Added 21 June, 2013
Dunkin' Donuts will begin selling gluten-free doughnuts and muffins across the US this year, becoming the first nationwide chain to offer gluten-free pastries. While competing chains, including Starbucks and McDonald’s, have yet to add gluten-free pastries to their menus, Dunkin’ Donuts is hardly alone: it has jumped on a fad that has taken off in...
Added 19 June, 2013
Inspired by the trend in craft beer and spirits, a group of California entrepreneurs is producing Beverly Hills 9OH2O, a beverage they are marketing as "sommelier-crafted water." Created from California spring water mixed with natural minerals, the result is said to be silky smooth, incredibly crisp, and have an "exceptionally fresh taste profile...
Added 18 June, 2013
It's the beginning of the end for the good citizens of Myanmar as their trade doors open to fatty fast foods and sugary fizzy drinks. Coca-Cola is now joining Unilever, General Electric, Philips, Visa and just a handful of other big global multinationals in finally doing business in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, the poorest and least-...
Added 18 June, 2013
The bacon trend shows no sign of abating. Now, when you brew a cup of morning coffee you can simultaneously enjoy the scent of bacon. Maple Bacon Morning coffee combines Arabica coffee beans with the flavors of maple syrup and bacon. The same company offers Bananas Foster Float flavored coffee as well.
Added 17 June, 2013
For avid whiskey lovers, few events are more eagerly anticipated than WhiskyFest, an enormous tasting that touches down in several American cities throughout the year. But when sponsors of the New York festival suddenly moved it last year from Tuesday to Friday and Saturday, many regulars were unable to attend. An alternative arrived suddenly in...
Added 13 June, 2013
People like to feel understood by the world, and the companies that inhabit it. To that end, we have seen lots of brands cater exclusively to women, even when the product itself seems rather gender neutral. Examples include taxi services for women, earplugs for women, and even gas stations for women. Now Nestle is releasing a new water that it is...
Added 12 June, 2013
Greenmarket devotees who have been lining up to buy ramps (garlicky wild onions that have been going for upwards of $17 a pound) have found another trendy member of the allium family to obsess over: garlic scapes. For years, gardeners and even farmers have been lopping off the stalks of hardneck garlic plants and tossing them in compost piles....
Added 12 June, 2013
Edible "energy gels" are slurpable flavored foods made with fruit juice supplements that are meant to, well, give you energy. OTE Caffeine Gel, a new entry in the category, is said to contains 50mg of caffeine as well. Would you ingest this?
Added 12 June, 2013
Canned wine is getting a push from a French wine brand. Winestar is producing what they call "premium" wine in small formats, like beer-sized cans. Not surprisingly, the cans are marketed toward younger drinkers who grew up with canned soft drinks. While we have seen canned wines before, what makes this different is the quality in the cans, as...
Added 11 June, 2013
Google offers many automatic answers. Ask it to add or multiply and it will. Ask for a current exchange rate and it will tell you. Put in any flight number and it will automatically show you if it is on time. Now, in line with the world's increasing interest in health, the search engine is automatically showing users nutritional and calorie...