NEW PRODUCTS

Dairy Field, Sep 2004

Dreyer's Carb Benefit(TM) Ice Cream

Company: Dreyer's/Edy's Grand Ice Cream, Oakland, Calif.

Distribution: National.

Suggested Retail: Varies by market.

Ingredients: (Chocolate Chip) Skim milk, cream, milk, chocolaty chips (coconut oil, cocoa processed with alkali, sorbitol, partially hydrogenated coconut oil, mannitol, soy lecithin, natural flavor, sucralose, artificial flavor), polydextrose, glycerin, mono and diglycerides, sucralose (Splenda® brand), natural flavor, cellulose gum, carob bean gum, annatto color, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, corn syrup, maltodextrin, caramel color.

Nutrition Information: (1/2 cup) Calories 160, fat calories 100, total fat Ug, saturated fat 8g, cholesterol 30mg, sodium 30mg, total carbohydrate 14g, dietary fiber 6g, sugars 2g, sugar alcohols 4g, protein 2g, calcium 4 percent RDV.

Varieties: Chocolate Chip, Vanilla Bean, Chocolate, Butter Pecan and Mint Chocolate Chip.

More Details: While several companies rushed into the low-carb craze with ice cream and frozen snacks, it's been challenging to achieve the taste, texture and flavor of real ice cream. To meet the challenge, Dreyer's/Edy's Grand Ice Cream launched new Carb Benefit ice cream, offering low-carb aficionados the delicious ice cream experience they are used to in highercarb products. Carb Benefit offers 4 grams of net carbs per serving.

Juice Smoothies

Company: Stonyfield Farm, Londonderry, N.H.

Distribution: National.

Suggested Retail: $3.99 per multipack of four six-ounce bottles.

Ingredients: (Surfin' Strawberry) Organic juices from concentrates (apple, white grape, concord grape, strawberry), organic nonfat yogurt (organic cultured pasteurized nonfat milk , pectin), organic naturally milled sugar, inulin (natural dietary fiber), whey protein concentrate, raspberry puree, pectin, natural flavor, organic beet juice concentrate (for color), milk mineral concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C). Contains six live active cultures including L. acidophilus, bifidus, L. casei and L. reuteri.

Nutrition Information: (One bottle) Calories 120, total fat 0g, saturated fat 0g, cholesterol 0mg, sodium 40mg, potassium 160mg, total carbohydrate 28g, dietary fiber 3g, sugars 24g, protein 4g, vitamin A O percent RDV, vitamin C 100 percent RDV, calcium 10 percent RDV, iron O percent RDV.

Varieties: Surfin' Strawberry and Orange Wave.

More Details: Stonyfield Farm introduces its new certified organic juice smoothie for kids. Made with organic nonfat milk and organic juice, the beverage contains 30 percent fewer calories than the leading kids' yogurt smoothie and, according to Stonyfield, is the only yogurt smoothie offering 100 percent of the recommended daily intake for vitamin C.

Sargento Cheese Dips!(TM)

Company: Sargento Foods Inc., Plymouth, Wis.

Distribution: National.

Suggested Retail: $1.29 to $1.49 per package.

Ingredients: (Cheddar Dip & Buttery Pretzels) Wheat flour, cheddar and other natural cheeses (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto), water, whey partially hydrogenated soybean oil, maltodextrin, contains 2 percent or less of sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, salt, artificial butter flavoring, lactic acid, gelatin, sorbic acid (preservative), apocarotenal (color), yeast, xanthan gum, guar gum.

Nutrition Information: (1 unit [106g]) Calories 360, fat calories 140, total fat 16g, saturated fat 5g, cholesterol 15mg, sodium 1,430mg, total carbohydrate 47g, dietary fiber 2g, sugars 5g, protein 9g, vitamin A 25 percent RDV, vitamin C O percent RDV, calcium 15 percent RDV, iron 8 percent RDV.

Varieties: Cheddar Dip & Buttery Pretzels, Cheddar Dip & Tortilla Chips and Cheddar Dip & Zesty Ranch Bagel Chips.

More Details: Sargento is dipping into snacking excitement with the introduction of Cheese Dips. Available in three popular varieties, this line of portable, single-serve snacks is perfect for timepressed cheese enthusiasts. The company touts Cheese Dips as being great for lunches, afternoon snacks and as grab-and-go light meal alternatives.

Silk® live!(TM)

Company: White Wave Inc., Boulder, Colo.

Distribution: Natural food stores nationwide.

Suggested Retail: $1.69 per 10-oun.ce bottle.

Ingredients: (Raspberry) Filtered water, whole organic soybeans, organic evaporated cane juice, raspberries, dextrose, pectin, sodium citrate, natural flavors, fructan, purple carrot juice, beet juice and red cabbage juice (for color), sea salt, yogurt cultures (L. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus, L. acidophilus, B. bifidium, L. easel, L. rhamnoSMS), tricalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E), calcium pantothenate, niacin, zinc gluconate, vitamin A palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin B12, biotin, vitamin D2.

Nutrition Information: (Peach; one bottle) Calories 220, fat calories 35, total fat 4g, saturated fat 0.5g, polyunsaturated fat 2g, monosaturated fat Ig, cholesterol Omg, sodium 120mg, potassium 350mg, total carbohydrate 38g, dietary fiber 4g, sugars 32g, protein 7g, vitamin A 25 percent RDV, vitamin C 25 percent RDV, calcium 35 percent RDV, iron 10 percent RDV, vitamin D 25 percent RDV, vitamin E 25 percent RDV, niacin 25 percent RDV, riboflavin 25 percent RDV, folate 25 percent RDV, vitamin B6 25 percent RDV, biotin 25 percent RDV, vitamin B12 25 percent RDV, phosphorus 25 percent RDV, pantothenic acid 15 percent RDV, magnesium 10 percent RDV, iodine 15 percent RDV, manganese 25 percent RDV, zinc 10 percent RDV.