New Food and Beverage Product Launches, May 1 – 5

New products hitting the shelves this week include spicy and saucy snacks, sweet and tart sparkling water, and coffee flavored mochi.

Nixie: Black Cherry Lime

Nixie just announced the latest flavor addition to its line of certified USDA organic sparkling waters — Black Cherry Lime.

The new flavor is a bubbly blend of sweet cherries and tart citrus, ready to drink on its own or mix into a cocktail. The brand’s sparkling waters have no calories, sugar, or sodium and are also made without synthetic solvents, carriers, or artificial preservatives. 

Nixie is available on Amazon as well as several nationwide retailers, sold in single cans, 8-packs, and 24-packs.

Mariani Packing Company: Fruit Chips

Maker of premium dried fruit Mariani Packing Company is branching into new territory with its new Fruit Chips in Mango and Pineapple varieties.  

The new product features 100% whole fruit — no added sugar, oils, flavors or stabilizers — and is produced through a unique, gentle drying process that uses less energy than traditional drying methods. 

The Fruit Chips are available for purchase online through the brand’s website and on Amazon. 

Kettle Brand: Special Sauce Chips

Kettle Brand has a new limited-edition flavor, arriving just in time for May’s BBQ celebrations — Special Sauce Chips.

The new flavor adds a unique blend of sweet tang and light heat, with hints of barbecue, honey mustard, and ketchup, to the brand’s crunchy kettle-cooked chip. 

While supplies last, the limited flavor will be available in stores nationwide, priced at $4.29 per 7-ounce bag.

Harvest Snaps: Crunchy Loops Hot & Spicy

The latest salty snack from Harvest Snaps is here — new Crunchy Loops Hot & Spicy are a ring-shaped veggie snack with a fiery kick.

The better-for-you baked snacks are made with red lentils, milled whole to maximize nutrition, and flavored with spices. Each serving offers 4 grams of plant protein and is a good source of fiber. The snacks are also certified gluten-free and non-GMO, and they contain no artificial flavors or preservatives, palm oil, soy, nuts, peanuts, wheat, or eggs.

Crunchy Loops Hot & Spicy are available exclusively at Walmart locations nationwide in 4.5-ounce bags for the suggested price of $3.30. 

Nutr: Nutr Blends

Lifestyle and wellness brand Nutr announced the launch of Nutr Blends, a first-of-its-kind line of all-natural and organic flavored powders, available in matcha, chocolate, strawberry, turmeric-ginger, and vanilla-cinnamon flavors.  

Made with whole ingredients, Nutr Blends contain no preservatives or additives and are low in sugar and calories. Each blend offers the functional benefits of superfoods and adaptogens like lion’s mane mushroom, spirulina, maca root, elderberry, and goji berries, alongside essential vitamins and minerals. 

Pricing starts at $59 per box for one base (almond, oats, cashews, or hemp) and two Nutr Blends flavors.

Bubbies Ice Cream: Mocha Chip

Bubbies Ice Cream is adding a new Mocha Chip mochi flavor to its lineup, a treat that features chocolate chips, mochi dough, and coffee ice cream made from a blend that includes Kona Coffee.

Each piece has just 90 calories per piece, offering a better-for-you sweet that’s certified gluten-free, non-GMO, and made with high quality ingredients.

Mocha Chip is available at select nationwide retailers for the suggested price of $5.99 to $6.99 per 6-pack box.