Company: New Frontier Foods

Website: www.oceanshalo.com

Introduced: January 2017

Distribution: National

Suggested Retail Price: $3.49 to $3.99

Product Snapshot: New Frontier Foods, maker of Ocean's Halo seaweed products, announced a significant expansion to its product lines and manufacturing capabilities debuting at 2017 Winter Fancy Foods show on January 22nd through the 24th in booth #3000, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. The new product offerings include:

  • A first-of-its-kind Dark Chocolate Seaweed Strip: Imagine two thin layers of seaweed surrounding a crunchy layer of Almonds or Coconut, with just the right amount of delicious dark chocolate in the middle. Both the Almond and Coconut skus are our highest-ever scoring products in pre-launch taste tests, and are an expansion to The Seaweed Strip™ product line.
  • Chile Lime and Korean BBQ Flavors Added to The Seaweed Snack Sheets:  Its popular USDA Organic sheeted seaweed snacks now have two new flavors – Chili Lime and Korean BBQ – which also remain available in Sea Salt, Maui Onion, Texas BBQ and Sriracha flavors.
  • Organic Ocean's Halo Sushi Nori – to satisfy growing market demand for at-home sushi products, a high-quality line of organic sushi nori will debut in the Spring 2017
  • US Production Facility Now SQF Certified – Our seaweed production facility in Cerritos, California was SQF certified in the fall of 2016. 

Commenting on the expansion, Ocean's Halo co-founder Robert Mock noted: "Seaweed shouldn't be boring. Consumers deserve new and interesting products and we're going to be relentless in our pursuit of product innovation. We couldn't be more excited about the dark chocolate strips, new flavored sheets and the organic nori. And stay tuned for another completely new product later this year."

Shoppers can now find Ocean's Halo Seaweed snack products in Whole Foods, Costco, Albertsons, Safeway & Vons, Ahold, Mollie Stones and a growing number of natural, grocery and specialty markets, co-ops and restaurants in the US and abroad. Ocean's Halo is also sold on Amazon.com.