Posts Tagged ‘Blueberry’

ME Sparkling Beverage

Comments Off on ME Sparkling Beverage Written on April 20th, 2011 by
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You are special. Yes you, dear reader. Mr. Rogers said it. Oprah probably says it. And now a canned sparkling fruit beverage is saying it. Me Sparkling Beverages, made by “Juice Creations Company”, are another addition to the exploding “healthy soda” trend and they want  to make you feel good about it. The following is the statement plastered on every can:

“You are many different things rolled into a one-of-a-kind individual. You can be energetic, reflective, outgoing, moody, surprising, and unashamed. You don’t fit a category – you are unique. Now there is a beverage as natural and refreshing as you. Welcome to the new me.”

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Organic Jammy Sammy

Comments Off on Organic Jammy Sammy Written on April 18th, 2011 by
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Apparently, limey Jamie Oliver isn’t the only one promoting a food revolution with America’s kids. While Revolution Foods (the makers of Jammy Sammies) isn’t doing crazy stuff like pouring sand into school buses and naming children stupid things like “Petal Blossom” and “Buddy Bear”, they are aiming to provide snacks school lunches to kids that are a bit more nutritious than pizza and Little Debbie snack cakes (no offense, Debbie).

While they’re more like a Nutrigrain bar that an actual sandwich, Organic Jammy Sammy snack size sandwich bars are everything a Whole Foods shoppin’ mom would want for their kid: organic, no trans fat, no high fructose corn syrup, whole grain, wheat free and colored with things like “red cabbage extract”.  Read the rest of this entry »

Too Tarts Melted Ice Cream Spray Candy

Comments Off on Too Tarts Melted Ice Cream Spray Candy Written on April 4th, 2011 by
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Kids these days have a lot to watch out for. Drinking, drugs, gangs, junk food, Rebecca Black music videos. So I can applaud a company that wants to create a delicious, sugar-free alternative to the normal Snickers and Skittles candy fare in the attempts to curb the childhood obesity epidemic. Innovative Candy Concepts, makers of Too Tarts Melted Ice Cream Spray Candy, had the right idea when they wanted to create a sugar-free spray candy but I’m don’t think it’s the best execution. In the 2007 press release announcing the product, the ICC president and CEO states, “Ice cream just seems to taste better when it’s melted”. I respectfully have to disagree. If melted ice cream were better than its naturally frozen form, they’re be tubs and tubes of melted ice cream sloshing on grocery store shelves. I’m also kind of iffy on the concept of spraying a Splenda sweetened, syrupy liquid into my mouth and calling it “candy”, just like I’m hesitant about pepper spray blasting into my eyes and calling it “caliente eye drops”. Read the rest of this entry »