Clif Kit’s Organic, the company’s new snack bar made with 100% organic fruit and nuts, is now on shelves nationwide in natural food and select grocery stores.
PepsiCo's Frito-Lay North America division announced a multi-year initiative to validate many of their products as gluten free, with package labeling to follow.
Flavor Mill’s Baked Potato Chips are available in Cheddar & Sour Cream and Original varieties, but the true selling point will be their kosher certification and lack of gluten. Each 9oz package contains 3g of fat, no cholesterol or trans fat, and only 0.5g of saturated fat.
Below are some of the highlights from the 2012 Natural Products Expo West, which again saw a sizable number of gluten-free introductions, as well as a number of notable introductions focusing on other trends.
Think of this a viewpoint from 30,000 feet. Actually, that's literally the case because I'm writing this on the plane home from the 2012 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.
Sometimes a lack of big news during a year is actually good news. Bakery companies that remember the Atkins Diet and its characterization of carbohydrates as the devil incarnate can breathe a sigh of relief that 2011 did not bring about any such black swans. Still, 2011 will go down as a slightly off year for baked goods, with declines in some categories outweighing gains in other categories.
A gluten-free, casein-free diet may lead to improvements in behavior and physiological symptoms in some children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to researchers at Penn State.
Menu items with descriptions that reference gluten, cholesterol, sugar and other health-related topics are expanding on restaurant menus as more operators recognize an increasing number of Americans adhere to special diets.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of children with food allergies jumped 18% between 1997-2007, and researchers at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago found 8% of U.S. children under the age of 18 have at least one food allergy.
