Water with Something/s Extra

Most of us need to drink more water. After all, our bodies are from about 60% to 75% water.

Fruit 2 o Essentials from Sunny Delight will quench your thirst and also give your taste buds some added flavor and your body some extra nutrients.

Available in 6 flavors—Cranberry Raspberry, Strawberry Kiwi, Peach Mango, Citrus, Blueberry Pomegranate and Cherry Acai. They are packed with vitamins and minerals, ie Cranberry raspberry has Zinc, Vitamin E, Potassium, Manganese; Peach Mango has Vitamin E, Phosphorous, Manganese, Vitamin B5 and B6. These bottled beverages have a refreshing taste and no calories or fat.

Yogurt for Kids and

Yoplait Kids Yogurt is not just for kids. Sure, it’s ideal for them because it is a sneakily delicious way to get some Omega-3 DHA into them, in addition to the usual calcium, protein and vitamins and other found in yogurt. Also noteworthy is what is left out—there are no artificial flavors or sweeteners. The appealing flavors and small size portions make them good snacking choices. Available as a drink or in cups, Yoplait Kids is a delicious smooth tasting snack for grown-ups, as well.

The beverage comes in Strawberry, Banana, Mixed Berry and Strawberry Banana.

The spoon-able yogurt comes in 4 oz cups (packed 6 to a pack—two- flavor six packs of 4 oz each cup--) in Strawberry/Strawberry Vanilla or Peach/Strawberry Banana or Banana/Vanilla. Either way, or maybe both ways, it’s nice to have another choice for a yogurt snack when you want just a bit less of a good thing and not more.


Here’s a bit of info on yogurt, by way of Ask.com

“Yogurt (also known as yoghurt, yaourt, yoghurd, and yogourt) has been a food staple in the Middle East for millenia, but it did not become a mainstay in the United States until the latter part of the 19th century....However, it was health guru Gayelord Hauser who pushed yogurt into the limelight when he proclaimed it a wonder food in his book "Look Younger, Live Longer," published in 1950. Sales of yogurt skyrocketed, increasing production 500% by 1968. Although no miracle health benefits have been proven to date other than standard nutritional benefits of milk products, yogurt does have some beneficial cooking applications. …”

http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/yogurthistory.htm

Food Advertising Wars

Here is an observation. Advertising wars. Or more precisely, advertising using products as adversaries. Case in point:

Campbell’s vs Progresso. Campbell’s has a television ad proclaiming that their Select Harvest Soups have no MSG. The blindfolded actor then recites the mouthwatering ingredients in the Select Harvest Soup (soon to have 33 varieties). When she tastes a spoonful of the Progresso soup, she announces she tastes MSG. A bit of an exaggeration, perhaps. Nevertheless, Progresso now is countering with ads on television for its new light soups (very tasty, by the way) saying that now there is no MSG in their selections.

Another side-by-side challenge comes when the maker of the cereal Total, throwing down the gauntlet to Kashi, declares that Total has 100% of everything a body needs, while Kashi's Go Lean Crunch doesn’t. Total has long taken this approach, stating that you would need say, 20 bowls of some other brand of cereal to equal one bowl of Total. There are a few ways of looking at this. One is, “Okay, give me the Total since I don’t plan on eating anything else for the rest of the day.” Or you can choose whichever cereal you like for other reasons and just eat it and get on with your day and the rest of your life.