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Rollout: December's most interesting new food products

A look at holiday products: new beef cut; Jones' unusual soda flavors; Eagle dessert in a kit; brown sugar Splenda; Ore-Ida frozen roasted potatoes; a gift for Fido; a better butter wrapper.
Post Date: 11/30/2005
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Food Biz Kids: The tiniest of crackers

‘Fun to play with but better to eat.’
Post Date: 11/30/2005
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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Food Biz Kids: Juice in a fruit roll snack

Our 7th-grade panelists deemed Nabisco's CapriSun Juicers ‘a good out-the-door snack for lunch.’
Post Date: 10/25/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Food Biz Kids: Reese’s Cup in a cookie

Our seventh- and eighth-graders say Reese’s Milk Chocolate Dipped Cookies with Peanut Butter make ‘a good come-home-and-eat snack for kids.’
Post Date: 09/23/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Rollout: August’s most interesting new food products

Performance beans from Jelly Belly; Stouffer’s creates a bistro; Dove flies to new categories; Coke’s new Zero; keeping Chips Ahoy fresh; Herr’s buttermilk ranch popcorn.
Post Date: 07/26/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Food Biz Kids: Our kids disagree about Q-Smart

Some of our kids liked Q-Smart snacks, but a greater number did not. Overall, it was a sad day for rice cakes.
Post Date: 06/27/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Food Biz Kids: Cheese with zing

‘It’s a great idea to twist two flavors together.’
Post Date: 05/31/2005
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Product Spotlight: The price of healthful snacking

The health message is the new product for Planters Nut-rition almonds; but who’s nuts enough to pay $5.99?
Post Date: 03/29/2005
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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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Category Report: Hitting all the bars

Breakfast/cereal/snack bars are ideal for on-the-go consumers; and they can mesh well with the new Dietary Guidelines.
Post Date: 02/22/2005
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Product Spotlight: Another cookie-candy crossover

New Hershey’s Cookies–York Peppermint Pattie variety deliver convenience and indulgence in portion-controlled packs.
Post Date: 02/21/2005
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Rollout: March comes in like a . . . tiger?

This month's hot properties include high-fiber kids' cereal, whole-grain bread, tweak-your-own-flavor gum, super fast side dishes, the Doughboy on ice, and personalized M&Ms.
Post Date: 02/21/2005
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Food Biz Kids: Pita chips with cinnamon & sugar?

‘It’s a bad version of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.’
Post Date: 02/21/2005
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Well Noted: WF Snackdown

Editor David Feder, R.D., wrestles with the question of what makes a snack -- and snacking in general -- "good" or "bad."
Post Date: 02/01/2005
Author: David Feder, R.D., Editor

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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Snacks Unbound

We once could have defined the four basic food groups of the snack universe as “sugar, salt, fat and fast.” That definition is expanding while the boundaries are disappearing.
Post Date: 01/31/2005
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Post Date: 01/27/2005
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Rollout: From spa cuisine to wellness beer

Besides healthful entrees and beer, this month's hot new products include gummi guerillas, pouched seafood, juice-milk blends and spicy jerky.
Post Date: 01/25/2005
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