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New Snacks VEGETABLE CRISPS Under its Boulder Canyon brand, Inventure Foods, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, launches a line of vegetable snacks. Available in Hearty Cheddar, Red Ripe Tomato and Sour Cream & Chive flavors, Boulder Canyon’s Garden Select Vegetable Crisps blend 12 vegetables and provide a good source of fiber. Like all Boulder Canyon snacks, the vegetable crisps are made with only natural ingredients and are cooked in sunflower and/or safflower oils. Containing zero trans fats, no cholesterol and no MSG, the kosher-certified snacks retail in grocery stores nationwide for $2.99 to $3.49. www.bouldercanyonfoods.com FLAVORED POPCORN Orville Redenbacher’s, a brand of ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, NE, adds a flavorful twist to its microwave popcorn with Orville Redenbacher’s Flavors. A separate seasoning packet comes with each bag of popcorn, allowing consumers to add as much White Cheddar, Extra Cheese or Sea Salt and Vinegar seasoning as they like to their popcorn. Individually wrapped 3.24-oz bags are available now for $1.19 to $1.29 at select food and mass merchandise retail outlets. www.orville.com REDUCED-FAT POTATO CHIPS Diamond Foods, San Francisco, CA, launches a line of reducedfat potato chips under its Kettle brand. Made with all-natural ingredients including safflower and/or sunflower oil, the chips boast a 40% reduction in overall fat, and each 1-oz serving provides 1 g polyunsaturated and 4.5 g monounsaturated fat. The traditional-style chips come in Sea Salt and Salt & Fresh Ground Pepper flavors, and the company also offers a Krinkle Kut Sea Salt & Vinegar variety. Available nationwide, the potato chips retail in 8-oz bags for a recommended price of $3.49. www.kettlebrand.com SPICY JERKY Link Snacks, Inc., Minong, WI, adds to the Jack Link’s line with Jack Link’s Cholula Hot Sauce Beef Jerky. According to the US Department of Agriculture, Americans’ consumption of chilies such as the piquin and arbol peppers used to create Cholula Hot Sauce increased by 600% since 1970. The new jerky capitalizes on that trend by offering 100% beef flavored with signature seasonings and Cholula’s special blend of peppers. Low in calories and carbs and 97% fat-free, Jack Link’s Cholula Hot Sauce Beef Jerky retails in 3.25-oz resealable packages for $5.99. www.jacklinks.com DOUBLE-DECKER SANDWICH COOKIE Not content with one layer of Oreo creme, Kraft Foods, Inc., Northfield, IL, adds a second layer to create the Triple Double Oreo. One layer of original creme and one layer of chocolate sit between three crunchy, chocolaty Oreo cookies. Each cookie contains 100 Cal and 4.5 g fat. Triple Double Oreos are available nationwide at grocery stores with a suggested retail price of $4.19 per 13.1-oz package. www.kraftfoods.com SANDWICH CRACKERS Snyders-Lance, Inc., Charlotte, NC, adds to its line of Lance Captain’s Wafers with a Four Cheese variety. Sandwiching cheddar, mozzarella, parmesan and blue cheese between two buttery baked crackers, the snack replaces the Smoke House Cheddar flavor in response to consumer research. The crackers are made with 0 g trans fat and without preservatives or highfructose corn syrup. They are available at major grocery retailers for $2.99 per 8-pack. www.lance.com www.sfa.org November 2011 Snack World 19 http://www.bouldercanyonfoods.com http://www.orville.com http://www.kettlebrand.com http://www.jacklinks.com http://www.kraftfoods.com http://www.lance.com http://www.sfa.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Snack World - November 2011

Snack World - November 2011
Contents
Letter from SFA - Looking Back and Seeing Ahead
Supplier’s Corner - Making it Work
Calendar of Events
Government Update - Working for You
Management Development - Leaders of Tomorrow
Inustry Images - Future Focus
Celebrating 75
New Snacks
Products & Services
Ad Index

Snack World - November 2011