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NATURALLY HEALTHY www.gourmetnews.com n MARCH 2015 n GOURMET NEWS N H 6 4 New Woodstock Mini Me's Organic Rice Bites – A Better Cookie! Your kids. Your little guys. Your Mini Me's. They want fun and great tasting snacks. When your Mini Me says, "Can I have this?" say "Yes!" to Mini Me's ® , a new, satisfying, organic, guilt-free snack topped with a little fun. Mini Me's Organic Rice Bites are all about making healthy decisions fun for the entire family. Real food for real people that is USDA Organic, Non-GMO, simple and wholesome. Woodstock's ® goal is to be the first choice for parents who are looking for sensible, delicious snacks. Making healthy choices for you and your kids is something you have to do every day. Woodstock gets it – you just want one less thing you have to compromise on. Your search for a snack your kids will actually like and you can feel good about is over. Reach for Mini Me's for sneaky good snacks you can trust that are perfect for any occasion. Whether it's between meals, on- the-go, school lunch or even at the office. There's never a bad time for you or your kids to enjoy a Mini Me. MiniMe's Rice Bites allow you to have your "cookie" and eat it too, with lower sugar, sodium and calories than other snack options. Plus, they are organic, Non-GMO and gluten-free. All that goodness without any dyes, preservatives or anything artificial; just a simple, tasty snack! Avail- able in three fun flavors: Strawberry Yogurt, Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate with a hint of sea salt. Shopping for snacks just got easier. Visit www.minimes.com About Woodstock Woodstock is dedicated to providing con- sumers with high-quality, delectable foods farmed from sources you can trust. For 25 years, it has been committed to providing foods that are both good for you and the land. Keep it Simple and Eat Because It's Good! ® About Blue Marble Brands With more than 400 Non GMO Project Verified prod- ucts, Blue Marble Brands is a collection of organic, natural and specialty food brands. Its mission is to energize its retail partners and inspire the public with its broad range of products. It is focused, innovative and growing. Blue Marble Brands is a division of UNFI, playing an important role in de- veloping brands and consumer packaged goods to meet the needs of retailers and consumers. For more information, visit www.woodstock- foods.com, www.bluemarblebrands.com or stop by booth #2736. Why Drink Aloe Life Aloe Daily? By Karen Masterson Koch, Clinical Nutri- tionist Aloe Life is 100 percent safe and it got to work within minutes after I drank an ounce 25 years ago. It tasted like tomato juice, and amazingly, I first felt a surge of energy like caffeine and then noticed my constant gas and belching after meals stopped – I was hooked. More and more athletes, seniors, kids and adults are making Aloe Life their answer to optimize health for a full range of reasons, and it is affordable too! The short answer of why it works revolves around the body sup- port for digestion, gas, occasional constipa- tion and body wellness, especially when a product contains the valuable yellow bitter sap found in the whole leaf of the plant. My No. 1 choice is Aloe Life, because it is not over filtered or over heated and it is made from 100 percent certified organic leaves available in tablets, unflavored or delicious natural fruit juice flavors for kids both big and small. Optimize your health today and visit me at Aloe Life NPEW show at booth #1266 for book signing or call 800.414.2563. Disease has been on the rise for the past 20 years. As a health educator, clinical nutri- tionist and author of Beyond Gluten Intoler- ance – GIS, (Amazon), I have followed the research which unanimously agrees that our greater population is not choosing a healthy lifestyle of diet, exercise, supplements and a safe environment. The result is "poor diges- tion and toxicity," which may be di- rectly linked to the increase in IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and ad- vanced bowel disease IBD includ- ing ulcers, diverticulitis and even GI tract cancers and more. Food allergies are off the chart, affecting many children and adults to some degree with gas, constipation, skin issues and failing health. Allergies are up 20 percent with 80 percent more deaths of children under the age of 18 years related to asthma. Health of the body and mind is essential to having a fun filled life, pursuit of happiness and flat out survival. The challenge with most people today, including doctors, is they still have not made the connection that the design of the body demands quality foods (proteins, vegetables and fruits) and a robust digestive system to function as a winner! Tuft's Medical University has con- firmed in its 30 year ongoing study on healthy aging that nutrition and diges- tion are critical to health. As people age, their digestive juices decline, es- pecially HCL levels in the stomach known as hydrochloric acid. Pharma- ceutical drugs and irresponsible antibiotics are also linked to deficiencies of critical nu- trients (vitamins) essential for life itself. Do everything in your power to eat delicious healthy foods, keeping intake low in refined sugar, milk and whole grains (containing gluten) and support a fully functioning diges- tive system to absorb the 91 essential nutri- ents from foods required to look and feel your best. For more information, visit booth #1266 or call 800.414.2563. Pirate Brands Helps Fans Discover Delicious Treasures Since 1987, when the first warning shots of pirate-powered snacking were fired, Pirate Brands has been creating a range of deli- cious, crave-worthy treasures with the belief you shouldn't have to "snackrifice" taste and fun for products made with goodness. All of Pirate Brands' offerings – to include the orig- inal Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar, Smart Puffs, Original Tings and the newest member of the crew, Pirate's Booty Mac & Cheese – are created to satisfy the pickiest of palates in your crew. Such fun munchies have, understandably, built up quite a galley of fans looking for a little adventure in their snacking. Pirate Brands has enjoyed incredible growth over the past few years by staying innovative in its thinking, with marketing that always speaks to the mateys who already love the brand and aims to captivate those who will soon. One genius stroke that captured the imag- ination of millions was the new Pirate's Booty float, seen and admired by the mil- lions of viewers of the 2014 Macy's Thanks- giving Day Parade. Participating in the parade catapulted the brand into new market- ing territory, further establishing Pirate's Booty as a fun brand that the whole family can feel good about. Additionally, in the past year Pirate's Booty expanded its brand presence through line extensions, including Pi- rate's Booty Mac & Cheese, Pirate's Booty Fruity Booty and Pirate's Booty Crunchy Treasures. Pirate's Booty Mac & Cheese, with its pasta certi- fied as organic by Oregon Tilth, has enjoyed a huge launch. It received positive reviews from food trades and major outlets like The New York Daily News, The Gothamist and the Daily Meal. For consumers who prefer products without genetically modified (GM) ingre- dients, the brand now offers Non-GMO Project Verified versions of Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar, Pirate's Booty Veggie, Smart Puffs and Original Tings. These products are avail- able at select retailers na- tionwide. To identify them, consumers should look for the Non-GMO Project Verified seal on the front of the packages. Drop anchor and dis- cover Pirate Brands' fun and delicious snacks! For more than 25 years with no fryers or trans fats, Pirate Brands has kept the ingredients simple; the only addi- tives are good, spirited fun and a shipload of deliciousness. To take a deeper dive into the tasty seas of Pirate Brands snacks, visit Booth #2258! For more information, stop by booth #2258. Suzie's Shelf Stable Ready to Eat Quinoa Meals Good Groceries Company, 98 4th St., Suite 414 Brooklyn, NY 11231, under its popular Suzie's Brand, continues to launch category- changing healthy products while improving its healthy natural staples. Good Groceries is proud to provide unique and delicious prod- ucts that are also healthy and nutrient-rich. Looking to fit all the benefits of quinoa at meal time into your busy lifestyle? Leave it to Suzie's Brand to once again provide the solution. It has recently launched its shelf stable ready to eat quinoa meals in four deli- cious flavor profiles: Olive Oil, Asian, Tex Mex and Indian Spice. They are healthy and delicious and warm in the microwave in 60 seconds. Suzie's RTE Quinoa Meals are a perfect side dish for two or meal replacement for one. At the office, away at college, on the go or any time, Suzie's RTE provide a wel- come alternative to lunch, dinner or as a sat- isfying and healthy snack. Suzie's Quinoamilk is a shelf stable, gluten-free, vegan, dairy/lactose-free milk beverage alternative that is perfect by itself or with cereal. It is made with pure quinoa – not blended with other grains – so you get the pure, sweet, nutty taste of quinoa and all its amazing health benefits. Available in three flavors: Unsweetened Original, Unsweetened Vanilla and Vanilla Sweetened. Suzie's Quinoamilks are vegan, soy, rice and nut-free and made without GMOs. Suzie's Thin Cakes continue to be the leader of the pack, now with a bold new look highlighting their Non-GMO status, Whole Grain Council and low calories per serving. These puffed grain cakes are thin enough to be used as a bread substitute, perfect with your favorite topping or sim- ply delicious by themselves as a favorite snack. Now avail- able in seven mouthwatering flavor profiles, as Buckwheat has joined the family! Suzie's RTE Quinoa Meals, Thin Cakes, Quinoamilks and other quality, healthy nat- ural foods are available at fine grocery stores throughout the U.S. and Canada. Suzie's – Innovation you can taste! Inno- vation for your health! For more information about Suzie's products, visit booth #2989, go to www. good-groceries.com, email info@good- groceries.com or call 718.768.0821.

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