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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Beverages'

Jul 09

A Closer Look at the Coconut Craze: Are These Tropical Fruits All They’re Cracked Up to Be?

  Image courtesy of Flickr user neloqua It seems everyone is cuckoo for coconuts these days. Coconut has emerged as a hot flavor trend – showing up in everything from ice cream and gelato to chips and snack bars.  Mixologists are shaking up c (read full article)

Beverages, coconut milk, coconut oil, coconut saturated fat, coconut trend, coconut water, Diet Myths and Misinformation, Food and Nutrition Trends, Food Marketing, Health Claims

Apr 24

Kombucha Is Gaining Mainstream Status: This Trendy Fermented Tea With a Funny Name is Mushrooming

The trendiest drinks used to be pomegranate and acai juice.  It was the battle of the superjuices. Now there’s a new contender vying for the top spot:   kombucha. Goodbye Amazon berry, hello bacteria-laden tea. Kombucha was once limited to th (read full article)

Beverages, kombucha, kombucha tea, next superfood, superjuices

Mar 30

2010 Beverage Trends: What Will We Be Drinking?

What’s hot in beverages? I often write about food trends, but what about drinks?  Here’s a look at several beverage trends — a peek at what we’ll be sipping in 2010. For starters, there’s no denying that coconut water h (read full article)

beverage trends, Beverages, coconut water, hot cocktails, maqui berry, O.N.E., Trend Alert, vita co, ZICO

Feb 09

Now Donald Trump Wants to Give Us Advice on Children’s Nutrition?

If you’re a regular visitor, then you know how I feel about The Trump Network’s dietary supplements.  Not a fan.  Well now the multilevel marketing company is getting into children’s nutrition.  The new business is called Snazzle (read full article)

Beverages, Children's Nutrition, David Ludwig, Dietary Supplements, Donald Trump, Ideal Health, multilevel marketing, Snazzle Snaxxs, The Trump Network

Jan 25

Kombucha: An Old Drink Making New Claims

I stumbled upon a new drink recently in my local supermarket — the bottles were in a refrigerated case next to a colorful array of super juices and fortified teas. The name was Kombucha.  I didn’t really know about it before, but I sure (read full article)

Beverages, Diet Myths and Misinformation, Dietary Supplements, fermented tea, kombucha, kombucha tea, Manchurian tea, new super food

Sep 22

Food Trend Alert: Will Shoppers Be Attracted to Beauty Foods

The latest food trend is all about appearance.  A slew of beauty foods and beverages claim to improve your skin and hair, or make you more attractive in some way.   It’s the trend of “beauty from the inside out” that a growing num (read full article)

Beauty foods, Beverages, Borba, Diet Myths and Misinformation, glowelle, New Products, Self Beauty Elixir

Aug 11

The FullBar Diet Has It Half Right

The latest diet product starring in late-night infomercials, showing up in health food stores and buzzing on the Internet is FullBar.  If you’re not planning to have weight loss surgery any time soon, these appetite-curbing bars are the next (read full article)

AquaFull, Beverages, diet fads, Diet Myths and Misinformation, FullBar, hunger control, Michael Snyder, satiety, Volumetrics, weight control

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