Food Wire

ALOVE introduces a vibrant, innovative, smooth and refreshing snack experience to American consumers. With promising research showcasing health benefits associated with aloe-based ingredients in yogurt, along with swelling demand for Japanese products, ALOVE is poised to reinvigorate the yogurt category, à la Greek yogurt nearly a decade ago.

Global Animal Partnership (GAP), creator of North America’s most comprehensive farm animal welfare standards, today expands beyond its meat standards and launches GAP 5-Step® Animal Welfare Rating Standards for Laying Hens and Animal Welfare Rating Standards for Pullets.

Smart Flour Foods, a leading provider of premium, ancient-grain based frozen pizzas, introduced Snack Bites at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.. This lineup of better-for-you pizza bites provides a wholesome, innovative and cleaner take on a popular snacking favorite. Made with the company’s proprietary flour blend of the ancient grains sorghum, amaranth and teff, this tasty lineup also features the superfood addition of chia.

Riviana Foods Inc., America’s leading rice company, announced today the launch of Success® Tri-Color 100 percent Quinoa, which is packaged in the same boil-in-bag as the other products in the Success product line. This Success product is an easy-to-prepare, quick cooking quinoa and offers consumers a protein-rich option that can be served as a mealtime mainstay or integrated into a variety of recipes.

Famous for its all natural tomato ketchup, which contains 78 percent tomatoes, the company has now entered the all-natural mustard market. In addition to its 78 Red Ketchup and 78 Red Spicy Ketchup the company now offers 78 Yellow Mustard and 78 Yellow Spicy Mustard.

The company’s latest products—featuring innovation of its new Cutting Board Collection Shreds and reformulated Cheeze Slices—continue to raise the bar in the development of plant-based foods.

Lotus Foods is pleased to introduce Organic Rice Delights, a better-for-you version of beloved marshmallow rice treats. These delightfully crisp and chewy rice treats are made with organic brown, red and black rice sourced from small family farms using climate-friendly methods that yield more rice with less water and less work for women.

Every spring Bellucci brings to the US market, new fresh, traceable, Italian EVOO. This harvest season is proving to be their best year yet! Much like wine, every year the EVOO crop will change depending on the weather, soil conditions and many other factors all of which are reflected in the unique flavor of the oil.

Now launching in three invigorating summertime blends – Passion Fruit Green Tea, Peach Ginger Black Tea, and Pomegranate White Tea. Pique keeps you hydrated and healthy on-the-go, all Summer long. Simply add water and enjoy the benefits of pure tea.

Delivering the same authentic, homemade flavors as its original salsa varieties, the new line now meets a growing consumer demand for organically sourced foods. Fresh-cut USDA and Kosher Organic ingredients boasting traditional Mexican flavors and spices will add a kick to any chip and dip buffet or healthy entrée.