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The Leftovers is a look at some of the product ideas that are popping up everywhere. Some are interesting, some sound surprising, and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can't write everything we suggest, so here are some leftover items from our inbox:
AriZona is cooler than ever in the freezer aisle.
As summer begins, popular iced tea and juice brands are entering new categories, and they'll probably give you a few brain freezes.
AriZona Ice Pops are available in three flavors: Mucho Mango, Fruit Punch, and Watermelon, based on the flavors of three of today's most popular juice products. According to the brand, each pop contains 50 calories and contains no artificial flavors or sweeteners.
“From sweltering summer heat to sweet treats, AriZona juices provide welcome refreshment to Americans across the country,” Spencer Vultaggio, CMO of AriZona, said in a press release. “The freezer aisle was the obvious next step for our flavor-forward brand and we’re eager to hear what people think.”
Ice Pops will be sold for a limited time at select retailers nationwide, competing with established brands like Popsicle and Outshine.
AriZona, best known for its tall iced tea cans, has also shown interest in expanding its product portfolio into new categories. In 2021, it launched a hard seltzer in collaboration with Heineken, and last summer it introduced a line of hard tea products. The company also entered ground coffee in 2021 with its Sun Brew line.
— Chris Casey
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KitKat adds coolness with its pink lemonade flavor.
Kit Kat is giving consumers another way to relieve the heat this summer with a pink lemonade flavored version.
According to Hershey, the limited-edition product, which includes crunchy wafers wrapped in pink lemonade-flavored cream, offers a refreshing taste experience with an unexpected strawberry flavor. The Pennsylvania company said the new flavor has more than 93% of Gen Z and millennials preferring the Pink Lemonade treat.
“Creating new and unexpected taste experiences for KIT KAT® fans is at the core of what we do,” Hilary Long, Hershey’s Kit Kat brand lead, said in a statement. She said, “For summer fun, KIT KAT Pink Lemonade Flavored Bars create an immersive experience reminiscent of a refreshing glass of pink lemonade as the weather warms up.”
Kit Kat Pink Lemonade joins other previously launched expansions by the brand, including Chocolate Frosted Donuts, Churros, Birthday Cake and Blueberry Muffins.
Hershey said the limited-edition Kit Kat flavor complements its classic milk chocolate products and plays a valuable role in helping the Pennsylvania-based company “continue to grow interest in the KIT KAT brand.”
The flavors were created using consumer insights, key trends and top-performing flavors, the company said. This information will help Kit Kat decide whether to create limited edition, seasonal, or permanent products.
— Christopher Doering
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Iron Chef Competes in the Frozen Breakfast Category
A celebrity chef hopes to win over consumers with a new line of egg-based products.
Iron Chef Ming Tsai created MingBings. After his wife developed health problems in 2017, his family switched to a plant-based, gluten-free diet to lower inflammation.
As a chef, Tsai became frustrated with the better options offered by grocery stores, so she created her own grocery store.
Now, in the frozen aisles of Harris Teeter, Food Lion, Giant, Whole Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market and more, Tsai is expanding the company's product line with portable frozen breakfast products.
Bings are now available in Denver omelets filled with sausage eggs and cheese, vegetable eggs and cheese, ham, eggs, vegetables and cheddar cheese.
Bings is traditional It is a Chinese flatbread that originated during the Ming Dynasty in China. Tsai “Americanized” the dish by incorporating the flavors into a crunchy brown rice wrap.
According to Tsai, the new breakfast varieties aren't plant-based, but they still fall into the healthy category.
Sausage, Eggs and Cheese has 40% fewer calories and sodium than the leading portable frozen breakfast sandwich, and Denver Omelette Bings has 50% fewer calories and sodium than the leading portable frozen breakfast sandwich.
Brown rice paper is gluten-free and can be prepared in 10-12 minutes.
Tsai appeared on “Iron Chef” in 2014 and has since opened several restaurants boasting James Beard awards. All of his cooking concepts focus on fusion cuisine of East and West.
Tsai is among them Other restaurateurs and TV celebrities To create their own brand.
Chef Gordon Ramsay, known for his wit and fierce insults, also launched a line of ready-to-eat frozen meals in September last year.
—Elizabeth Flood
