CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Tropical Foods introduces five new snacks mixes: Go Bananas, Happy Heart, Heartland, Mango Tango and Neapolitan. The new mixes were created to offer healthier snacks that align with popular flavor profiles that consumers will enjoy eating. Go Bananas is a throw back to peanut butter and banana sandwiches mixing chocolate banana chips, banana chips, peanut butter gems, honey roasted sesame sticks and peanuts together. Read the rest of this entry »
Tropical Foods Launches My Salad Bar Which Features Popular Salad Toppings in One Convenient Re-Sealable Container
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Tropical Foods, a food manufacturer that specializes in raw and roasted nuts, dried fruit and snack mixes, has launched a new line of salad toppers called My Salad Bar. My Salad Bar is a re-sealable container that holds four popular salad toppings in one convenient package. My Salad Bar contains dried cranberries, roasted & salted sunflower kernels, walnuts and oat bran sticks.
Grabeez® Has a New Look for More Convenient, Portable Snacking Options
CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tropical Foods, a food manufacturer that specializes in raw and roasted nuts, dried fruits and snack mixes, has re-launched its Grabeez® line of convenient, portable snack cups. Grabeez® is a re-sealable cup that is offered in eight varieties of nuts, snack mixes and candies to address the trends in the snack industry of convenience, healthier options and bold flavors.
Tropical Nut & Fruit Company Receives 2008 Silliker Audit Platinum Award
Silliker, Inc., a leading food testing and quality assurance organization, recently honored the Tropical Nut & Fruit distribution plant in Memphis, TN for its outstanding commitment to food safety with its 2008 Audit Platinum Award. Each year, the award is presented to 20 companies – 10 processing plants and 10 distribution centers – receiving the highest scores in Silliker GMP/Food Safety Systems and Distribution Center Audits.
21% of all meals are snacks!
Today, snacking is more acceptable and is clearly the fourth meal of the day. Twenty one percent of all meals are snacks.—23rd Annual Report on Eating Patterns in America, September 2008