David reports on some new healthier products in stores!

Posted on 2009 under Healthy Recipes | No Comment

24 Mar

David wrote in to give us some new products that are healthier alternatives to snacks. He went down the ice cream aisle and made note of what different companies are calling the same thing. These products have either 1/2 fat or added bacteria or both to aid digestion.

Breyer’s Smooth and Dreamy (with new packaging)

Hood Churned frozen yogurt with Live and Active Cultures

Turkey Hill Cold Churned with Live and Active Cultures

Friendly’s Smooth and Churned

Stop and Shop (a store brand where I am) Churn Style

Edy’s Slow Churned Yogurt Blends with Live and Active Cultures

David also found Kraft Live Active cheese.
http://brands.kraftfoods.com/liveactivefoods/products/products.aspx?cheeseSnacks

He also found that Tropicana has a OJ that has half of the sugar removed from it. Less sugar = less calories, thumbs up. However, he reports that it does not taste like OJ.
Tropicana just did a packaging redesign and the OJ is now “Trop 50″ in the blue font.

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