Bite of the Rest lists the newest foods, beverages, gadgets and appliances, offering you the chance to see, vote and comment on them. (Because of you acclaim some Bite of the Rest products have made the leap to FeaturedBites!) Do let us know whether you’d consider buying each listed product, by answering our query: “To Bite or not to Bite?”
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Jim Beam Bourbon Glaze Steak Strips - March 12, 2010
What it is: Bourbon glazed steak strips
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Jim Beam Bourbon Glaze Steak Strips are premium tender steak strips marinated and smoked with an authentic Jim Beam Bourbon flavor. The steak strips are available in 3.15-oz re-sealable bags in supermarkets, convenience stores and gas stations nationwide.
Smart Balance Milk - March 10, 2010
What it is: Omega-3 and vitamin-enriched Milk
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Smart Balance Milks taste like fuller-fat milks but with less saturated fat and more nutritional benefits. Smart Balance Milks, available in fat free and low fat varieties, contain more calcium and protein than regular whole milk; and come in varieties offering heart-healthy Omega-3s; and include Vitamin E. Smart Balance Milks are currently available in supermarkets nationwide with an average retail price of $3.52 per half gallon.
Chipn’etzel Cookie - February 17, 2010
What it is: Sweet and savory cookie made from potato chips and pretzels
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The Chipn’etzel, a sweet and savory cookie made from potato chips and pretzels! These treats have a salty sparkle and a tasty crunch and come in four varieties: Original (dusted with sweet sugar); drizzled with Dark Chocolate; drizzled with White Chocolate; and assorted minis (bite-size Chipn’etzels in both dark and white chocolate). The Chipn’etzel are available in a growing number of specialty food and gourmet shops.
Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Plus Made with DHA Omega-3 Bread
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What it is: Bread made with DHA Omega-3
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Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Plus Made with DHA Omega-3 Bread is made with Whole Grain White and 100% Whole Wheat. Sara Lee Soft & Smooth Plus Made with DHA Omega-3 breads will be the first nationally distributed bread of its kind. Both varieties contain 12mg of DHA Omega-3 per serving, which is 10% or greater than suggested daily amount for kids, depending on age, ranging from 1-13 — requirements based on research that showed a role for DHA to support healthy brain development during those early years when it makes a difference. The new bread has a mild taste, soft texture and light color along with a balanced diet provides some benefits of whole grain nutrition DHA Omega-3 and calcium.
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What it is: A line of gluten and allergen-free baking mixes
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Something Good is a line of gluten and allergen-free baking mixes. The Something Good products cater to people with wheat and dairy allergies. There are currently four varieties of Something Good products retailing for $5.15 – $5.95. The Something Good baking mixes can be found in retail stores nationwide, as well as in the Bite of the Best shop.
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Fiber One 90 Calorie Chewy Bars
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What it is: Fiber-enriched, low-calorie Chewy Bar
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Fiber One 90 Calorie Chewy Bars are a snack that makes weight management easier for busy consumers. Each bar contains only 90 calories, five grams of fiber and 2.5 grams of fat to help dieters feel full and stick to their diet without compromising taste. Just one Fiber One 90 Calorie Chewy Bar has five grams of fiber, 20% of the daily recommended fiber intake according to the Institute of Medicine’s daily fiber recommendations. The bars are available in two varieties, chocolate and chocolate peanut butter.
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Foosh Energy Mints - February 15, 2010
What it is: Caffeinated Mints
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Foosh Energy Mints took founder, Jason Kensey, 3.5 years to create and are a proprietary blend of energy producing ingredients, including caffeine, ginseng, taurine, and B vitamins, which enhance performance, increase endurance, and stimulate metabolism. Each Foosh Mint, made with real peppermint, contains 25% more caffeine than the leading energy drink, or about the equivalent of one cup of coffee. Foosh Energy Mints are sugar free and have only 5 calories each.
JK Gourmet Products - February 12, 2010
What it is: Gluten-free gourmet products
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Grain-Free JK Gourmet takes gluten-free eating one step further; all grains have been eliminated from our ingredients. We use only nuts, seeds and fruit in our recipes, and have eliminated all refined sugars; we sweeten our products with honey only. Also available is our finely-ground Almond flour, ideal for baking and cooking, as well as our Granola (available in 5 flavors).
Smart Balance Sour Cream - February 10, 2010
What it is: Sour Cream enriched with Omega-3, Calcium, Vitamin D and E
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Smart Balance has launched Sour Cream enriched with Omega-3, Calcium, Vitamin D and E in supermarkets nationwide. The Sour Cream combines real sour cream with the Smart Balance Omega-3 and Vitamin E blend to create a reduced fat sour cream. The new Smart Balance Sour Cream offers a way to add EPA/DHA Omega-3s fatty acids to meals and has no added growth hormones.
Smart Balance Sour Cream in a 16-ounce container is available in two varieties:
• Smart Balance Sour Cream with Omega-3, Calcium, Vitamin D and E
• Smart Balance Reduced Fat Sour Cream with Omega-3, Calcium, Vitamin D and E
Eat Cleaner - February 8, 2010
What it is: All-natural, tasteless and odorless food cleaning system
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Eat Cleaner is the only all-natural, tasteless and odorless food cleaning system for produce, seafood and poultry. Unlike washing with just water, Eat Cleaner consumer and commercial products are laboratory-tested and proven to remove up to 99.9% of pesticide residues, waxes and dirt that can carry bacteria from commercially and organically grown produce.
Eat Cleaner also removes surface debris from seafood and poultry and effectively cleans food preparation and cutting surfaces to help deter cross contamination. Additionally, Eat Cleaner helps inhibit food browning while prolonging the shelf life of fresh produce.
Ore-Ida Steam n’ Mash - February 6, 2010
What it is: Microwavable Mashed Potatoes
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Whether a stand-alone side dish or part of a favorite family comfort food recipe, Ore-Ida Steam n’ Mash makes homemade mashed potatoes easy enough for everyday. Steam n’ Mash products offer 100 percent real potatoes that are already scrubbed, peeled, chopped and ready to steam and mash. Steam technology makes preparing homemade mashed potatoes a snap: steam the specially-designed bag in a microwave for 10-12 minutes; pour the steamed potatoes into a bowl; add milk and butter; mash them your way!
Microplane Gourmet Parmesan Grater - February 4, 2010
What it is: Grater for hard cheeses, coconut and chocolate
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The new Microplane Gourmet Parmesan Grater features a unique, patent-pending “star” pattern blade to finely grate hard cheeses, chocolate and coconut. The Gourmet Parmesan Grater retails for $16.95 in Williams-Sonoma stores until July 2010, and will then be featured in select retail stores nationwide.
Total Blueberry Pomegranate Cereal - January 28, 2010
What it is: Blueberry Pomegranate cereal
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Introduced in June 2009, Total Blueberry Pomegranate cereal has a blend of crispy whole grain flakes and crunchy blueberry and pomegranate flavored clusters. The cereal is available nationally and comes in 15.25-oz. size packages. One bowl of Total® provides 100% of the Daily Value of 12 essential vitamins and minerals, including the antioxidant vitamins C and E.
Kashi Heart to Heart Whole Grain Crackers - January 20, 2010
What it is: Heart Healthy whole grain crackers
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Kashi Heart to Heart products whole grain crackers live up to their name as they contain oats (to help reduced cholesterol levels), natural antioxidants (to help support healthy arteries) and are low in sodium (to help promote a healthy blood pressure). The Kashi Heart to Heart whole grain crackers are available in two flavors, retail for $3.19 per 8-oz box and can be found in supermarkets nationwide.
Jell-O Mousse Temptations Snacks - January 18, 2010
What it is: Jell-O mousse snack cups
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Jell-O Mousse Temptations Snacks are the newest variety of Jell-O mousse snacks, with a single serving having 60 calories and 3 grams fat. The new Temptations line is available in three varieties and retail for $3.19 per 13.8-oz package of six snack cups. The Jell-O Mousse Temptations are available in supermarkets nationwide.
Breyers YoCrunch 100 Calorie Packs - January 15, 2010
What it is: Low-calorie yogurt with crunchy mix-ins
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Breyers YoCrunch® 100 Calorie Packs are the first yogurt products to be naturally sweetened with Truvia™ rebiana (a sweetener from the stevia plant). The YoCrunch® 100 Calorie Packs are available in five new flavors and retail for $2.99 – $3.19 for each four-pack container. The YoCrunch yogurts are available in select supermarkets and health food stores nationwide.
Pillsbury Grands! Jr. Golden Layers Refrigerated Biscuits - January 13, 2010
What it is: Junior-size Pillsbury Grand biscuits
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Pillsbury Grands! Jr biscuits are halfway between regular Grands! and Pillsbury’s regular biscuits in can, size and also nutrition-wise. A serving of the new Grands! Jr biscuits provides about 100 calories, 4 grams total fat (of which 1 gram is saturated and 1 gram is trans fat) with about 350 milligrams sodium. The new Grands! biscuits retail for $0.89 per 6-oz tube or $1.29 per 12-oz tube and are available in supermarkets nationwide.
GoGo squeeZ Applesauce - January 11, 2010
What it is: Resealable Applesauce pouches
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GoGo squeeZ Applesauce is a new applesauce modeled on Yoplait’s pioneering GoGurt squeezable yogurt in a tube. GoGo Applesauce is 100 percent apples, sweetened with apple juice concentrate, in a sturdy pouch with a resealable top. The GoGo squeeZ applesauce is available in five flavors and retail for $0.99 per 3.2-oz pouch or $2.99 per four-pouch box.
Clif Cranberry Orange Nut Bread Energy Bar - January 7, 2010
What it is: Seasonal Clif Energy Bars
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Clif Cranberry Orange Nut Bread Energy Bar is the most recent of three time-limited seasonal flavored energy bars from Clif. The three energy bars are 70 percent organic and rich in fiber (4 to 5 grams), protein (10 grams) and vitamins and minerals. The other available varieties are Iced Gingerbread and Spiced Pumpkin Pie. These seasonal Clif bars are available in supermarkets nationwide and retail for $1.39 per 2.4-oz bar
Edy’s Slow Churned Hot Cocoa Light Ice Cream - January 6, 2010
What it is: Light, Hot Cocoa flavored ice cream
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Edy’s, also know as Dreyer’s in certain parts of the country, Slow Churned Hot Cocoa Light Ice Cream contains mini marshmallows mixed into light chocolate ice cream. The Hot Cocoa light ice cream contains half the fat and a third fewer calories than regular ice cream. This newest Hot Cocoa flavor is available for $5.99 per 1.5 quart carton in the freezer aisle of supermarkets nationwide.
Kellogg’s Cinnabon Snack Bars - January 5, 2010
What it is: Microwaveable Cinnabon snack bars
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Kellogg’s Cinnabon Snack Bars are microwaveabe snack bars available in two flavors. The Cinnabon snack bars retail for $3.09 per 7.8-oz box and are available in supermarkets nationwide.
Explorer’s Bounty Tribal Stone Crackers - January 4, 2010
What it is: Crackers made from cassava
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Explorer’s Bounty Tribal Stone crackers are made from Rainforest Alliance Certified yuca. Yuca is a starchy, fibrous, tuberous root also know as cassava. Explorer’s Bounty yuca-based crackers contain no artificial ingredients or preservatives, no added sweeteners and are gluten free with only 20 calories.
Jif Natural Peanut Butter Spread - January 1, 2010
What it is: Natural peanut butter spread
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Jif Natural Peanut Butter Spread contains only five ingredients, half the sodium of regular peanut butter and three grams of saturated fat. The new Jif Natural Peanut Butter retails for $2.70 per 18-oz container and is available in supermarkets nationwide.
Pepperidge Farm Granola Cookies - December 31, 2009
What it is: Whole Grain Pepperidge Farm cookies
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Pepperidge Farm Granola cookies are the first line of Pepperidge Farm cookies made with whole grains. They contain three kinds of oats — steel cut, rolled and quick cook oats, and more than half of their flour is whole grain. The granola cookies are available in four varieties, retail for $3.69 per bag and are sold in supermarkets nationwide.
Act II HomePop Classic Natural Flavor Popcorn - December 30, 2009
What it is: Natural flavored popcorn
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Act II HomePop Classic Natural Flavor Popcorn is the newest edition from Act II microwaveable popcorn. A 2-cup portion of this new popcorn provides 70 calories, 4 grams total fat (of which 2 grams are saturated) and 90 milligrams of sodium. The popcorn retails for $2.00 per box and is available in supermarkets nationwide.






