Eat Well Enjoy Life now offers “healthier, smarter products for today’s health conscious consumers.” The reduced-fat, reduced-calorie line uses beans like edamame, white bean, black bean and lentils in flavors such as Tuscan White Bean Hummus and Spicy Red Lentil Chipotle Hummus with Poblano Pepper and Corn Topping. Products are gluten free, cholesterol free, Kosher OU Dairy and vegetarian.

Terrapin Ridge Farms now offers all-natural meal starter sauces. The Pineapple Molasses and Herb Meal Starter adds a sweet and savory punch to poultry and pork. The Pot Roast Meal Starter is for slow cooking beef roast. The Cacciatore Meal Starter adds robust flavor to this classic dish. The Carnitas Meal Starter is for pork or beef and makes meat tender for tacos, burritos or nachos.

LifeIce offers natural flavored ice cubes that are fat free, low in calories and sugars, gluten free, kosher certified, GMO free and made without any preservatives. Each LifeIce begins with a base of coconut water and agave that is then blended with Superfoods. Available in four flavors:  Citrus Chomp, Berry Bite, Green Grind and Chocolate Crisp.

Ciao Bella has added a new flavor to its line of single-serve frozen treats. Sea Salt Caramel gelato squares, which come in cartons of 4, are made with “rich and creamy” sea salt caramel gelato sandwiched between two chocolate squares. Ciao Bella’s treats, which also include dairy-free sorbet bars, are made with organic cane sugar and no artificial hormones.

Washington, D.C.—Over 150 companies and organizations sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack calling for better oversight of the experimental field trials used to test genetically engineered (GE) crops. The action was spurred by the high-profile discovery in May of unapproved GE wheat in an...

Columbia, MO—As certain types of synthetic nanoparticles have made their way into applications from water treatment to food packaging to pesticides over the past few years, a debate has ensued over the potential for contamination, and the health risks to humans in case it does occur. A recent study at...

Through October 11, Rudi’s Organic Bakery, Boulder, CO, is accepting votes for its Say Cheese photo contest, where people shared photos of their children enjoying sandwiches with Rudi’s bread. The winner will be featured in a Rudi’s ad and receive a Whole Foods Market gift card. All contributing goat...

With the June 2013 expansion of Amazon.com, Inc.’s AmazonFresh program to the Los Angeles market, the resurgent business model of home grocery delivery now seems to be a force with which the food retail world must contend. After fits and starts of success for the idea earlier in the Internet...

In a copy of the fifth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) obtained by Reuters, scientists upped the likelihood that human activities are causing global warming to 95%. The United Nations report was due to be officially released sometime in September 2013. The 95% figure is...

Coral Springs, FL—Tunies Natural Grocery and Vitamin Supercenter, the largest store of its kind in Florida, celebrated its 20th anniversary this September. Founder and original owner, Al Forman, opened Tunies in 1993 with the goal of creating a store that would allow healthy living to be affordable for everyone. The...