New Products
1. Sunfood Nutrition Organic Raw Cashews
Company: Sunfood Nutrition, San Diego, Calif.
Web site: www.SunFood.com
Introduced: August 2007
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $17.95 for a 16-oz. bag
Ingredients: 100% Organic Raw Cashews
2. Little Debbie 100 Calorie Snacks
Company: McKee Foods, Collegedale, Tenn.
Web site: www.LittleDebbie.com, www.McKeeFoods.com
Introduced: October 2007
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $1.59 for a box of 12 snacks
Product Snapshot: Two of Little Debbie’s popular snacks now are available in 100-calorie servings. Consumers can choose from boxes of individually wrapped Triple Fudge Brownies and Nutty Bar Singles.
Ingredients (Nutty Bar Singles): Dextose, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [Vitamin B1], riboflavin [Vitamin B2], folic acid), peanut butter, sugar, palm and palm kernel oil, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil with TBHQ to preserve flavor, water, cocoa, soybean oil, salt, emulsifiers (mono- and diglycerides, soy lecithin), corn starch, baking soda, citric acid, artificial flavor, whey (milk), egg whites. Contains wheat, peanuts, soy, milk and eggs. Manufactured on equipment that processes products containing tree nuts.
3. Fisher Snowman Mix
Company: John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., Elgin, Ill.
Web site: www.FisherNuts.com
Introduced: August 2007
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $2.49 for a 2-oz. bag
Product Snapshot: The name says it all. Fisher Snowman Mix combines chocolate chips, pretzels and yogurt-covered raisins for a sweet and salty, crunchy mix. One package contains 250 calories and 10 g. of fat.
Ingredients: Yogurt-coated raisins (yogurt coating [sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, yogurt powder *cultured whey protein in concentrate, cultured skim milk and yogurt culture], nonfat dry milk solids, natural flavor [contains milk], salt and artificial flavor). Raisins (coated with less than 1% partially hydrogenated soybean/cottonseed oil and/or canola oil). Milk chocolate chips (sugar, cocoa butter, whole milk, chocolate liquor, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], and vanillin [an artificial flavoring]). And pretzels (enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate riboflavin and folic acid]. Salt, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, baking soda and yeast). May contain peanuts and/or other tree nuts.
4. Doritos Collisions
Company: Frito-Lay, Plano, Texas
Web site: www.FritoLay.com
Introduced: September 2007
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $0.99 for a 2.62-oz. bag; $3.49 for a 12.25-oz. bag.
Product Snapshot: Doritos Collisions bring together two distinct flavors of the well-known brand tortilla chips in one bag. Current combinations are Hot Wings & Blue Cheese, and Zesty Nacho & Chipotle Ranch. Each is trans fat free.
Ingredients (Zesty Taco): Whole corn, vegetable oil (Contains one or more of the following: corn, soybean and/or sunflower oil) and less than 2% of the following: salt, maltodextrin, sour cream (culture cream, lactic acid), monosodium glutamate, sugar, spices, onion powder, nonfat dry milk, chili pepper, tomato powder, corn flour, garlic powder, whey powder, corn starch, mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), paprika, natural flavor, artificial color (including Red 40 Lake, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1 Lake, Red 40, Blue 1), citric acid, Cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sodium diacetate, malic acid, lactic acid, jalapeño pepper powder, disodium guanylate, and disodium inosinate. Contains milk ingredients.
Ingredients (Chipotle Ranch): Whole corn, vegetable oil (Contains one or more of the following: corn, soybean and/or sunflower oil), and less than 2% of the following: dry buttermilk, salt, monosodium glutamate, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey powder, onion powder, spices (including chipotle pepper powder), chili pepper powder (color), sugar, garlic powder, sour cream (cultured cream, lactic acid), maltodextrin, natural flavor, red bell pepper, citric acid, sodium acetate, malic acid, lactic acid, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, sodium diacetate, and artificial color. Contains milk ingredients.
Ingredients (Chipotle Ranch): Whole corn, vegetable oil (Contains one or more of the following: corn, soybean and/or sunflower oil), and less than 2% of the following: dry buttermilk, salt, monosodium glutamate, parmesan cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), whey powder, onion powder, spices (including chipotle pepper powder), chili pepper powder (color), sugar, garlic powder, sour cream (cultured cream, lactic acid), maltodextrin, natural flavor, red bell pepper, citric acid, sodium acetate, malic acid, lactic acid, disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, sodium diacetate, and artificial color. Contains milk ingredients.
