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Boost Your Immunity with Apple Cider Vinegar
Alternative Sweeteners from Suzanne’s Specialties
New Nut & Seed Butter Squeeze Packs
Great River Organic Milling (GROM) Reacts to COVID-19
As more and more consumers are looking to boost their immunity during the Covid19 outbreak, apple cider vinegar is making a comeback. Studies suggest that ACV can increase feelings of fullness and help you eat fewer calories, too. Having been used for thousands of years, apple cider vinegar has a long and rich history and is often referred to as a “cure-all” medicine. Getting your daily dose of ACV doesn’t have to be a struggle, either. Customers use it in many innovative ways, including salad dressings and marinades,
Suzanne’s Specialties has been supplying alternative sweeteners to the health food and industrial food markets since 1984. Its offerings include brown rice syrup, clarified rice syrup, rice maltodextrin syrup and solids, tapioca syrup, tapioca maltodextrin and solids, agave syrup, inulin, cane sugar, invert syrups, molasses, honey, rice milk powder, coconut sugar and syrup. It also has the ability to make custom blends and sweetener systems. All Suzanne’s Specialties industrial products have been verified by the Non-GMO Project.
Once Again Nut Butter is now offering its popular organic sunflower hemp butter and maple almond butter in convenient, single-serve squeeze packs. Providing an easy way to enjoy the brand’s clean-ingredient, wholesome nut and seed butters while on the go, the perfectly portioned products are packed with plant-based protein and are free of preservatives, cholesterol and trans fat. Processed in a peanut-free facility, they’re also glutenfree certified, vegan, kosher, and part of the brand’s Honest in Trade program.
As businesses are all too aware, 2020 brought challenges on a global scale, many of which are still being dealt with today. With the basic necessities being at best, short in supply, and at worst, unavailable at times, Great River Organic Milling (GROM), a food manufacturer in Wisconsin, understood the important role it had in producing products so they were available to the families of America that simply needed food. Despite working tirelessly around the clock, as many companies did and continue to do during this pandemic,
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Hydration Solved with Honey Stinger
Honey Stinger is taking on a new challenge: hydration. Seventy-five percent of Americans are chronically dehydrated, and Honey Stinger doesn’t want their athletes to be a part of that statistic. The sports nutrition company is launching its very first hydration line with its three-part Rapid Hydration Mix. It’s the hydration solution you’ve been waiting for – all-natural, all-day hydration that tastes great, too. The Rapid Hydration Mix is the only hydration option on the market that uses honey Continued on Page 20
Wally’s Natural Products: Environmentally Responsible
By Tracy Burns, Director of Sales, Wally’s Natural Products, Inc.
Reduced Sugar Kids Juice in 128-ounce Jug
BrightFresh Microgreens
Wally’s Natural Products was started in 1991 by the Shepard family. Thirty years later, the company is still owned by the family with the same great values in place. Wally’s Natural has always focused on providing high quality, environmentally responsible products that help our consumers take time for themselves so that they can live a better life. At Wally’s, we’re all about sourcing the highest quality raw materials. We use only premium bee, soy and paraffin waxes plus unbleached cotton muslin in our
With more and more consumers looking towards food and beverages that are following the lower sugar and better-for-you trends, North Coast Organic is announcing the release of its new reduced sugar apple juice drink in a 128ounce family friendly jug. With 45 percent less sugar than regular apple juice and only 60 calories per serving, North Coast is taking refreshment to a whole new level, all without altering the pure and refreshing taste that has always come first. Preserving heritage and craft traditions since 1922, North Coast specializes in producing
Microgreens are no longer just for top chefs and fancy restaurants. BrightFresh® Microgreens offer healthy and nutritious microgreens available for foodies and home cooks. These microgreens are Honestly Grown™ in sunny San Diego, California, an ideal climate for producing microgreens that are robust, highly flavored and long-lasting. Combining the benefits of great weather and a deep passion for quality and innovation, BrightFresh has become the top source of microgreens and edible flowers for consumers today.
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