NEW PRODUCTS

Dairy Field, Oct 2004

Nuts About Buckeyes Ice Cream

Company: Pierre's French Ice Cream Co., Cleveland.

Distribution: Ohio.

Suggested Retail: $4.99 to $5.59 per 1.75-quart container.

Ingredients: Cream, skim milk, buttermilk, sugar, peanut butter swirl (peanuts, peanut oil, sucrose, salt), peanut butter buckeye candies (sugar, peanut butter, peanuts, salt), coconut oil, partially defatted peanut flour, cocoa processed with alkali, nonfat milk, milk, partially hydrogenated palm oil, soy lecithin, salt, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, corn syrup, pasteurized egg yolks, dairy whey, stabilizer-emulsifier combination to maintain smoothness (mono- and diglycerides, guar gum, locust bean gum, carrageenan), pure vanilla extract, annatto (color).

Nutrition Information: (½ cup) Calories 210, fat calories 110, total fat 12g, saturated fat 6g, cholesterol 35mg, sodium 100mg, total carbohydrate 20g, dietary fiber 0g, sugars 15g, protein 3g, vitamin A 4 percent RDV, vitamin C 0 percent RDV, calcium 6 percent RDV, iron 2 percent RDV.

More Details: The newest flavor from Pierre's, Nuts About Buckeyes, combines French vanilla ice cream with a peanut butter swirl and chocolate-covered peanut butter buckeye candies. The ice cream is part of the company's fall feature flavor lineup, which also includes Pumpkin Pie, Peppermint Sick and Brownie Touchdown Sundae®.

Kraft® String-Ums® String Cheese

Company: Kraft Foods Inc., Glenview, Ill.

Distribution: National.

Suggested Retail: $3.99 per 12-ounce package (String-Ums), $4.79 per 15-ounce package (Superlong String-Ums).

Ingredients: (String-Ums) Pasteurized milk, skim milk, vinegar, salt, enzymes.

Nutrition Information: (One stick) Calories 80, fat calories 50, total fat 6g, saturated fat 3.5g, trans fat 0g, cholesterol 20mg, sodium 220mg, total carbohydrate

Varieties: String-Urns, 2% Milk String-Ums and Superlong String-Ums.

More Details: Kraft is offering another nutritious snack option with its String-Ums string cheese products. Fun and portable, these snacks provide a good source of protein and calcium. Kraft String-Ums string cheese products are also sold under the brand name Kraft Polly-O String-Ums on the East Coast and select Southeast regions.

Pumpkin & Spice Gelato

Company: Ciao Bella Gelato Co., Irvington, N.J.

Distribution: National.

Suggested Retail: $3.95 to $4.95 per pint.

Ingredients: Pumpkin, sugar, cloves, cinnamon, milk, cream, non-fat dry milk, corn syrup, locust bean gum, guar gum, carageenan.

Nutrition Information: (½ cup) Calories 220, fat calories 110, total fat 12g, saturated fat 8g, cholesterol 45mg, sodium 75mg, total carbohydrate 23g, dietary fiber 0g, sugars 20g, protein 3g, vitamin A 75 percent RDV, vitamin C 2 percent RDV, calcium 10 percent RDV, iron 2 percent RDV.

More Details: Ciao Bella Gelato helps usher in autumn with a new line-up of fall flavors made with a creative array of ingredients that capture the essence of the season. In addition to Pumpkin & Spice, new fall gelato flavors include Chocolate with B&B Liquor, Marzipan, Rum & Fig, Maple Gingersnap and Apple Caramel Crisp.

Fat-Free Yogurt with Splenda®

Company: Roberts Dairy LLC, Omaha, Neb.

Distribution: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and parts of Colorado, Illinois and South Dakota.

Suggested Retail: 49 cents to 55 cents per 6-ounce container.

Ingredients: (Strawberry Banana) Cultured pasteurized grade A fat-free milk and dry milk solids, strawberries, bananas, modified corn starch, gelatin, strawberry and banana flavor with other natural flavors, sucralose (Splenda brand), malic acid, Red 40, Blue 1.

Nutrition Information: (6 ounces) Calories 70, total fat 0g, cholesterol Orng, sodium 90mg, total carbohydrate 11g, fiber 0g, sugars 10g, protein 8g, vitamin A 0 percent RDV, vitamin C 4 percent RDV, calcium 30 percent RDV, iron 0 percent RDV.

Varieties: Strawberry, Blueberry, Peach, Raspberry, Strawberry Banana, Cherry Vanilla, Mixed Berry and Black Cherry.

More Details: Roberts Dairy has introduced a new line of fat-free yogurts with Splenda. A good source of calcium and rich with real fruit, the company's new yogurts offer a lower-carbohydrate alternative to most sugary snacks.

Cappuccino Fudge Blitz Premium Ice Cream

Company: Wells' Dairy Inc., Le Mars, Iowa.

Distribution: Midwest.

Suggested Retail: $2.79 to $2.89 per pint.

Ingredients: Milk, cream, sugar, fudge revel (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, water, cocoa processed with alkali, food starch-modified, sugar, natural flavors, salt, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate as preservatives, xanthan gum, citric acid, carob bean gum), white chocolate cookie dough (sugar, wheat flour, margarine [partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, whey, soy lecithin, monoglycerides, sodium benzoate as preservative, artificial butter flavor, beta carotene, vitamin A palmitate], corn syrup, cream, natural flavor, food starch, soybean oil, water, pectin, natural butter flavor, natural vanilla with other B natural flavors, salt), mocha cookies (enriched flour [bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folate], margarine [partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, water, salt, monoglycerides, soy lecithin, sodium benzoate as preservative, artificial flavor, beta carotene, vitamin A palmitate], brown sugar, sugar, pasteurized eggs), chocolate flavored chips (sugar, partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa, cocoa processed with alkali, dextrose, soy lecithin), white confectionery drops (sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, nonfat dry milk, artificial color, soy lecithin), invert sugar, natural and artificial flavor, cocoa processed with alkali, ground espresso, salt, baking soda, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, aluminum sulfate, calcium carbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), egg yolks, carob bean gum, guar gum, artificial flavor, carrageenan.