Revolution Tea introduced T-Organics, a line of certified organic teas in a 100% biodegradable pyramid bag. The new teas come in four different flavors: Scottish Breakfast Tea, Green Earl Grey Tea, Huckleberry Red Herbal Tea and White Chai Tea.
Full Story San Francisco Fancy Food Show exhibitor "Sweet Mama Janisse" and her Creole-style specialty sauces were recently featured on a California Fancy Food TV show. Janisse-Wilkins' packaged sauces include Chili Pepper Paste, Sticky Love Sauce, Soul Q Sauce, Soy-Gin Sauce and Mint To Love Sauce and the company is striving for national and worldwide distribution of the sauces, reported
The Eureka Reporter.
Full Story The soy industry is looking for the next big thing as a lull in sales has many waiting for a breakthrough product. Much of soy's growth occurred between 2001 and 2002, which saw an 18% spike in U.S. retail sales compared with just 6% from 2003 to 2004, according to research firm Mintel International Group, reported
MSNBC.com.
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Middle East is only just awakening to the concept of organic foods, but could quickly become a promising world market for it. High levels of disposable income, increased awareness about food and related health and safety issues and rising numbers of expatriates accustomed to organic produce will become the driving factors for organics in the Persian Gulf, reported
tehrantimes.com.
Full Story Visa International, MasterCard Inc. and other
card companies are working hard to make sure that no purchase is too small for plastic, reported
The Washington Post. Credit and debit card payments under $5 totaled $13.5 billion last year, more than three times as much as they were in 2000, according to research firm CardWeb.com Inc. Charges under $10 climbed to $35.5 billion, more than six times as much as in 2000.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) Cascadian Farm introduced Cascadian Farm Clifford Crunch cereal, an organic cereal geared towards children, reported
Food Ingredients First.
Full Story The San Francisco Chronicle compared hearts of palm in jars and cans, all packaged in Central and South America. One theory of the tasting was that the hearts of palm in jars would taste better than the ones in cans, but that didn't turn out to be true.
Full Story The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is filing a lawsuit against FDA to compel the agency to classify salt as a food additive. CSPI is also recommending that consumers choose lower-sodium foods, and is proposing that the FDA phase in reasonable limits on the salt content of foods that provide the most salt to the diet.
The Wall Street Journal takes a look at ways the food industry has tried to reduce salt intake in the past and the problems it has encountered.
CSPI Release Full Story (WSJ Subscription Required) The Coalition for Fair Wine Laws is seeking to update Ohio's outdated wine laws by working with legislators to establish a competitive wine industry. The Coalition is an alliance of more than 1,000 wine suppliers, distributors, retailers and restaurateurs throughout Ohio.
Full Story More wild mushrooms than usual are turning up in the U.S. lately, with increasing supplies from Europe and South Africa supplementing local varieties, reported
The Los Angeles Times.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) Some organic dairy farmers are troubled by large dairies that call their milk organic, because they keep thousands of cows in open-air pens. Farmers worry that if the cows are usually penned up, consumers could get turned off to the whole industry, reported
The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Full Story (Free Registration Required) Burbank, WA-based
Excellent Foods LLC developed a method to make apple fries. Appletizers
are made from fresh apples that are peeled, cored and covered with a patented dry coating and then flash frozen in liquid nitrogen. Appletizers
can't thaw even a bit between processing and frying, which means they can only be transported in freezer trucks, according to
The Tri-City Herald.
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Did You Miss The Food Institute's Webinar Featuring Willard Bishop Consulting? You Can Purchase A Recorded Copy of The Outlook for Food Retailing Through 2008 Warehouse clubs, supercenters, drugs stores, and dollar stores are just a few of the formats that have taken a piece of the retail food pie from traditional supermarkets over the past decade. Find out: Which types of food stores will be gaining and losing market shares through 2008? What's driving these changes? How can suppliers and retailers react to these changes? Rebroadcasts of the webinar are just $49 - For details, click here. |
notes that
sales of Spanish wine in the U.S. were flat for years until recently, but increased around 70% since 2000.
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