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Food Biz Kids: Cheez-It Baked Snack Crackers – Pepper Jack

A cheesy and spicy cracker treat so tasty our 7th and 8th grade reviewers deemed it good enough that 'Even my great grandma enjoyed these.'
Post Date: 06/03/2010
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Food Biz Kids: Oreo Fun Stix Receive Rave Reviews

Our 7th and 8th grade reviewers find Oreo's Fun Stix a "Fun alternative to breakfast cereal."
Post Date: 05/13/2010
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Food Biz Kids: Our Kids love Flavor Kickers

According to our Junior High Tasters, General Mills' Fruit by the Foot Flavor Kickers are 'Needed in the world for junk food snacks!'
Post Date: 02/26/2010
Author: Diane Toops, News and Trends Editor

Rollout: New Food Products for December 2008

New food products guaranteed to whet the appetite.
Post Date: 11/26/2008
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Psychedelic, baby!

According to Food Processing's 8th-grade panelists, Tropical Foods' Snack Pack trail mix just needs a more eye-catching package.
Post Date: 11/28/2006
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Food Biz Kids: Caramel-apple popcorn rocks!

Food Processing’s 8th-grade panelists tasted caramel apple popcorn that resulted in being a hit across the board.
Post Date: 10/02/2006
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Product Spotlight: Chocolate for multitasking

Nestle has created a new form for its popular (but old — 1938) Crunch bar: Crunch Stixx. The remake moves the product to a more premium space and also makes it more convenient. Nestle rolls novelty, demographics, premiumness and convenience into Nestle’s Crunch Stixx.
Post Date: 09/27/2006
Author: Hollis Ashman and Jacqueline Beckley, Consumer Understanding Editors

Food Biz Kids: Putting off the Ritz

Food Processing’s 8th-grade panelists tasted peanut butter and jelly cracker sandwiches that resulted in mixed reviews.
Post Date: 09/07/2006
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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

Food Biz Kids: Checking out Chocolate Chex Mix

Our 7th-grade panelists sampled a new General Mills snack product and though the ingredients were mixed, the reviews were not (mostly). All but one taster gave Chocolate Chex Mix a thumbs-up.
Post Date: 06/29/2006
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

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

Category Report: Popcorn -- An American original

The popularity of microwave popcorn just keeps growing.
Post Date: 05/23/2006
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Food Biz Kids: Great brownie, questionable name

‘Chocolate and vanilla taste great together.’
Post Date: 05/22/2006
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends, Editor

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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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

Food Biz Kids: Popcorn as a birth announcement

The Storkline's fruit-flavored popcorn is color-coordinated to the new baby's gender: blue for a boy and pink for a girl.
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

Food Biz Kids: Mixed reviews for Hershey's Caramel SnackBarz

‘Are they trying to compete with Nestlé Toll House Bars?’
Post Date: 12/19/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Well Noted: Not Your Bubbie’s Kosher

Kosherfest 2005 showed that the merger of the food industry’s two hottest trends is no mixed marriage.
Post Date: 12/06/2005
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