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Changing Cream Cheese

Philadelphia Cream Cheese will now find its most popular spreads with even more fruits and vegetables.
April 4, 2014
The new spreads will be available nationwide beginning in April 2014.
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Food Ads Confusing Children

Researchers contend children under the age of 10 are mistaking apple slices for french fries and failing to recognize milk as a substitute for soda.
April 4, 2014
Only 10% of the participants identified Burger King’s sliced apples as actual apples, while the majority of children said they were french fries.
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New VP at Dole

Dole Packaged Foods promoted Stuart McAllister to the position of vice president of Sales & Marketing, Foodservice & Industrial.
April 4, 2014
He replaces Chris Lock who retired on March 21, 2014, after 20 years with the company.
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Bold Flavors, Clean Labels

SupHerb Farms’ new pastes, pesto and purees are ideal for product developers working on new ethnic flavor profiles or planning distinctive accents to mainstream product lines
April 2, 2014
SupHerb Farms, a supplier of frozen herbs and flavoring solutions, offers six new items to help manufacturers capitalize on emerging food trends and a clean ingredient list.
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Fruit Ingredients, Options

Germany’s Paradise Fruits group reorganizes, offers new ingredients for multiple food applications.
April 2, 2014
Germany’s Paradise Fruits group of companies unveiled a new look for its fruit ingredients business
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New Flavors for Cottage Cheese

Hood is adding two new flavor options to its Hood Cottage Cheese family.
March 24, 2014
Cucumber and Dill and Garden Vegetables join the flavor options.
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A Healthy Start with Cereals and Bars

Granola grew in cereal introductions over the course of the year, as did sales for the cereal category as a whole.
Tom Vierhile
March 14, 2014
The fog that has enveloped the ready-to-eat (RTE) breakfast cereal category in recent years lifted somewhat in 2013, as breakfast cereal makers saw glimpses of something that had merely been a mirage in recent years: growth.
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Soups and Sides Get Creative

Growth has been elusive in packaged soups in recent years, but 2013 saw soup makers willing to embrace unconventional approaches to jump-start sales.
Tom Vierhile
March 14, 2014
Growth has been elusive in packaged soups in recent years, but 2013 saw soup makers willing to embrace unconventional approaches to jump-start sales.
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Benefits from Peanuts

A study found that different flavors of peanuts -- salted, spicy, honey-roasted, or unsalted -- result in positive health benefits.
March 13, 2014
The findings were similar for salted and unsalted peanuts.
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Strawberries on Cholesterol

A team of volunteers ate half a kilo of strawberries a day for a month to see whether it altered their blood parameters.
March 5, 2014
At the end of this unusual treatment, their levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides reduced significantly.
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