pump up Yoplait; Sargento goes for the bold; Kraft delivers a calcium boost; Coke pushes the throttle; Twist [your] Brain around this!
Post Date: 03/24/2005
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Power Lunch: Is that Roquefort from Roquefort?

If the consumer is likely to be misled by the use of a misdescriptive geographic indication, then the indication may not be used.
Post Date: 03/08/2005
Author: By Nate Garhart, partner, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLP

New Dietary Guidelines Released

The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Americans are here. Not everyone is pleased, though. Here's why.
Post Date: 02/01/2005
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Whole Foods Market looks to double sales in 5 years

Post Date: 01/31/2005
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