Buffalo Pretzels – A New Way to Spice Up Game Day

Very few snacks go over on game-day better than Buffalo wings or pretzels. Now sports fans (and snack fans in general) can enjoy the Buffalo taste just by opening a bag. The Snack Factory has combined these two party favorites into their Buffalo Wing Pretzel Crisps. They’ve got the same zesty, distinctive Buffalo taste with a light, crispy pretzel crunch.

Low in fat and cholesterol-free with only 110 calories per serving, the Pretzel Crisps are available in the signature resealable 6-oz. stand-up package. To check out Snack Factory’s other great Pretzel Crisp flavors, visit them at www.pretzelcrisps.com.
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We have tried all their other flavors, and we love them all, so we expect that this one will be a winner, too!

Coffee may cut risk of gout, study finds
By Julie Steenhuysen

CHICAGO (Reuters) – If men ever needed a reason to justify that extra cup of coffee, here it is: four or more cups of coffee a day appear to reduce the risk of gout, Canadian researchers said on Friday.

Gout is a painful joint disorder caused by a buildup of uric acid in the blood. It affects about 6 million people in the United States, and tends to be a bigger problem for men than women.

In the past, patients at risk for gout were advised to avoid coffee, but Dr. Hyon Choi of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston wanted to see just what effect coffee might have on the condition.

Choi and colleagues analyzed data from a U.S. health and nutrition survey between 1988 and 1994.

The study is based on a survey of about 50,000 men aged 40 to 75 with no history of gout. They filled out detailed questionnaires about dietary habits, including what they drank.

Over the 12 years of the study, during which 757 men developed gout, the risk was lower for those who drank more coffee, Choi reported in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism.

“We found that when they are drinking four to five cups of coffee, there was a 40-percent reduction. Drinking six or more cups resulted in a 50- to 60-percent reduction (in the risk for gout),” Choi said in a telephone interview.

Men who drank decaffeinated coffee also benefited, Choi said, but tea appeared to have no effect.

The researchers found significantly lower levels of uric acid in the blood of those who consumed large quantities of coffee. Uric acid is the compound that causes gout.

Choi said the findings appear to suggest that something in the coffee other than caffeine — such as a strong antioxidant — may be helping to reduce uric acid levels.

Coffee is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. More than half of Americans drink about two cups a day.

Choi said people should not rush out to the corner coffee shop to treat their gout.

But “if you are drinking coffee already and have gout or are at higher risk of developing gout … there is no need to reduce or stop coffee consumption,” he said

By Roger Fillion, Rocky Mountain News
May 23, 2007
Coors Brewing Co. is turning up the heat in its campaign to deliver cold beer to consumers who have a hankering for frosty brew.
The nation’s No. 3 brewer has unveiled two products to give beer drinkers “cold, refreshing beer.”

A “cold-activated bottle” has mountains on the label that turn to blue from white when the beer is chilled to 42 degrees Fahrenheit, or below. Twelve-ounce bottles of Coors and Coors light sport the label, which relies on thermochromatic ink to change color.

A “super cold” bar-top dispenser pours Coors Light into a glass at 28.5 to 31.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Coors said traditional tap systems pour beer at 36 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.

Denver has been one of the first markets where the dispenser has been rolled out at bars and restaurants.

As part of its push, Coors points to research that claims “most adult consumers enjoy a colder beer.”

“It’s part of our corporate mission to continue to excite the consumer,” Mark Weslar, innovation director for Golden-based Coors, said of the cold campaign.

The new bottle and tap dispenser dovetail with the company’s current Coors Light ad tagline: “The World’s Most Refreshing Beer.”

They also come after Coors introduced a single-use cooler that beer drinkers can load up with ice to keep plastic bottles cold at venues that don’t allow glass.

“Coors has been really successful at grabbing that territory of cold,” said Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association in Boulder.

“We see Anheuser-Busch responding to it,” he added, pointing to Anheuser-Busch’s “Flippin’ Cold” campaign.

Gatza also said Coors appears to be playing to demands among Hispanic beer drinkers. “It’s a principle of Latino marketing that cold is good for beer,” he said.

Coors’ cold crusade appears to be paying dividends.

“Coors has been taking (market) share away from (Anheuser-Busch) in the domestic market from its clear marketing message ‘refreshment as cold as the Rockies’ and focus on its three core brands: Coors Light, Blue Moon, and Keystone Light,” Citigroup analyst Bonnie Herzog wrote recently in a research note.

fillionr@RockyMountainNews.com or 303-954-2467

Snapple Classic Black Teas

Take a sip of Snapple Classic Black Teas for an authentic tea experience. The newest addition to the company’s good-for-you, ready-to-drink beverage line, the teas are naturally brewed and flavored with authentic black tea blends, real sugar and real honey to create a distinctive taste, the company reported. The lightly sweetened Snapple teas contain less than 100 calories per bottle and provide antioxidants. Traditional blends of English Breakfast, Earl Grey and Orange Pekoe are available. The taller, slimmer bottle adds 1.5 ounces of flavor.

Snapple; Rye Brook, N.Y.
(800) 762-7753; www.snapple.com

From Kosher Today, comes this press piece-

New Fruit Spreads from Ameressen Gourmet
By Eda Kram…Ameressen Foods will debut its highly anticipated line of Gourmet Fruit Spreads in various up-scale West Coast markets this month. The 9-year old company, whose four fruit spread flavors, Cherry/Vanilla, Peach /Almond, Raspberry/Cinnamon, and Strawberry/Pineapple embody the elegant style of Old World Europe and were created by Jurgen Sauer, a Bavarian Pastry Chef, who used his grandmother’s recipes and by his business partner Vincent DeMarco, who envisioned bringing those recipes here after he traveled throughout Europe. The four flavors packaged in 9 oz. Jars were developed with the idea that not only should they be elegant to serve, but also healthy, containing only the freshest fruits, pure cane sugar, fruit pectin and no preservatives. The line is KSA certified kosher. Tzali’s Foods, Los Angeles is the distributor for the products and can be contacted at (323) 276-8070.