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2. Glutino/Gluten-Free
Pantry has many new products, but one that caught my eye is their new frozen
entrees and their skillet meals. Another one is KA-Me Noodle (www.mybrandsinc.com)
boxes that are easily reconstituted with water and/or heated in a microwave
oven. Namaste has a new macaroni and cheese dinner
and also a new bread mix. (www.namastefoods.com)
3. There were lots of new cookies. Pamela's (www.pamelasproducts.com) introduced
a little "mini" cookie called a SimpleBite which will be great for traveling OR
when you just want a little bite of cookie. Their Oatmeal-Raisin cookie has been
re-formulated to exclude oats and is called Old-Fashioned Raisin and
Walnuts---moist and chewy, you'll never miss the oats. Other new cookies
included sandwich cookies (like Oreo cookies) from Kinnikinnick (www.kinnikinnick.com)
and Mi-Del Sandwich cookies (available at
www.allergygrocer.com) Arico has reformulated some of its cookies and
introduced new ones (www.aricofoods.com)
4. If you haven't heard of the Australian company, Orgran, you should check
them out at www.orgran.com. They have an
extensive line of gluten-free foods and ingredients, too numerous to mention
here.
5. A few new cereals are available. Barbara's (www.barbarasbakery.com) has a
new Honey-Rice Puffins cereal which is gluten-free. (You may be aware of their
Cinnamon Puffins, which are wheat-free but not gluten-free.) These little cereal
pillows are great by themselves but will work in a Party Mix (remember the
cereal mixes we used to make?) Heartland Ingredients has a new "O" shaped
(www.heartlandsfinest.com) cereal made of extra-nutritious bean flour and you'll
find Perky's "O" cereal by Enjoy Life Foods which will also work in the Party
Mix ( www.enjoylifefoods.com)
6. Funster Foods (www.funsterfoods.com) introduced a fun food called potato
letters. Mashed potatoes are shaped into alphabet letters and frozen. You bake
them in the oven for a hot side dish that kids will love.
7. There were a variety of hemp products and many "green"
colored drinks. Hemp seeds are a good way to get lots of protein and fiber into
our diets. Also, there is a hemp-based protein powder that makes a very
nutritious green-colored breakfast smoothie (www.nutiva.com).
8. Two new brands of sweeteners appeared. One is Zsweet made of erithrytol at
www.zsweet.com and the other is called
Xylitol made from either birch trees or corn (www.emeraldforestsugar.com)
Both should be available at your local health food store soon. They are lower in
calories than white sugar and have lower glycemic levels.
Food for Thought
More and more
companies are choosing to put the words "gluten-free" on their labels, which
tells us that awareness is growing.
There were also many educational
sessions at this show. Remember the article in Sunday's (March 19) Parade
Magazine by Dr. Mark Hyman? He was a featured speaker and talked a great deal
about the gluten-free diet. Unlike many doctors, he routinely checks for celiac
disease because he knows that it is widespread. Hooray for Dr. Hyman. Other
sessions highlighted the growing awareness of the need for special food for
those on special diets. I left the trade show with the feeling that our diet is
gaining wide acceptance.
Where in the World is Carol?
My only
travels this month were to the Natural Products Expo West which I
summarized for you in this newsletter. I'll mention other new products later. |