Notable New Products: Matcha Nut Butter & Salmon Bacon

This week’s roundup of new products saw brands creating better-for-you iterations of classic candies, celebrating breakfast with donut kits and pancake mixes and getting ready for the holiday season with limited-edition packaging and advent calendars.

McConnell’s

McConnell’s Fine Ice Cream debuted two holiday offerings. Teaming up with beverage brand Martinelli’s, the dessert brand has developed an Apple Cider & Cranberry Jam flavor that pairs Martinelli’s cider with an in-house made cranberry jam. For a second holiday release, the ice cream brand has also partnered with Red Clay, using the hot-sauce company’s hot honey in a new Hot Honey Buttered Rum flavor. The LTOs will be available for nationwide shipping on Nov. 4 as well as at McConnell’s scoop shops around SoCal.

Row 7

Organic seed company Row 7 expanded its line to include unique varieties of harvested vegetables including Badger Flame Beet (grown in New York and Massachusetts), Honeypatch Squash (grown in New York), Koginut Squash (grown in New York) and Upstate Abundance Potato (grown in Maine and Vermont). The four vegetable varieties are currently available at select Whole Foods Market stores throughout the greater Boston area.

FarmSteady

Farmsteady has expanded its lineup of food kits with its new Jelly Doughnut Making Donut Kit. The kit includes baking mix, baking yeast, finishing sugar and a piping back and makes one dozen jelly-filled donuts. Farmsteady Jelly Donut Kit is available for $30 at select retailers including Anthropologie and Nordstrom.

Aplenty

Aplenty, Amazon’s private label food brand, has introduced a plethora of new products ahead of the winter holiday season. Recently-launched products include Apple Pie Granola Clusters, Caramel Pumpkin Spice Popcorn, Pumpkin Spice Granola, Cinnamon Bun Pancake Mix and Truffle Cheese Crisps. The new offerings can be purchased online via Amazon Fresh and at Amazon Fresh stores nationwide.

Wiley Wallaby

Wiley Wallaby announced the latest addition to its gourmet line of licorice: Very Berry Low Sugar Gluten Free Licorice. Each 3-piece serving of the better-for-you candy packs 5 grams of fiber and is sweetened with stevia and allulose. The new offering is available online for $5.99 per 5.5 oz. bag.

Groovy Butter

Groovy Butter unveiled its latest product innovation: Matcha Nut Butter. The new offering features organic matcha, cashew & hazelnut butter, green tea caffeine and coconut sugar. Each 1 tbsp serving packs 70mg of caffeine and, unlike the rest of the brand’s nut butters, contains no CBD. Groovy Matcha Nut Butter is available online for $14.99 per 8 oz. jar.

Blue Bottle

Specialty coffee roaster Blue Bottle announced the launch of its Craft Instant Espresso, marking the brand’s first soluble espresso product. The brand honed in on the extraction drying processes to formulate the new offering, using milder temperatures and pressure. Blue Bottle Craft Instant Espresso will be available in two formats: a 12-serving jar ($25) and package of five pre portioned single serve sachets ($15).

Secret Island

Direct-to-consumer seafood brand Secret Island introduced seven new products: Atlantic Hotdogs, Smoked Coho Salmon Bacon, Atlantic Salmon Burgers, Blackened Salmon, Whiskey Teriyaki Salmon, Cold Smoked Coho Salmon and Coho Salmon. The new offerings are available online individually or as part of the brand’s curated Salmon Bundles.

Velty

Velty made its CPG debut with its Classic Uncaffeinated product. Each single-serve sachet of the freeze-dried instant coffee contains 4 grams of “gut-healing ingredients” like inulin and reishi mushrooms. The 8-sachet box is available online for $28. Additionally, Velty is slated to release a 20-sachet Limited Edition Holiday Tin online on Nov. 1 for $65.

Compartes

Gourmet chocolate maker Compartes unveiled its Chocolate Advent Calendar just in time for the holiday season. The calendar features 24 of the brand’s most popular chocolates such as Red Velvet, Salted Caramel and Apple Pie. Compartes Gourmet Chocolate Advent Calendar is available for pre-order online for $109.95.

Mina

Mina has added six new blends to its lineup of staple Moroccan Teas: Warda (Rose White Tea), Zhar (Orange Blossom Green Tea), Sheeba (Absinthe Green Tea), Chai (Chai Black Tea), Flio (Pennyroyal Herbal Tea) and Jasmine (Jasmine Green Tea). Like all of the brand’s teas, the new flavors are free of preservatives and artificial color and are packed in biodegradable, compostable sachets. The new offerings are available online for $10 per 15-sachet box.