6 refrigerated and frozen products highlight special diet innovations
With fresh, plant-based and clean ingredients still driving sales, the refrigerator and freezer cases are slowly undergoing their own product makeover.
August 20, 2019
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Healthy snacks that are satiating and offer protein can be hard to come by. Stonyfield’s snack packs hit it just right with their yogurt and hummus mixes that serve as a dip for pretzels or multigrain tortilla chips. Now available in roasted red pepper yogurt and hummus and garlic yogurt and hummus, they’re perfect for lunch boxes or before soccer practice. SRP: $2.29; Booth 420
Scrumptious comes to breakfast with these gluten-free, soy-free and milk- and lactose-free egg and cheese breakfast pockets. Suitable to serve a crowd (they’re even certified Paleo Friendly), these rolls serve up scrambled eggs with uncured ham, plant-based cheese and a grain-free crust. SRP: $5.99; Booth 952
What’s not to love about cauliflower? And if it weren’t for the brand name, Caulipower, you wouldn’t know this vegetable is the first ingredient its line of tortillas, made in original and grain-free varieties. The on-trend ingredient and wheat and dairy-free, vegan offerings are sure to attract customers to the freezer section. SRP: $6.99; Booths 8102 and 8147
We love that the options for allergen-free foods just keep getting tastier and tastier, and these pizzas are the perfect example. These grain-, gluten-, yeast- and soy-free pizzas are made with a combination of almond, arrowroot and cassava flours in the crust, and a traditional topping of tomato puree, mozzarella and uncured pepperoni on top. Each mouth-watering slice serves up 13 grams of protein. SRP: $9.99; Booth 8100
Although this sour cream is both dairy free and soy free, it’s not lacking in creaminess or flavor. It will still make the perfect topping for that baked potato or burrito, and no guest needs to know it’s not the real traditional thing. It also happens to be vegan and gluten free, which will make special diet shoppers happy. SRP: $5.99; Booth 537
Elmhurst’s new dairy-free flavored hemp creamers are a welcome addition to the company’s original unsweetened offering. Whether hazelnut or golden-milk—flavored with cinnamon and turmeric—these plant-based creamers are the definition of clean crafted with no more than six ingredients. They also have as much as to 350 milligrams of omega-3 ALA per serving. SRP: $6.99; Booth 450
Elmhurst’s new dairy-free flavored hemp creamers are a welcome addition to the company’s original unsweetened offering. Whether hazelnut or golden-milk—flavored with cinnamon and turmeric—these plant-based creamers are the definition of clean crafted with no more than six ingredients. They also have as much as to 350 milligrams of omega-3 ALA per serving. SRP: $6.99; Booth 450
With the concept of “fresh” penetrating grocery aisles, a wave of new and on-trend refrigerated and frozen foods are taking these sections by storm. Plant-based and dairy-free versions of everything from creamers to yogurts and sour cream are edging in on refrigerator space, while meats, cheese, yogurts and dips have repositioned themselves as healthier-for-you snacks.
Similarly, the freezer section is now plays host to plant-based versions of old and new soon-to-be favorites while also offering cleaner versions of traditional products with improved ingredient profiles.
“In the freezer it has been a renaissance period,” Tracy Miedema, vice president, innovation and brand development at Presence Marketing/Dynamic Presence told us earlier this year. “The freezer once stood for highly processed food with extremely long ingredient panels and a lot of chemical preservatives and unpronounceable words.”
But those days are gone, she says, as the category embraces fresh-to-frozen and upgraded contents to offer deeply nutritious products. Because the freezer offers this extraordinary shelf life, she adds, “You can have this fresh experience straight from the freezer.”
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