Food Business News - July 16, 2013 - 29

New Food Products

Starbucks brews up new food
and drink selections

SEATTLE — The Starbucks
Coffee Co. is launching salad
bowls and summery drinks.
Valencia Orange is the latest
addition to the Refreshers line
of beverages made with fruit
juice and green coffee extract.
Made with Valencia orange and
clementine, the variety features
notes of jasmine, cardamom
and apricot.
The company also is
introducing orange spice
iced coffee and shaken iced
peach green tea lemonade

for a limited time.
New salad bowls include
chicken and greens Caesar, with kale and roasted
tomatoes; chicken and
black bean, which has
roasted corn, jicama,
spring greens and quinoa;
and vegetable and brown
rice, featuring roasted butternut squash and beets
d
tossed with chopped kale and
red cabbage, steamed broccoli, garden peas and a lemon
tahini dressing. FBN

Food for Life
launches gluten-free
black rice tortillas

CORONA, CALIF. — Black rice is a
key ingredient in the new gluten-free
tortilla from Food for Life, the maker of
sprouted grain bread and baked goods.
Each tortilla contains 4 grams of
protein and 2 grams of fiber. Black Rice
Tortillas are available in the chilled section of natural food stores and supermarkets nationwide. FBN

July 16, 2013

Alpina Foods expands and
rebrands Greek yogurt

MIAMI — Alpina Foods is expanding and
rebranding its Greek yogurt selection.
Debuting this summer, Alpina Greek will
be available in six varieties: blueberry,
strawberry, vanilla bean, mango, peach
and black cherry.
Additionally, Alpina is reintroducing
its Alpina Revive Greek yogurt as Alpina
Greek with Artisan Granola. The product
features Udi’s brand gluten-free granola
mix-ins and is available in seven flavors:
blueberry with almond berry granola,
strawberry with almond berry granola, vanilla bean with chai spices granola, honey
with chai spices granola, mango with tropical chia granola, peach with tropical chia
granola and plain with superfoods granola.
The products will be available at select
retailers nationwide. FBN

Greek cheese
spread debuts
DELRAY BEACH, FLA.
— Cream cheese maker
Franklin Foods is launching
Green Mountain Farms

Greek Spreadable Cheese in
cucumber garlic, garlic and
herb and roasted red pepper
varieties.
Containing live and active cultures, the small-batch
cheese has three times the
protein and half the fat of
traditional cheese spreads,
according to the company. The
product line is available for a
suggested retail price of $3.99
to $4.59. FBN

Bolthouse Farms rolls
out dressings, drinks
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. —
Bolthouse Farms, a Campbell Soup
Co. brand, is introducing a pair of
low-calorie dressings and four new
beverages.
With 25 calories per serving, the
Italian Vinaigrette dressing combines
herbs, garlic, onion and red pepper.
Miso Ginger Vinaigrette is made with
organic soybeans and sesame oil and
contains 40 calories per serving.
Bolthouse Farms Daily Greens
vegetable juice includes spinach, cucumber, kale, green tea and wheatgrass with
notes of lemon and sweetness from pear
juice and kiwi and banana puree.
Rounding out the beverage lineup are a
mango ginger and carrot smoothie, MultiV Goodness vitamin-fortified smoothie
with a blend of red fruits and berries, and
a salted caramel latte made with low-fat
milk, Arabica coffee, caramel syrup and a
dash of sea salt.
The products are available nationwide. FBN

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