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Probiotics are popping in food and beverage product innovation.
Activia
New from Danone North America, Activia Probiotic Smoothies blend live and active probiotics with fruits, vegetables and seeds to create lowfat yogurt drinks. Containing no added sugars, the smoothies come in three varieties: chia seeds, flax seeds, hemp seeds, pineapple, kiwi, cucumber and ginger; flax seeds, mango, carrot, peach and turmeric; and chia seeds, strawberry, pomegranate, blueberry and beet.
Kind Healthy Snacks
Kind Healthy Snacks is homing in on gut health with its new line of breakfast bars.
Kind Breakfast Probiotics Bars contain 500 million colony-forming units of probiotic cultures per serving and are made with a blend of oats, brown rice flour, millet, buckwheat and amaranth.
The gluten-free bars contain 200 to 220 calories per two-bar serving. Flavors include apple cinnamon, orange cranberry and peanut butter dark chocolate.
GT’s Living Foods
GT’s Living Foods is launching Aqua Kefir, a new line of fermented sparkling probiotic waters cultured with ancient kefir grains. U.S.D.A.-certified organic, the beverages are sweetened with cane sugar and contain 50 calories per 16-oz bottle. The non-dairy beverages come in coconut lime, peach pineapple, pomegranate cranberry, and pear ginger varieties.
The Kraft Heinz Co.
The Kraft Heinz Co. is adding an extra layer of nutrition to its Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner with new varieties that include white beans and cauliflower in the pasta.
New Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner White Bean features white bean added to the pasta to deliver nine grams of protein per serving.
New Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner with Cauliflower adds cauliflower to the pasta to provide ¼ cup of vegetables per serving. The cauliflower blended pasta comes in original and white cheddar varieties.
Nestle S.A.
Nestle S.A. is delivering a safe way to consume cookie dough with its new Nestle Toll House Edible Cookie Dough. The pints of refrigerated dough are available in two varieties: chocolate chip, and peanut butter chocolate chip monster, which includes candy-coated chocolate pieces.
Silk
Danone North America’s Silk brand is expanding its Oat Yeah oatmilk products into the yogurt aisle with new Oat Yeah Oatmilkgurts. The oatmilk yogurt alternatives combine gluten-free oats with live and active cultures and come in vanilla, mixed berry, strawberry, and mango flavors. All varieties are dairy-free, nut-free, soy-free, certified gluten-free and Non-GMO Project verified.
Smartfood
New Smartfood Flamin' Hot White Cheddar Flavored Popcorn from PepsiCo, Inc.'s Frito-Lay division is heating up the snack aisle. The air-popped, ready-to-eat popcorn is tossed in white cheddar cheese and Flamin' Hot flavored powder and contains 15 grams of whole grains per serving.
The Barilla Group
The Barilla Group is introducing a line of Italian pasta sauces with no added sugar. The sauces are made with tomatoes, onion, garlic, sea salt and extra-virgin olive oil sautéed slowly over low heat.
Varieties include tomato and basil, marinara, Calabrian marinara and Sicilian herb.
International Delight
Danone North America’s International Delight brand is bolstering its coffee creamer lineup with new French Toast Swirl Flavored Creamer. Featuring the flavors of maple syrup, cinnamon and sugar, the creamer contains 35 calories per serving and is Non-GMO Project verified.
Bare Snacks
PepsiCo Inc.’s Bare Snacks brand is introducing Bare Medleys, featuring blends of baked fruit and coconut chips. The Non-GMO Project verified crunchy snack mixes are available in two varieties: pineapple and coconut chips, and apple chips and strawberry chips.
Cappello’s
Seven new almond-based products are joining the Cappello’s grain-free portfolio.
The brand’s new Almond Flour Pizzas feature crust made with cage-free eggs, almond flour, arrowroot flour, cassava flour and coconut milk. Varieties include Naked, Whole Milk Mozzarella Cheese, Uncured Pepperoni, and Italian Sausage with Roasted Red Peppers.
The Sweet Potato Gnocchi are made with a blend of sweet potatoes, almond flour, tapioca flour and cage-free egg whites.
Cappello’s new Spaghetti is a grain-free pasta made with almond flour, cage-free eggs and tapioca flour.
The new Double Chocolate Cookie Dough combines organic cocoa powder and chocolate morsels with almond flour dough to create a grain- and gluten-free vegan cookie dough.
Chameleon Cold-Brew
Nestle S.A.’s Chameleon Cold-Brew brand is introducing cold-brew blended with organic oat milk. Sweetened with organic cane sugar, the dairy-free beverage is nut-free, non-G.M.O. and U.S.D.A.-certified organic. Varieties include original and dark chocolate.
Caribou Coffee
Caribou Coffee is bringing its cold-brew coffee to retail with the launch of new ready-to-drink cold-brew beverages. Packaged in sleek cans, the coffee is brewed for 12 hours from Caribou Blend beans and comes in three varieties: black; original, with a hint of cream and sugar; and vanilla, with a touch of cream and vanilla.
Remedy Organics
Remedy Organics is introducing Golden Mind, a new plant-based functional wellness beverage that is gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, non-G.M.O. and U.S.D.A.-certified organic. Delivering 10 grams of protein per serving, the beverage contains almond milk, DHA Omega 3, MCT oil, turmeric, ginger, maca and prebiotics.
Rind Snacks
Rind Snacks is expanding its lineup of skin-on dried fruit snacks with the new Straw-Peary Blend. Available in 3-oz and 1.5-oz pouches, the snacks feature a mix of dried organic honeycrisp apple slices, California pears and strawberries.
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