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714.234.8546Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-6475320402500127052019-07-12T11:18:00.000-07:002019-07-12T11:30:21.873-07:00Looking for Olive Leaf Extraction or Tea? Contact me! Here is great health info on Olive Leaf!<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_831659581083100895galileo-ap-layout-editor" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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This study compares conventional extraction techniques (dynamic maceration) with emerging technology (pressurized liquid extraction) to determine how to obtain the highest extraction yield per kg of biomass from olive leaves. The authors found that pressurized liquid extraction resulted in more efficient extraction of certain phenolic compounds and flavonoids than dynamic maceration. The authors also discuss the operational conditions for maximizing the recovery of phenolic compounds and flavonoids and antioxidant capacity.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal;">DOI: </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f%3D001w5KP6KG3hHNrqkvLI6IxFgVNmmzav8EqKs-z6OuKrhmX8C3Fu4Rklsf0ilW1MY7jtOJB1xuLp3Ni0uZ59ce-iybZLSJAA58YQgBxY-QLunvPt2Klrpaf7UZ4icyR_N8t1WyvTbThx7LMcqKSvjeNwfdpWLLdJ8G_kO6p-ORoRGzVdnEMlvGVhg%3D%3D%26c%3Dgp9SSYQ1DcLReTJGBOYKqfTlw57X0I8URBFijmRCf0iGc1t55VHSTg%3D%3D%26ch%3Dm5h772TD1zaNgstS1FsUJ-1GuNznSeArzjItRYkTW9F91584sch4sQ%3D%3D&source=gmail&ust=1563041058796000&usg=AFQjCNHfwwMtz7XJynEsra49oEfGdPn10w" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001w5KP6KG3hHNrqkvLI6IxFgVNmmzav8EqKs-z6OuKrhmX8C3Fu4Rklsf0ilW1MY7jtOJB1xuLp3Ni0uZ59ce-iybZLSJAA58YQgBxY-QLunvPt2Klrpaf7UZ4icyR_N8t1WyvTbThx7LMcqKSvjeNwfdpWLLdJ8G_kO6p-ORoRGzVdnEMlvGVhg==&c=gp9SSYQ1DcLReTJGBOYKqfTlw57X0I8URBFijmRCf0iGc1t55VHSTg==&ch=m5h772TD1zaNgstS1FsUJ-1GuNznSeArzjItRYkTW9F91584sch4sQ==" style="color: #919c4f; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.<wbr></wbr>foodchem.2019.04.075</a></div>
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Olive leaves have become a promising source of phenolic compounds and flavonoids with high added value. Phenolic compounds and flavonoids are important sources of antioxidants and bioactives, and one of the processes used to effectively produce them is extraction via solvents, using aqueous ethanol solutions. To obtain the highest extraction yield per kg of biomass, olive leaves were extracted using a conventional technique (dynamic maceration) and an emerging technology, such as pressurized liquid extraction. Studies of the factors that influence these processes were performed: temperature, leaf moisture content, solvent/solid, and aqueous ethanol concentration were optimized using the central composite and Box-Behnken experiment designs. Pressurized liquid extraction resulted in more efficient oleuropein and luteolin-7-O-glucoside extraction than dynamic maceration. The operational conditions for maximizing the recovery of phenolic compounds and flavonoids and antioxidant capacity were determined to be 190 °C, leaf moisture content of 5%, and aqueous ethanol concentration of 80%.</div>
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Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-55423727934495191932019-07-12T11:10:00.001-07:002019-07-12T11:14:28.458-07:00Certified Organic Flavors Now Required for Certification<div class="header-standard header-classic single-header" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 26px; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span class="author-post" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; margin: 6px 0px 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">By <a class="author-url" href="https://worldteanews.com/author/scottsvihula" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-transform: capitalize; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Scott Svihula</a></span></span> <span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">January 22, 201</span><br />
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The National Organic Program (NOP) published a final rule that amends the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances (National List). This rule will be fully implemented January 28, 2019, with the exception of the amendments for the substances ivermectin, flavors, cellulose, and glycerin, which will be implemented December 27, 2019. The new ruling on flavors requires the use of organically certified flavors whenever commercially available. Since the USDA did not post guidelines or list what is commercially available, each certifying agency will have its own set of requirements, ranging from a simple form to more complex documentation. Regardless, any certified organic tea using natural flavors under the 95 percent rule will need to be re-evaluated using organic certified flavors or collect documentation that its needed flavor is not commercially available. Each agency will have to determine if a flavor is considered commercially available or not at this time. To read the final rule in its entirety, please reference the federal register <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2018-12-27/pdf/2018-27792.pdf?utm_campaign=subscription%20mailing%20list&utm_source=federalregister.gov&utm_medium=email&redirect=true" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6a752a; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">here</a>.</div>
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Most flavors used in the tea industry are organic compliant natural non-GMO flavors, but these will no longer qualify for certification. Certified organic flavors will have to be used if commercially available.</div>
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The definition for commercial availability is in the rule 205.2 Terms defined. “<em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Commercially available. The ability to obtain a production input in an appropriate form, quality, or quantity to fulfill an essential function in a system of organic production or handling, as determined by the certifying agent in the course of reviewing the organic plan.” </em>The reason why something is not commercially available must comply with the definition above: form, quality or quantity to fulfill an essential function and must not be based on price.</div>
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This poses several questions that are currently unanswered. For example, let’s take strawberry. There are many ways to make a strawberry flavor: typical strawberry used in kids’ drinks and medicines, red ripe strawberry, sweet slightly over ripened strawberry, unripe strawberry, wild strawberry, earthy strawberry, candied strawberry, etc. Even though certified organic strawberry flavor is readily available; can it be made organically in all these variations? Since each certifying agency will be making their own determination of what is considered “commercially available”, if one company submits strawberry as organically certified, will that mean that for that agency everyone will need to use certified organic strawberry flavor, even if your specific taste profile is not available? What about flavor suppliers? What if the flavor supplier you use and have partnered with cannot make your flavor certified organic? Is there an expectation that you would need to find another supplier to make it certified organic before you state it is not “commercially available”? And how many flavor companies will you need to contact? As you may know, not all flavor houses know how to create flavors for tea, some excel at this while others struggle. Not to mention that, certified organic flavors are typically about 20-30 percent costlier and have about 1/3 the strength in aroma and taste.</div>
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In talking to several tea manufacturers, the decision of what to do next will be challenging. There are basically 3 paths to take to comply with this new regulation.</div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 2px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">To keep your organic certification, change the application of your 95% certified organic flavored teas to the 70%/30% category. The new ruling does not affect this category; though you will not be able to use the USDA seal. (see chart below for more details)</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 2px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Drop the 95% certified organic flavored teas from your organic certification; though you would only be able to mark the ingredients as organic in the ingredient statement. This could cause confusion with your customers, and if you are not certifying these, does it make sense to certify any of your teas?</li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 2px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Work with your flavor supplier (and most likely other flavor suppliers) to create the same tasting flavor but in a certified organic form; knowing this will drive up the cost of goods. Once approved, you will wait 3-12 weeks to get the certification from the flavor company and then another 3-12 weeks to get your flavored tea certified. With a December 27<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">th</sup> deadline, you will need to start working on this change over now and have the new flavors approved by the end of the second quarter.</li>
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Regardless of the route you take for your business, the decision is not an easy one to make. This new requirement for certified organic flavors will in some way affect your bottom line and will inevitably cause confusion for consumers and reduce the number of certified flavored teas (and other organic flavored products) available. My recommendation is to seek out support from your flavor houses, industry peers, and industry consultants who specialize in blend development and product sourcing to help your company navigate through these options.</div>
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<a href="http://www.bevindustry.com/articles/89429-state-of-the-industry-natural-organic-vital-to-tea-market" target="_blank">2016 State of the Industry: Natural, organic vital to tea market</a></h1>
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The U.S. tea market has seen an evolution over the years as consumers’ on-the-go lifestyles put an emphasis on convenience and ready-to-drink (RTD) teas. However, natural and organic trends seem to be the next big push within the tea market.</div>
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“Natural and organic are very important to tea consumers; however, all-natural is significantly more preferred than organic is,” said Elizabeth Sisel, beverage analyst at Mintel, Chicago, in<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beverage Industry’s</em> June issue. “GMO-free and Fair Trade claims are also gaining traction, but do not have the same impact on consumer purchasing decision as does all-natural.”</div>
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Eric Penicka, research analyst for Chicago-based Euromonitor International, also noted that natural is having a greater impact than organic when it comes to hot tea because of its inherent natural properties. RTD tea also is seeing a greater influence when it comes to natural attribute claims.</div>
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“Within RTD teas, there has been a very clear movement toward the creation of naturally brewed teas and this continues to bring consumers into the category,” he explained in<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Beverage Industry’s</em> June issue.</div>
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For example, Pure Leaf, a product of The Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership, Purchase, N.Y., released its Pure Leaf Tea House Collection, a super-premium line of the organic tea leaves brewed with fruits and herbs. In addition to its Pure Leaf Tea House Collection, the brand added to its Unsweetened Iced Tea with the launch of two new flavors — Unsweetened Black Tea with Lemon and Unsweetened Green Tea.</div>
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Varietal trends also are impacting the U.S. tea market. According to the Tea Association of the U.S.A. Inc.’s 2015 Tea Fact Sheet, about 85 percent of American consumers drank <a href="http://www.bevindustry.com/keywords/2427-black-tea" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 179, 241); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #00b3f1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">black tea</a>followed by 14 percent who chose green tea. Oolong, white and dark made up the remaining amounts, states the association’s fact sheet.</div>
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However, opportunities could abound for these minority variants. Noting that hot tea sales are forecasted to have a compound annual growth rate of 4.3 percent from 2015 to 2020, Euromonitor’s Penicka said premium trends within tea retailers could start to impact the consumer packaged goods market.</div>
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“Fueled by premium tea retailers, growing interest in teas more complex than standard black or green teas has already begun to permeate its way through traditional retail channels like supermarkets with oolong and rooibos teas making their way onto shelves,” he said. “We expect to see more of this development in specialty teas and herbal teas over the forecast period.”</div>
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The U.S. tea market also has seen impacts from hybrid beverage trends. “Tea lattes have continued to be a trend (tea and milk), while sparkling tea is on the forefront of the hybrid market — e.g., Sparkling Ice’s Sparkling Tea and Lipton’s Sparkling Tea,” said Lauren Masotti, client manager of U.S. beverages at New York-based Kantar Worldpanel, in Beverage Industry’s June issue. “There are some players offering coffee and tea blends — giving consumers the health benefits of tea and the energy boost most often sought [from] the coffee segment.”</div>
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Contributing to the tea and dairy beverage segment, Boulder, Colo.-based Celestial Seasonings, a division within The Hain Celestial Group, developed its own coffeehouse-style teas. The barista-style Celestial Lattes are available in in four flavors: Dirty Chai, The Godfather, Mountain Chai and Matcha Green.</div>
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Sparkling teas also continue to pop up in the U.S. tea market. Earlier this year, Bhakti, Boulder, Colo., announced its line of natural sparkling teas, which are available in Lemon Ginger Black, Mango Lime Matcha, Tart Cherry Rooibos and Mint Maté. Bhakti Sparkling Teas are a combination of carbonated teas, organic fresh-pressed juices and the company’s signature fresh-pressed ginger, it says.</div>
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Yet, one format of tea has remained challenged to find a core consumer base. “While tea has certainly grown within the single-cup brewer segment, the impact Keurig and similar machines have had hasn’t been nearly as profound as what we’ve seen in the U.S. coffee market,” Euromonitor’s Penicka said.</div>
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Kantar’s Massoti also noted the challenges for the single-cup tea segment, but adds tea lattes and iced variants could offer potential. “Tea lattes and iced tea occasions may continue to do well in this format as it offers consumers a ‘fool-proof’ occasion they can enjoy in a single cup,” she said. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">BI</strong></div>
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</section>Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-87025867341286732462016-07-13T20:40:00.000-07:002016-08-04T12:11:02.151-07:00Exploitation of Labour???<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
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On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 1:30 AM, Indi - Tea 'n' Teas <<a href="mailto:indi@teanteas.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">indi@teanteas.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></div>
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Every <span style="color: #049604;">single </span>time <span style="color: #049604;">that </span>I travel to N America or the US, a question about 'labour exploitation in the tea industry' is almost a de rigueur certainty.<u></u><u></u></div>
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E<span style="color: #049604;">ach </span>time I have to go to great pains to explain that WITHIN the Indian context, Tea Estate labour is far better off than workers in other industries.<u></u><u></u></div>
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This cutting from the newspaper of a photograph taken by some staff reporter on a day when the Nilgiris was being lashed by torrential rains and being almost blown away by the gusty winds leaves one with no need for words:<u></u><u></u></div>
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And this on a day when even the family dog had decided that cowering under the bed was the smarter option.<u></u><u></u></div>
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Does it appear as though these women are the 'exploited' kind??<u></u><u></u></div>
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<i>P.S: Can't help but also add that while we get hit with 'you must provide adequate care to the workforce'</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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<i>when we request buyers to pay that little bit extra to support the effort,</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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<i>there is an immediate turning in of the toes.</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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<i>Rather ironic, is it not?</i><u></u><u></u></div>
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Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-54538362062241357432016-05-05T15:35:00.000-07:002016-05-05T15:35:29.374-07:00<b>Fuso / Pyramid Tea Bag Materials and Biodegradable info</b><br />
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<b>I am often asked about biodegradable and safe pyramid tea bag materials. Here is a company you can ask your questions, order your custom tags, and send to your co packer with your label.</b><br />
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TEAROAD SOILON is a filter made with the biomass material known as polylactic acid, the base material of which is plant starch.<br />
Burying this product into the ground after use causes microorganisms to completely break it down after being hydrolyzed into shoter fragment. Such is the nature of this filter for beverage use created with mankind and the environment as a top priority.</div>
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Characteristics</h2>
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<li>Using plant starch as its base material, this product is manufactured through processes that include lactic acid fermentation and polymerization of lactic acid. Then polylactic acid is rendered into fibers and woven together. Its uniform opening affords the product a superior level of permeability, making it perfect for tea bag filters used with tea leaves.</li>
<li>No harmful substances is detected upon extraction using boiling water. SOILON is compliant with food, additive and other standards under the Food Sanitation Act (No. 370).</li>
<li>Upon burying SOILON in the ground, following hydrolysis, the material is completely broken down by microorganisms, after which it is eventually turned into water and CO2 (materials cited). The speed of degradation varies largely depending on the temperature, moisture and PH level of the soil, as well as the types and number of microorganisms present.</li>
<li>When burning SOILON,the harmful gas (dioxin etc.) is not generated. Also the generation of greenhouse gas (carbon dioxide) is less than usual plastic. (reference literature)</li>
<li>Polylactic acid, the material used in SOILON, has reported to have bacteriostatic and mildew-proof properties.</li>
<li>Plants, which are renewable, are used as the basic materials in SOILON, thereby helping to contribute to the development of a sustainable society. This aspect has enabled us to acquire "GreenPla" membership (No. 243).</li>
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"GreenPla" is a registered trademark of the Japan BioPlastics Association (JBPA), which is a N.P.O. engaging in study, research and development to promote commercialization of plastics which are made from non-petroleum resources, and are biodegraded. Yamanaka Industry Co., Ltd. is a member of the JBPA "Mark". For more details,<a href="http://www.jbpaweb.net/" style="color: #333333;" target="_blank"> please access the JBPA homepage.</a></div>
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Filters for green tea, black tea, healthcare tea, herb tea and others.</div>
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Physical properties</h2>
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Filaments/inch</th><th style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;">Open space ratio(%)</th><th style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;">Remarks</th><th style="background-color: #e7e7e7; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; padding: 5px; text-align: center;">Sealing adaptability</th></tr>
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<li>* The above physical properties are measured, but are not guaranteed.</li>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.6em;">Iced Teas</strong><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.6em;">, </span><strong style="color: black; line-height: 1.6em;">Pyramid Bag Hot Teas, Loose and Blooming Teas</strong><span style="color: black; line-height: 1.6em;">. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.6em;">Food Service and Retail Ready. <span style="background-color: lightyellow;">Wholesale (updated) site COMING SOON. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: black;">Email Desiree for pricing info.</span><a href="http://www.waterfallteas.com/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: green;">Use this code: </span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><span style="color: black;">dn10</span></strong></span></a><span style="color: green;"><a href="http://www.waterfallteas.com/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"> </a></span><a href="http://www.waterfallteas.com/" style="color: #6dc6dd; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: green;">for 10% off your first order</span></a><span style="color: green;">. </span><em><span style="color: black;">Good for retail and wholesale orders.</span></em></span></div>
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Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-8697809968070493692015-03-31T14:08:00.001-07:002015-03-31T14:08:29.513-07:00Ingredient Hub and consulting<a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yZMWCPYzBcTDdJmVpIZjpIgNRhVrOZGyNdIgf__M8QhAiH_SKgHxlfjdjzl7NBodjw9FzXvm2oCqx-fhcNRNjQPTsM64ZxNfl3nEJ8-qvAa69fsUyAOJl_E1KTrpyys6lHLZ-1Sa4fZt0IXl" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214px;" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/yZMWCPYzBcTDdJmVpIZjpIgNRhVrOZGyNdIgf__M8QhAiH_SKgHxlfjdjzl7NBodjw9FzXvm2oCqx-fhcNRNjQPTsM64ZxNfl3nEJ8-qvAa69fsUyAOJl_E1KTrpyys6lHLZ-1Sa4fZt0IXl" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0rad);" width="214px;" /></a><b><u>Ingredient Hub: Desiree Nelson - Your Trusted Sourcing Partner:</u></b><br />
My passion for tea, herbs, spices, and the marketing and supplying of them has lead me to some more than interesting opportunities this year. I will announce them as soon as it is okay to.<br />
I have managed to partner with some of the most respected tea and ingredients suppliers, as well as packaging companies in the U.S. and abroad. I imagine this could only grow and get better.<br />
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<b><u>What does this mean for your business? </u></b><br />
Relationships and integrity, with your "tailored to suit" needs in mind ~ in ingredients AND packaging. Small to large scalability- sourcing is about what YOU and your TIME. I hope to save you that. Send me your inquiries and let me work to solve your need > be it time, money, logistics, certifications,<br />
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Purpose:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INGREDIENT HUB</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Matching my network of best partners in the tea/herb industry to match best tea business with client: per project or brand as a whole. Collaborating domestically and globally. Using my knowledge and partnerships to best serve the client.</span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-bdc19401-71a6-23b2-5635-869fa5334823"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">About Me :</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Industry expert since 2002. You have a brand, need, or tea product or concept and I have the industry solutions. I facilitate your brand (or generic / spot item) to partner with the best fit for your concept in the industry. From competitive bidding on single origin ingredients as a spot purchase or contract, to R&D of a new line in bulk or bottled RTD, iced tea formulation to packaging, blending in smaller 50 lb quantities to 500 lbs plus... I will match you with the best supplier for all of your needs. From pricing, logistics, to quality – there is a best fit for you, or a possibly a few. Competitive bidding on pallet to container quantities – just shoot me an email.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Intimate knowledge of industry’s best: Iced teas, single origin sourcing of loose teas or tea bag cut, herbs, formulation, R&D, Single Serve cup formulation and packaging, ingredient sourcing, innovative packing in tins, packaging of tea bags ALL TYPES and sizes, pyramid bags, iced tea cello and filter bags, blending of teas, RTD bases and components. STI Certified highest Level: Industry Specialist since 2002. Partnering with the best in the Industry to bring you best products and pricing in ALL things tea and herbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Specializing in all things tea: bulk & container purchasing and management, R&D of new blends all types, packing of food service iced teas, all the way to development of single serve blends. By the case, pallet, container. Custom Formulation and R&D. I can help you find partners and suppliers that have their finger on their pulse on the industry and excellent garden supplier relationships. Matching needs in best practices and QC Compliance, Kosher, Organic, Fair Trade, ISO 9001, HACCP, GMP, and SQF. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One Stop contact / Time and Money saving:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Starting with the most important needs and backing in to the solve, I can help build sales for my partners as well as solve the needs of the client, be it short or long term > by contacting me as one source vs. several – thereby saving them time. These needs may be: timing, logistics, spot fill, new project, competitive bidding, etc. My partnerships are direct and pricing is same as direct. For the cases of rare, obscure or short ingredients that are outside my 10+ vendors, I will search and find for you outside my group for an upcharge to my find (brokering for you).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In conclusion:</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Sending one email or call to me is the ultimate goal I would want my client to feel they need to do in order to find, solve, or collect on to solve their tea and herb needs of/by the industry’s best. I will do the timely finding of all options for them. </span></div>
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Consumer interest in healthy beverages has led to an evolving marketplace within the industry, experts note. For instance, the tea category has experienced sales increases due to consumer emphasis placed on healthy living habits, according to a January report from Santa Monica, Calif.-based IBISWorld titled “Tea Production in the US.”</div>
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The report also notes that beverage manufacturers are capitalizing on these trends through marketing efforts. “Backed by the scientific community, tea manufacturers are marketing the various health benefits of tea consumption, such as its effect on lowering cholesterol,” the report states. “Additionally, as Americans become more health conscious, they will seek alternatives to sugar-rich, carbonated beverages.”</div>
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Dana LaMendola, beverage analyst with Euromonitor International, Chicago, stated in Beverage Industry’s June issue that tea’s positioning as a functional beverage as well as consumer education have helped the U.S. hot <a href="http://www.bevindustry.com/topics/2242-tea-and-coffee" style="color: #1f5692; text-decoration: none;">tea</a> market and <a href="http://www.bevindustry.com/keywords/1731-rtd-tea" style="color: #1f5692; text-decoration: none;">ready-to-drink (RTD) tea</a> market grow in both volume and dollar sales between 2008 and 2013.</div>
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According to Chicago-based Information Resources Inc. (IRI), sales for bagged and loose-leaf teas increased more than 6 percent to<br />
$1.2 billion in sales for the 52 weeks ending April 20 in U.S. multi-outlets. Showing more modest growth, canned and bottled tea sales were up just more than 2 percent to $3 billion in sales.</div>
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Within bagged and loose-leaf teas, IBISWorld’s Hester Joen reported that although bagged tea sales make up a majority of the hot tea market, the loose-leaf tea format has cut into its market share.</div>
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“The consumption of loose-leaf tea has grown on the back of the growing popularity of specialty tea and coffee shops,” Joen said in Beverage Industry’s June issue.</div>
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Adding to this trend, Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. and Oprah Winfrey collaborated to co-create Teavana Oprah Chai Tea. The tea blends cinnamon, ginger, cardamom and cloves with loose-leaf black tea and rooibos.</div>
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The category also has seen varietals outside of the black and green tea segments gain in popularity. “Herbal and white teas have also grown in popularity in recent years,” Joen said. “Herbal teas appeal to drinkers who are looking for a refreshing beverage, while white teas appeal to drinkers who want a lightly caffeinated beverage.”</div>
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At Natural Products Expo West, Boulder, Colo.-based Celestial Seasonings, an operating unit of The Hain Celestial Group, introduced two new varieties to its Holiday Tea line: Caramel Apple Dream Holiday herbal tea and Cranberry Vanilla Wonderland Holiday herbal tea.</div>
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The category also has seen health and wellness trends benefit the RTD category as consumers seek an alternative to carbonated soft drinks, Euromonitor’s LaMendola explained. Brand owners continue to churn out new products that fit this billing, such as Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co.’s Honest Tea Unsweet Lemon Tea. The Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership, a joint venture between PepsiCo Inc. and Unilever, also recently announced the release of Pure Leaf Tea & Lemonade.</div>
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However, the segment could be impacted by the proliferation of single-cup tea and liquid concentrates, experts note. “Consequently, liquid concentrates provide convenience to consumers who regularly consume iced tea,” IBISWorld’s Joen said. “While liquid tea concentrates have grown slightly in popularity, their impact on other tea segments has been minimal.”</div>
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Large players have entered the segment with AriZona Beverage Co., Cincinnati, and Nestlé Waters North America, Stamford, Conn., releasing lines last year. </div>
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million in retail sales this year, up 32 percent, according to Euromonitor
International. That would account for about 10 percent of the overall coffee
market, which is expected to grow by only 6 percent this year.”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8710468992775741085#_ftn2" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[2]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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single-cup pods grew 162% from April 2010-2011.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8710468992775741085#_ftn3" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[3]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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increases at domestic Dunkin’ Donuts locations, which account for more than 70
percent of Dunkin’ Brands’ total revenue.”<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8710468992775741085#_ftn4" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[4]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(15% of the overall single serve market) for 2011 alone.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8710468992775741085#_ftn5" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[5]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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Mountain Coffee Roasters to create a new line of single serve iced tea
products, expected to hit stores in 2013. <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8710468992775741085#_ftn6" name="_ftnref" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn;" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="mso-special-character: footnote;"><!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->[6]<!--[endif]--></span></span></a>
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Premium brands, myriad varieties entice consumers<br />
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WHEN IT COMES TO TEA, THE MORE “COLORFUL” THE BETTER. GREEN, BLACK, white and red teas remain popular varietals, while numerous flavor options, health benefits and positionings have helped to propel the category even further, according to experts.<br />
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Last year, sales of tea and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea increased 5.1 percent, reaching $4.3 billion in food, drug, convenience stores and mass merchandisers, excluding Walmart, according to Mintel’s July 2011 “Tea and RTD Teas – U.S.” report. Canned and bottled tea as well as refrigerated RTD tea drove growth in the category, the Chicago-based market research firm reported.<br />
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The canned and bottled RTD tea segment accounted for just more than 50 percent of the market share in the respective channels and showed the largest growth in the category from 2009 to 2011 at 19.2 percent, Mintel noted. The second-largest segment, refrigerated RTD tea, made up 13 percent of total category sales in 2011 and grew more than 15 percent from 2009 to 2011, the report notes. Bagged and loose tea sales growth remained small compared to the RTD segment, increasing 3.5 percent from 2009 to 2011.<br />
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Instant tea mixes performed the worst in the category, declining 8.1 percent from 2009 to 2011, the report states. Mintel does not expect the segment to recover, predicting a 13 percent decline from 2011 to 2016. In order to succeed in the instant tea segment, manufacturers will need to introduce mixes from brands that have established themselves in the RTD tea segment, the Mintel report suggests. Additionally, growth opportunities might be present among the African-American and Hispanic communities because both groups exhibit higher-thanaverage household consumption of instant tea mixes, according to the report. African- American consumers also report drinking RTD iced tea more often than the average, it adds.<br />
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OPTIONS ABOUND<br />
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Consumers are looking for healthier alternatives to soft drinks, says Richard Haffner, head of beverages research with Euromonitor International, Chicago. Tea can offer a healthy solution and RTD tea is a convenient format that delivers it, he says.<br />
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In the RTD tea segment, lemonade-and-tea drinks have gained in popularity. Both Snapple and Sweet Leaf launched lemonade-and-tea beverages this year. Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Plano, Texas, launched Snapple Diet Half ‘n Half Lemonade Iced Tea, a blend of lemonade and iced tea made with green and black tea, and Stamford, Conn.-based Nestlé Waters North America’s Sweet Leaf subsidiary launched Organic Half & Half Lemonade Tea.<br />
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The lemonade-and-tea flavors also have crossed over into the alcohol category. This year, St. Louisbased Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch InBev, expanded its Michelob Ultra beer brand with the limited-edition launch of Ultra 19th Hole Light Tea & Lemonade. The flavored malt beverage (FMB) contains 4 percent alcohol by volume, natural flavors and is sweetened with stevia-derived rebiana-A, making it a lighter alternative to traditional FMBs, the company says. Late last year, Cincinnatibased Arizona Beverage Co. Launched an FMB that merges tea and lemonade called Arnold Palmer Hard.<br />
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Superfruit flavors, such as pomegranate, acai and goji berry, also are being added to tea drinks to enhance their health and wellness properties, Haffner says. However, lemon remains the top flavor in the tea category, says Garima Goel Lal, senior beverage analyst at Mintel.<br />
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“There’s also other additives going [into teas] such as vitamins and stimulants, [which are] looking to segment the category along two lines: one is health properties, and the other is tea has caffeine so it can be a stimulant, so looking to make a more healthy appeal to an energy-type drink,” Haffner says.<br />
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Tea manufacturers are marketing the various health benefits of tea consumption, such as its reported effect on lowering cholesterol, and herbal teas are experiencing success as consumers increasingly use them for at-home medicinal remedies, said Los Angeles-based IBISWorld industry analyst Agata Kaczanowska in a statement.<br />
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Although they take a backseat to RTD teas, loose teas are showing promise, especially those with specialty and upscale positioning, Mintel's Goel Lal says. Plus, tea houses have been growing in popularity, she adds. According to World Tea Media, the tea retail trend hit its stride in 2011 and will continue its growth streak throughout 2012. Currently, the United States has approximately 3,500 tea retail locations, which is in contrast to the more than 25,000 U.S. coffeehouses, said Kim Jage, sales and marketing director for Las Vegasbased World Tea Media, a division of F+W Media, in a statement.<br />
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POLARIZATION AND PACKAGING<br />
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Overall, a premiumization trend is taking place in the tea category, which can take form in tea varietals and superior blends of teas, Haffner says. For instance, green, white and red teas can have a premium appeal. Likewise, Lipton Pure Leaf Iced Teas from the Pepsi Lipton Tea Partnership make use of superior fruit-andtea blends, he adds.<br />
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Supporting the premiumization trend, the tea industry is working to elevate consumers’ understanding about quality teas.<br />
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“The tea industry is educating tea consumers about quality, thus improving their palate and desire for better tea,” World Tea Media’s Jage said in a statement. “We’re still a bit behind here, but many retailers and manufacturers are making progress, and consumers are increasingly looking to buy better teas; they want to know what makes certain teas high quality rather than relying on the manufacturer’s word or enticing packaging.”<br />
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Consumers not only are purchasing superpremium teas, but also private-label teas, causing mid-priced teas to shrink, which denotes a trend toward polarization, Mintel’s Goel Lal says.<br />
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“Consumers do not perceive enough differentiation in terms of product attributes between mid-priced brands and private labels,” she explains. “Therefore, they decide to buy the cheaper brand, but at the same time they also are looking at the superpremium teas … which basically have proliferated in terms of flavor and quality, but also in packaging.”<br />
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In addition to positioning and flavor innovation, RTD teas are turning to packaging to attract consumers. The economic downturn influenced consumers to buy bulk packaging to save money. Therefore, the RTD tea category responded by introducing family-size packaging as well as multi-packs, Euromonitor’s Haffner explains.<br />
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During the recession, Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. Introduced familysize packaging for its Gold Peak RTD tea brand that is merchandised in the refrigerated section, which helps the brand better compete, Mintel’s Goel Lal says. Gold Peak increased 12. 3 percent in the 52 weeks ending April 15 in food, drug, gas, convenience stores and mass merchandisers, excluding Walmart, club and liquor stores, according to Chicago-based SymphonyIRI Group data. Tea brands are increasingly finding their way into the refrigerated section in multi-serve sizes to increase their visibility and help them compete with juices, Goel Lal adds.<br />
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On the single-serve side, $0.99 pre-priced cans, which appeal to price-sensitive shoppers, performed well last year, she says. The prepriced trend is expected to continue throughout 2012, she adds.<br />
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Convenience via single-cup pods also could help grow the bagged and loose tea segment, according to the Mintel report. Just as the popularity of single-cup brewing systems has boosted the coffee category, these machines could have a positive side effect for tea, the report states. Mintel research found that 23 percent of all tea drinkers brew tea in single-cup beverage makers.<br />
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Based on the success of Celestial Seasonings’ single-cup tea pods, Mintel suggests that the pod packaging format might be the solution to the slow sales taking place in the overall bagged and loose tea segment. The brand’s single-cup pods grew 162 percent in the 52 weeks ending April 17, 2011, in food, drug, convenience and mass merchandisers, excluding Walmart, the report notes.<br />
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VARIETALS AND SWEETENERS<br />
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In the lead as the most popular tea varietal in the United States is green tea, according to Mintel’s “Tea and RTD Teas – U.S.” report. Approximately 77 percent of all tea drinkers report drinking green tea, while 70 percent of tea drinkers drink black tea, the report states. The next most-popular option is tea with fruit flavors or fruit juice, with 54 percent of tea drinkers opting for hybrid beverages. However, World Tea Media reports that blended teas took the No. 1 spot in terms of popularity with green tea as the second most popular variety for U.S. tea introductions, according to a Rockville, Md.-based Packaging Facts report titled “Tea and Ready-to-Drink Tea in the U.S., 4th Edition.”<br />
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This year, Breezy Spring LLC, Lakeland, Fla., launched Swirl Tea, which is a cold-brew green tea. World Tea Media expects this introduction to spark a larger consumer base and awareness of cold-brew green tea. Similarly, Twinings of London showcased its line of all-natural cold-brewed iced teas at this year’s Natural Products Expo West show. The teas are available in the following varieties: Peach, English Classic, Lady Grey, Green Tea with Mint, and Mixed Berries.<br />
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Last spring, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.-based SereniTea launched a line of U.S. Department of Agriculture-certified organic green teas in single-serve liquid packets. The tea mixes can be poured into a hot or cold beverage, the company says.<br />
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Nearly half of tea drinkers say they drink herbal teas, such as rooibos or chamomile, and one-third consume white and oolong tea, according to Mintel’s report. Pu-erh and kombucha are still niche varieties with just 10 percent consumption incidence among tea drinkers, the report notes. Women are more likely to drink fruit-flavored teas and herbal teas, while pu-erh and kombucha teas appeal more to men, it adds.<br />
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Nevertheless, flavor is the No. 1 reason why consumers drink tea, according to the Mintel report. This explains why flavor innovation in RTD teas helped to drive growth in the segment, the report states. It also calls out the need for future flavor innovation in order to keep driving sales. The second most popular tea attribute is relaxation, and more than half of all tea drinkers report drinking tea for its antioxidant content, the report adds.<br />
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Consumers are not particularly fond of artificial sweeteners in their tea, however, because it can undermine the product’s pro-health image, according to the report. More than half of tea drinkers do not like the taste of artificial sweeteners in tea, and 42 percent will not buy tea sweetened with artificial sweeteners, it states. More than half of tea drinkers also believe that RTD teas contain too much sugar. As a result, nearly half of tea drinkers buy fewer RTD teas and brew tea more often at home to avoid consuming too much sugar and also to save money, the report states.<br />
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Earlier this year, Bethesda, Md.-based Honest Tea, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Co., launched Not Too Sweet Tea, which uses organic stevia extract and organic cane sugar to lower the sugar and calorie content of the sweetened tea beverage.<br />
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All-natural sweeteners such as stevia, cane sugar and honey are increasingly making their way into RTD formulations, Euromonitor’s Haffner says, because they carry the benefits of using a higher-quality ingredient and being able to label a product as all-natural. Mintel’s Goel Lal adds that natural claims are very positive in the tea category because of its pro-health positioning. An all-natural platform makes the product even more appealing to consumers, she says.<br />
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HYBRID DRINKS<br />
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In addition to the lemonade-and-tea combinations, tea is making an appearance in juice drinks and other categories. This spring, Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo announced its new Trop50 line of low-calorie tea-infused juices. The line combines peach and white tea, raspberry and green tea, and pear lychee and white tea.<br />
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To stay ahead of the innovation curve, Haffner expects tea-makers to maintain a focus on health and wellness by introducing antioxidant-rich varieties, and increase the energy attributes of the drinks by adding ingredients such as B vitamins, ginseng and guarana. Furthermore, to compete with soft drinks, the category might test sparkling tea varieties, he says.<br />
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The category also should put some focus on America’s aging population, whose support of tea’s anti-aging and health attributes will be a strong source of future demand and will drive sales of specialty products, especially for green and herbal teas, according to IBISWorld.<br />
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Mintel analysts expect total tea category sales to increase 8 percent to $4.7 billion this year, and forecast sales at $5.1 billion in 2013, which is an increase of 8. 3 percent. The RTD canned and bottled tea segment is expected to reach nearly $1.6 billion this year, while the bagged and loose tea, RTD refrigerated tea and instant tea mix segments are forecast to reach $798 million, $394 million and $272 million, respectively, this year.</div>
Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-37915492566779980882013-08-22T14:29:00.001-07:002013-08-22T14:29:17.112-07:00Egypt conflict affects tea farmers<div class="author" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_divauthor" style="color: #707070; font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; width: 210px;"><div id="leftinside" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: left; font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; width: 410px;"><div class="list" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_maiming"><img alt="Egypt conflict affects tea farmers" class="img" src="http://www.newvision.co.ug/newvision_cms/gall_content/2013/8/2013_8$largeimg221_Aug_2013_154957327.jpg" style="border: 0px double rgb(220, 225, 228); margin: 0px; max-height: 303px; max-width: 400px; padding: 0px;" /></div></div><div id="rightinside" style="background-color: white; color: black; float: right; font-family: Oswald; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><div class="detail_tool" id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_verticaltop" style="border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); float: left; margin: 0px 0px 10px; width: 210px;"><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="display: block; float: left; padding: 3px 5px; width: 100px;"><a href="" style="background-color: transparent; cursor: pointer;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 9pt; font-weight: bold;">Workers picking tea. Egypt is one of the leading buyers of Ugandan tea</span></a></li>
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Conflicts in Arab countries have affected tea farmers in Bushenyi district. Igara Tea Growers chairman Arthur Babu said the conflicts have prevented the farmers from accessing the Arab market, yet they are the biggest tea consumers.</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Babu said this has impacted on the Igara Tea Growers factory sales, reducing farmers’ profits.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Addressing share holders during their annual general meeting at the factory last week, Babu said Egypt has been taking about 30% of Igara tea.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“Do not think that those countries suffer alone. Such international issues are hindering our efforts in eradicating poverty,” said Babu.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">He further disclosed that fluctuations in the dollar have affected their operations.<br />
“Importation of fertiliser is costly,” he noted.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Babu said in other countries, government facilitates farmers to access fertilisers at a subsidised cost.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">He also urged the Government to intervene and give special power lines to agro-processing factories.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“About 30% of the time the factory runs on a generator, which is costly and ends up encroaching on farmers’ profit margins,” Babu noted.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">He said tea production is steadily increasing because of mobilisation campaigns, an issue that calls for vigorous planning.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Babu thanked President Yoweri Museveni for boosting Buhweju Tea Growers with one million tea seedlings.<br />
Igara has set up another tea factory in Buhweju and the President is expected to officially open it soon.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“We want to put up a 2nd line at Igara tea factory in September to handle at least 70,000kg of green tea leaf per day,” Babu said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">The factory made a profit of sh4.9b for the year 2012.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Babu said the profits for 2011 were sh5.2b and in 2012, it dropped by sh292m because of the 50 bonus shillings the company gave to its farmers. This totalled to sh1.7b.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">The factory, which has 6,856 farmers, sold 34 million kilogrammes of processed tea to mainly Asian countries.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">The company transports its processed tea to Mombasa where it meets waiting buyers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“Tea has ready market in Mombasa. We just find buyers waiting for us and their prices are good,” Vicent Birungi, a board member said.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">Birungi said in 2014, the company will buy a kilogramme of unprocessed tea at between sh500 to sh530, which will boost farmers’ incomes.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">He, however, noted that factory has a debt of sh8b.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“We can pay the loan and still remain rich. We don’t have any problem,” Muguzi said</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">The tea growers appealed to local governments to priotise roads development.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“There is need to develop the local markets by working on the infrastructure to be able to reach every corner of the country,” said Yorokamu Batuna, a tea farmer.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">“The poor roads sometimes hinder our quality,” Batuna noted. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;">George Kyankoyo, another tea farmer, called upon the Government to avail them with tractors to be able to expand their plantations. </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #414141; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20.53125px;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">By Desiree Nelson</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">http://freshcup.epubxp.com/title/10767</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In the 10-plus years I’ve worked
in the specialty-tea industry,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I’ve heard one particular
question many times: How do we get<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">kids to drink more tea? It’s a
worthwhile topic to explore. For<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">one thing, tea is a much more
healthful beverage than soda and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">energy drinks. For another, the
Millennial generation (those born<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">from the late 1980s to the early
2000s, depending on whom you<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">ask) is huge in numbers and is
coming of age in a culture that values natural, good-for-you products. And
third, a younger person<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">excited about tea could
potentially turn into a lifelong tea drinker,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">which is good for all of us who
sell tea and genuinely want this<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">wondrous product to continue to
evolve when it comes to quality<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and popularity.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Before I joined QTrade, I owned a
couple of small tea salons<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and tea bars in Southern
California, where I hit upon a menu<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">item that resonated with kids:
tea “jelly.” It’s a cousin of bubble<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">tea, and I offered it in flavors
including sour apple, lychee and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">mango, as well as a vanilla
variety called Choobee. The jellies<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">were made from nata de coco, a
clear, chewy item originating in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the Philippines that’s made
through coconut water fermentation. They added texture, sweetness and a hint of
flavor to the<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">bottom of an iced tea, and were
slurped up with a wide straw. We<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">called our version of the product
Textured TeaZe.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">We found that the jelly texture
was a fun way to encourage<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">people (mostly tweens and
teenagers) to explore tea and get<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">used to its taste over ice. Once
they embraced that profile, we<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">could then walk them toward
education about the leaf and consuming tea hot. This sort of gateway beverage
is good for our<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">industry, as it reaches out to a
customer demographic that might<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">otherwise ignore us.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">My interest in tea began in the
late 1990s, when I was drawn<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">to the drink after consuming an
oolong with jasmine from<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Harney & Sons. The flavors
fascinated me and fueled my journey to explore loose tea and what it meant to
every culture.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">What motivated my exploration was
the realization that every<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">culture has an interpretation, a
tradition and a twist on tea.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I wanted a place to celebrate
those rituals together in that<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">wonderful “American melting pot”
sort of way, and I began my<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">pursuit to launch a tea business.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">During that preparation, I
traveled to every type of tea<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">school across the country that I
could find and afford. Around<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">that time, I happened to read a
newspaper article in my small<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">town of San Clemente, Calif.,
that bemoaned the fact that local<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">teenagers lacked a
health-oriented place in which to hang out.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I envisioned starting a business
that would make tea “cool,”<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">which would in turn attract those
youths and give them a safe<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">place to spend their time. One of
the classes I attended discussed Taiwanese culture and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">mentioned that children there<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">frequented “tea stands.” These<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">roadside outlets offered a
tapioca product with just a hint of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">tea and tons of sugar. At the<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">time, bubble-tea shops were<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">surfacing around the United<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">States, and I was intrigued with<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the idea that this could attract<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">that younger generation. But<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">bubble tea was too sweet for<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">my taste (and, I reasoned, too<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">sugar-loaded to actually be<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">considered healthful for kids),<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">so I kept looking.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">After much research, in 2002<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I opened the Lavender Lounge Tea
Company in San Clemente. It<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">was a small tea salon and tea bar
tucked in an upstairs location.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">One element of my recipe for
success was to use what we sold<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and sell what we used—I wanted to
take the “mystery” out of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">loose tea. I demonstrated its
ease by utilizing a range of pots,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">strainers and cool tea gadgets.
That approach was great for<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">moms, dads, grandparents and even
20-somethings, but what<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">about teenagers? And tweens?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">This is where the jellies came
into play. Inspired by stories of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the Taiwanese tea stands, I
experimented and eventually settled<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">on the nata de coco. Jellies are
also used in bubble tea, but<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">in that concoction they’re mixed
with the round tapioca balls<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">known as “bobas” to create an
ultra-sweet mixture. Our use of<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">the jellies was more for texture
and color—we’d scoop the premade gel squares into a cup, add ice and tea, and
then serve. The<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">bright colors and slight
sweetness resonated with our young<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">demographic, and before I knew
it, that group was hooked.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I found the only drawback to
serving the jellies was that they<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">contained synthetic dyes. I’m no
longer working in the retail<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">tea world, but I’d advise current
shop owners to explore a<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">natural version of these jellies.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">In my store each day, I saw that<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Millennials responded to the<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">taste, look and feel of jellies,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">and from what we already know<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">about that generation’s values, I<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">can only assume they’d be even<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">more excited about them if they<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">knew the products were good<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">for the planet as well.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">If we can catch tweens and<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">teenagers while they’re still
forming their tastes, we could potentially create lifelong tea drinkers. I
don’t want to assume that<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">young people’s tastes are not
frequently changing—they certainly<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">are—but turning them onto tea is
the first step, and nurturing<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">them with education about the
product and different taste experiences can help deepen their relationship with
the beverage. Maybe<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">they could progress from jellies
to non-flavored tea or even singleestate leaves. Maybe they could fall for the
drink and hang out in<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">your store, exploring the leaf
and geeking out with their friends.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">All it takes is one product that
speaks to them and gets them to<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">start down the rabbit hole of
exploration.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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See the leaves. Cupping is my favorite.<br />
Yesterday I finally visited Samovar Tea Lounge, suits the mood. <br />
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<b>Aroma Tea Bar has updated their e-bar to include a red and white tea collection in time for Valentine’s Day. The update features a variety of Rooibos teas, commonly known as red tea and a selection of White teas all curated from various countries.</b></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.prlog.org/" style="color: #6080f0; line-height: 1.5; text-decoration: initial;">PRLog (Press Release)</a></i> - <i>Jan. 14, 2013</i> - Aroma Tea Bar, a gourmet tea distributor, has updated their e-bar to include a red and white tea collection in time for Valentine’s Day. The update features a variety of Rooibos <b>(ROY –BOS)</b> teas, commonly known as red tea and a selection of White teas all curated from various countries.<br />
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“As the second most consumed beverage in the world and with five out of every six Americans being a consumer, loose leaf tea has come to the fore front of the beverage industry and is slowly becoming a topic of discussion amongst many,” says Yunche Wilson, Owner of Aroma Tea Bar.<br />
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Rooibos is classified as a tisane (<a href="http://aromateabar.com/pages/tisanes" style="color: #6080f0; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">http://aromateabar.com/<wbr></wbr>pages/tisanes</a>) and is a relatively newcomer to Western society. Rooibos was introduced as a substitute for black tea. During World War II, virtually all supplies of Japanese and Chinese teas suddenly became unavailable. The tea-addicted Western culture scoured the world for an alternative, finally discovering caffeine-free Rooibos. Rooibos has a rich, slightly sweet flavor that is excellent alone and blends extremely well with a variety of flavors.<br />
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White Tea falls under the five basic styles of tea and is essentially an unprocessed tea. The name is derived from the fuzzy white "down" that appears on the unopened or recently opened buds - the newest growth on the tea bush. White tea is simply plucked and allowed to wither dry.<br />
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“Aroma Tea Bar’s focus on customization and providing a higher quality beverage to the everyday consumer drove the decision for us make additions to our collection,”<wbr></wbr> Yunche continues.<br />
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Aroma Tea Bar is a gourmet loose leaf tea distributor with a specialization in customization. Their e-bar (<a href="http://aromateabar.com/collections" style="color: #6080f0; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">http://aromateabar.com/<wbr></wbr>collections</a>) (online store) showcases all of their gourmet teas and accessories.<br />
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You can find Aroma Tea Bar at <a href="http://www.aromateabar.com/" style="color: #6080f0; line-height: 1.5;" target="_blank">www.aromateabar.com</a> and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/<wbr></wbr>aromateabar.<br />
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Aroma Tea Bar is a gourmet loose leaf tea distributor with a specialization in customization. The company's focus is to expose the everyday, average person to loose leaf tea, giving them higher quality, healthier tea with custom blends and creative tastes. The goal is to break any preconceived ideas that an individual has had about tea, and show them the cool, trendy, everyday possibilities that drinking tea has. Aroma Tea Bar wants to make quality tea a daily go-to drink of choice for any individual.<br />
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Starbucks Announces Agreement to Acquire Teavana to Globally Transform Tea Industry</h1>
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Furthering its commitment to innovate and transform the tea industry and enhance the consumer tea experience in the U.S. and internationally, Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ:SBUX) has agreed to acquire Teavana Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TEA) in an all-cash acquisition.<br />
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Together, Starbucks and Teavana will jumpstart the next wave of growth in this dynamic category, leveraging Starbucks core competencies of real estate, design and store operations and integrating these with Teavana’s world-class tea authority, global sourcing capabilities, merchandising and best-in-class retail store unit economics. Powered by Starbucks existing infrastructure, Starbucks plans to continue to grow and extend Teavana’s already-successful 300 mall-based stores as well as add a high-profile neighborhood store concept that will accelerate Teavana’s domestic and global footprint.<br />
“We believe the tea category is ripe for reinvention and rapid growth. The Teavana acquisition now positions us to disrupt and lead, just as we did with espresso starting three decades ago,” said Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman, president and ceo. “Teavana’s world-class tea authority, coupled with the romance and theater of the retail experience that is the heart and soul of Starbucks heritage, will create a differentiated customer experience and business opportunity that delivers immediate value to shareholders. This complements our existing Tazo brand and gives us the unique opportunity to create a two-tiered market position.”<br />
“By contributing deep tea expertise, global sourcing capabilities and a passion for the category that is second to none in our industry, we believe we can deliver an elevated tea experience together with Starbucks,” said Andrew Mack, ceo and co-founder of Teavana, who has committed to staying and leading Teavana’s day-to-day operations. “After growing Teavana for fifteen years, we are thrilled that Starbucks will be able to truly fulfill our mission of bringing premium tea to millions of people on a global platform. It is with great respect for what Howard and his team have built that we join the Starbucks family.”<br />
Just as Starbucks pioneered a new retail experience for coffee and espresso, the company’s acquisition of Teavana provides the opportunity to do the same within the rapidly growing $40 billion global tea category. In calendar 2013, Starbucks will integrate its unique assets – including its leading position in social and digital media, its ten million member global loyalty program, card and mobile payment platforms – with the Teavana customer experience to expand Teavana’s current mall-based store footprint with a comprehensive design strategy that will include new Teavana neighborhood locations in markets across North America and around the world. Teavana recently opened its first store in the Middle East in partnership with Starbucks existing joint venture partner Alshaya, and has plans to enter new, high-consumption tea markets around the world in the years ahead.<br />
Starbucks investment in Teavana is matched by its commitment to continue to grow the Tazo business – giving Starbucks a two-tiered market position for tea. Starbucks plan is to define a new elevated platform of tea experience and education, and for both the Teavana and Tazo brands to grow and complement one another while at the same time elevating the entire category through a combination of expertise and assets.<br />
“The acquisition of Teavana supports our growth strategy to innovate with new products, enter new categories, and expand into new channels of distribution,” said Jeff Hansberry, president, Channel Development and Emerging Brands for Starbucks, who will assume leadership of the new subsidiary. “Evolution Fresh, La Boulange and now Teavana demonstrate how Starbucks will add brands that strengthen our core offering and create a rich ecosystem of experiences with shared values, mutual efficiencies and complementary characteristics, thus forming tangible examples of the success of the Starbucks Blueprint for Growth and a differentiated health and wellness offering in the marketplace.”<br />
Starbucks has entered into a merger agreement with Teavana to acquire Teavana for an aggregate acquisition price of approximately $620 million in cash and expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings by approximately $0.01 per share in fiscal year 2013, based off of the previously announced earnings targets. Teavana stockholders of record will receive $15.50 per share in cash in the merger which will result in Teavana becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Starbucks. Stockholders of Teavana holding approximately 70% of the outstanding shares of common stock have approved the merger agreement by written consent, and the closing is expected to occur by year end, following receipt of regulatory clearances.<br />
<b>Webcast Information</b><br />
Starbucks chairman, president and ceo Howard Schultz and Starbucks chief financial officer and chief administrative officer Troy Alstead will host a webcast today at 1:30 p.m. PST to discuss this exciting strategic acquisition and its significance to Starbucks growing health and wellness business. The webcast may be accessed on the Investor Relations page of our website at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Finvestor.starbucks.com&esheet=50478661&lan=en-US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Finvestor.starbucks.com&index=1&md5=d28922b009fa755302a797a857b33d1d" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">http://investor.starbucks.com</a>. A simultaneous webcast will be available and subsequently archived at Starbucks Newsroom at<a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.starbucks.com&esheet=50478661&lan=en-US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.starbucks.com&index=2&md5=9ebde0abca509e66bdfdd75e7decba4a" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">http://news.starbucks.com</a>.<br />
<b>About Starbucks Corporation</b><br />
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting the highest-quality <i>arabica</i> coffee in the world. Today, with stores around the globe, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. Through our unwavering commitment to excellence and our guiding principles, we bring the unique <i>Starbucks Experience</i> to life for every customer through every cup. To share in the experience, please visit us in our stores or online at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.starbucks.com%2F&esheet=50478661&lan=en-US&anchor=www.starbucks.com&index=3&md5=fe19419edf9a84bb9101ce9916c4fa9b" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">www.starbucks.com</a>.<br />
<b>About Teavana</b><br />
Teavana is a specialty retailer offering more than 100 varieties of premium loose-leaf teas, authentic artisanal teawares and other tea-related merchandise through 300 company-owned stores and on its website. Founded in 1997, the company offers new tea enthusiasts and tea connoisseurs alike its "Heaven of Tea" retail experience where passionate and knowledgeable "Teaologists" engage and educate them about the ritual and enjoyment of tea. The company's mission is to establish Teavana as the most recognized and respected brand in the tea industry by expanding the culture of tea across the world. To support the tea culture globally, Teavana donates approximately 1% of annual net profits to the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc., or "CARE," through its Teavana Equatrade program. For more information, visit<a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teavana.com&esheet=50478661&lan=en-US&anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teavana.com&index=4&md5=667344b266c1170184b9c41f0dcacc76" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">http://www.teavana.com</a>.<br />
<b>Additional Information and Where to Find It</b><br />
In connection with the proposed acquisition, Teavana intends to file relevant materials with the SEC, including Teavana’s information statement in preliminary and definitive form. Teavana stockholders are strongly advised to read all relevant documents filed with the SEC, including Teavana’s information statement, because they will contain important information about the proposed transaction. These documents will be available at no charge on the SEC’s website at <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sec.gov&esheet=50478661&lan=en-US&anchor=www.sec.gov&index=5&md5=11852ac705b9ca8c78e9361960db3c0b" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">www.sec.gov</a>. In addition, documents will also be available for free from Teavana by contacting Teavana’s Investor Relations at <a href="mailto:investorrelations@teavana.com" style="color: #058cbf; outline: none;">investorrelations@teavana.com</a>.<br />
<b>Forward-Looking Statements</b><br />
Certain statements contained herein are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the applicable securities laws and regulations. Generally, these statements can be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “feel,” “forecast,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These statements are based on information available to Starbucks as of the date hereof, and Starbucks actual results or performance could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business. These risks and uncertainties include: evolving understanding of the definition of and consumer preference for super-premium tea; continued growth in the health and wellness sector and market acceptance of Starbucks in that sector; the ability of Starbucks to accelerate its growth in the health and wellness sector and in the tea category; the potential introduction of super-premium tea by new market entrants; the ability of Starbucks to successfully integrate Teavana; the long-term success of Starbucks strategy to innovate with new products, enter new categories and expand into new channels of distribution; the requirement to satisfy closing conditions to the merger as set forth in the merger agreement, including expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976; the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Teavana and others related to the transaction; the ability to retain certain key employees of Teavana; and the risk factors disclosed in Starbucks most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, which Starbucks filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2011 and the risk factors disclosed in Teavana’s most recent Annual Report on form 10-K, which Teavana filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2012 and in all filings with the SEC made by Teavana subsequent to the filing of the form 10-K. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s analysis as of the date of this release. Starbucks and Teavana do not undertake to revise these statements to reflect subsequent developments, except as required under the federal securities laws.<br />
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Argo Tea founder Arsen Avakian last week opened the company’s first branded overseas location.</div>
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Avakian, 37, traveled to the grand opening last week and spoke to the <em><a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2012/Sep-11/187452-argo-tea-aims-to-follow-starbucks-into-lebanon.ashxaxzz28FYTT5li" style="color: #e98410; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Daily Star</a></em> (Lebanon) about his first overseas expansion.<br />
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“Beirut is the window to the Middle East,” said Avakian who grew up in Yerevan, the capital and largest city in Armenia. A Fulbright Scholar, he and boyhood friend Simon Simonian, a computer scientist, emigrated to the United States in the 1990s where they teamed with French management consultant Daniel Lindwasser to launch the chain in 2003.<br />
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Argo Tea is privately held with estimated earnings of $20 million, according to an article in <em><a href="http://business.time.com/2011/10/06/argo-tea-business-profile/ixzz28J6CA6VT" style="color: #e98410; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Time Magazine</a></em>. The company operates 30 locations, mainly in Chicago where it is headquartered, but with five locations in New York City and one each in Boston and St. Louis.<br />
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The company’s bottled teas, which sell for $2.40 for a 13.5 oz. can be found in more than 3,000 grocery locations including Whole Foods Markets, Safeway and Dominick’s.<br />
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Investors including billionaire Sam Zell and Oxford Capital have fueled the company’s expansion which accelerated during the recession. The company now employs more than 400 workers, most part-time.<br />
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Avakian said the chain intends to add several Middle East locations and expressed ambitions to expand to Asia and Europe.<br />
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The first floor location in Le Mall, Dabbayeh, offers 40 tea blends, pastries, snacks and sandwiches including a chai cherry chicken sandwich cooked in the spiced tea.<br />
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“We want to do for tea what Starbucks did for coffee,” Avakian told the newspaper reporter, recounting the two years he worked as a barista at his first cafe, sourcing teas and mixing them with a variety of international ingredients to create healthy, refreshing and often unexpected drinks.<br />
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Argo has located several of its stores near Starbucks coffee shops including the Willis Tower in Chicago, O’Hare Airport and the Flatiron Building in New York City.<br />
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The menu in Beirut closely adheres to the U.S. offerings with Maté Laté a signature Brazilian maté, with almond and milk; the Hibiscus Tea Sangria, a mixture of iced tea and fresh fruits; the White Tea Acai Squeeze, white tea and lemonade; and the Green Tea Ginger Twist.<br />
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Tea is the fastest growing beverage segment in the U.S. over the past 10 years and Argo is a considered a tea retail pioneer. In addition to loose leaf tea and concentrates, the shops sell a range of Fair Trade and certified organic coffee.<br />
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Argo is one of several Western foodservice vendors in Beirut. Succeeding in the Middle East will be easier, he says, because a culture of tea drinking already exists.<br />
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Sources: <em><a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Lifestyle/2012/Sep-11/187452-argo-tea-aims-to-follow-starbucks-into-lebanon.ashxixzz28FYud19J" style="color: #e98410; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Daily Star</a></em> (Lebanon) <em><a href="http://business.time.com/2011/10/06/argo-tea-business-profile/ixzz28J6CA6VT" style="color: #e98410; font-size: 1em; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Time Magazine</a></em></div>
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Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-69623530618458436772012-09-04T22:31:00.001-07:002012-09-04T22:31:18.100-07:00Green tea, hibiscus-based drinks pack antioxidants<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/1.1098463#.UEbjUSqzuio.blogger">Green tea, hibiscus-based drinks pack antioxidants</a><br />
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<div class="mod-nydailynewsarticleheader mod-articleheader" id="mod-article-header" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: georgia; font-size: 25px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Green tea, hibiscus-based drinks pack antioxidants</h1></div><div class="area" id="area-article-first-block" style="border: 0px; font-family: arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0px;"><div class="mod-nydailynewsarticlebyline mod-articlebyline" id="mod-article-byline" style="border: 0px; color: #7a7878; font-family: arial; font-size: 11px; margin: 0px 280px 4px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"><div class="byline-publication-date" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">Tuesday, June 19, 2012</div></div><div class="mod-nydailynewsarticletext mod-articletext" id="mod-a-body-first-para" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 280px 10px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><div style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">If you want your beverage to work extra hard for you, pick a green tea with hibiscus.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">According to a new study out of Portugal, drinks containing both these ingredients were found to have the highest antioxidant content of 19 different beverages currently on Portuguese grocery store shelves, reports trade publication NutraIngredients.com.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">After analyzing the phenolic content in tea-based beverages and fruit juices, analysts from the Universidade do Porto found that a tea formulation containing green tea, hibiscus and pineapple packed the most antioxidant punch, while a borututu roots infusion fell at the bottom of the spectrum with the lowest antioxidant activity. Borututu bark or root is said to help detox and cleanse the body.</div></div></div><div class="float" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="" height="1" src="http://articles.nydailynews.com/images/pixel.gif" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="1" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25;">The findings were published in the Food Science and Technology Journal.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Interestingly, while fresh berries are said to be full of health benefits, under the banner of fruit juice they fall flat: blackberry and raspberry-based juices had the lowest antioxidant content, while a cocktail made of pomegranate, grape, and carrot juice, hibiscus and green tea extract was shown to pack the biggest punch. Researchers make no mention of brand names in the study.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, in a paper out of Norway, scientists compiled a database of more than 3,100 foods, drinks, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Among the most antioxidant-rich food are black currants, wild strawberries, blackberries, cranberries, dried apples, artichokes, and dried fruits like plums, apricots, dates and mango.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Meanwhile, a study out of Norway catalogued the antioxidant content of more than 3,100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements in 2010.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Here are some of the most antioxidant-rich foods from the database:</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Beverages</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Coffee</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Espresso</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Pomegranate juice</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Red wine</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Breakfast cereals, grains, legumes, nuts and seeds</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Buckwheat</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Chestnuts with pellicle, or the skin of the nut</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Pecans with pellicle</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Sunflower seeds</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Walnuts with pellicle</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Berries, fruits and vegetables</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Baobab, an African fruit</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Amla (Indian gooseberry)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Bilberries (dried)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Dog rose (dried, fresh)</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Dried plums, prunes, apricots, apples</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Artichoke</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Blueberry jam</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Curly kale</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Okra</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Spices</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Cloves</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Allspice</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Mint leaves</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0px;">Oregano</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.25; margin-bottom: 10px; 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SQF Certification is supported by an increasing number of U.S. and international retailers and food service providers, many of whom are expressing a preference for SQF-certified suppliers. In addition, the SQF program is endorsed by the <a href="http://www.mygfsi.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Global Food Safety Initiative</a> (GFSI), a collaboration between some of the world’s leading food safety experts from retailer, manufacturer and food service companies, as well as service providers associated with the food supply chain.<br />
The following companies are among the growing number of retailers and food service providers who support SQF certification:<br />
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Bloom<br />
Bottom Dollar Foods<br />
Carrefour Group<br />
Chicago Dairy Corporation<br />
CiCi’s Pizza<br />
Coles<br />
Compass Group<br />
ConAgra Food, Inc.<br />
Costco<br />
CVS Pharmacy<br />
Darden<br />
Daymon Worldwide Inc.<br />
Eggland’s Best Inc.<br />
Farm Fresh, LLC<br />
Food Lion, LLC<br />
Giant Food Stores LLC<br />
Giant Food, Inc.<br />
Glister Mary Lee Corp<br />
Gordon Foodservice<br />
Haddonfield Foods Inc<br />
Hannaford Bros. Co.<br />
Harris-Teeter, Inc.<br />
H-E-B<br />
Hershey Company<br />
Holiday Candy<br />
Hormel<br />
Jack in the Box<br />
Kash n’ Karry Food Stores, Inc.<br />
Kellogg Company<br />
Kemps, LLC</td><td cellpadding="5" style="margin: 0px;">Kraft Foods<br />
Lund Food Holdings, Inc.<br />
McDonalds – Global<br />
McDonalds – US<br />
Metro, AG<br />
Migros, Switzerland<br />
Nestle Canada and USA<br />
Pathmark Stores, Inc.<br />
Panera Bread<br />
Peapod, Inc.<br />
Price Chopper Supermarkets<br />
Publix Super Markets, Inc.<br />
Raley’s Family of Fine Stores<br />
Safeway, Inc.<br />
Sam’s Club<br />
Sargento Foods<br />
Schnuck Markets, Inc.<br />
Schwans<br />
Sobeys Inc<br />
Subway<br />
SUPLERVALU INC.<br />
Sweetbay Supermarkets<br />
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company<br />
Target<br />
Tesco Pic<br />
Topco<br />
Tops Markets, LLC<br />
US Foodservice<br />
Vitamins Incorporated<br />
Wakefern Food Corporation<br />
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.<br />
Wawa<br />
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc<br />
Weis Markets, Inc.<br />
Wendy’s<br />
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc</td></tr>
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For more information: <a href="http://www.sqfi.com/buyers/sqf-buyer-supporters/">http://www.sqfi.com/buyers/sqf-buyer-supporters/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.cert-id.com/Certification-Programs/SQF-Certification">http://www.cert-id.com/Certification-Programs/SQF-Certification</a>Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-5516847780115922562012-08-10T10:08:00.001-07:002012-08-10T10:08:27.045-07:00Clean Foods List or the Dirty Dozen, please print for your wallet!From FoodNews.org and a former employee - friend for emailing this to me! I keep it in my wallet, please print it and put in to yours! <br />
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">The growing consensus among scientists is that small doses of
pesticides and other chemicals can cause lasting damage to human
health, especially during fetal development and early childhood.
Scientists now know enough about the long-term consequences of
ingesting these powerful chemicals to advise that we minimize our
consumption of pesticides.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 13.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">What’s the Difference?
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">EWG research has found that people who eat five fruits and
</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">vegetables a day from the Dirty DozenTM list consume an average of
10 pesticides a day. Those who eat from the 15 least contaminated
conventionally-grown fruits and vegetables ingest fewer than 2
pesticides daily. The Guide helps consumers make informed choices
to lower their dietary pesticide load.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 13.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Will Washing and Peeling Help?
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">The data used to create these lists is based on produce tested as
it is typically eaten (meaning washed, rinsed or peeled, depending
on the type of produce). Rinsing reduces but does not eliminate
pesticides. Peeling helps, but valuable nutrients often go down the
drain with the skin. The best approach: eat a varied diet, rinse all
produce and buy organic when possible.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 13.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">How Was This Guide Developed?
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<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">EWG analysts have developed the Guide based on data from nearly
89,000 tests for pesticide residues in produce conducted between
2000 and 2008 and collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. You can find a detailed
</span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue; font-size: 10pt;">description of the criteria EWG used to develop these rankings and
the complete list of fruits and vegetables tested at our dedicated
website, www.foodnews.org.
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<span style="color: rgb(45.700000%, 54.500000%, 22.300000%); font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 15.000000pt; font-weight: 700;"><a href="http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/">Learn More at FoodNews.org </a></span><br />
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</div>Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-62065289214087968362012-07-24T19:28:00.003-07:002012-07-24T19:30:15.040-07:00Calm before the storm...let's get busy<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">It is that time, the calm before the storm of winter sales...meaning the perfect time for you and I to:</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">finalize your winter tea offerings, finish formulation, and place orders ~ for inspiration see attached Holiday Tea offerings from last winter (valid for this year too!)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">get your winter orders in for your high volume items, negotiate pricing on volume (helping us project and negotiate best pricing)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">talk about what is in stock now - that usually runs out! SUCH AS: <i> Lemon grass tbc $2/lb, and Organic <b>Lemon Grass</b> c/s and tbc each $3/lb.<b> Chamomile</b> - organic tbc $4.50, Org whole $6.50, conventional whole $5.50, tbc $3. Rosehips Org tbc $5.70. <b>Gunpowder </b>- Org. 9374 $3.50 (C10139), C10141 Ex Spl 3505 Gunpowder $6.90, and conventional 3505 $</i>3. </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">don't forget cardamom is down this year - but tea pricing is going up - so if you can place orders now, I would advise you to STOCK UP NOW or secure pricing for the next month beofre it rises - see attached article from World Tea News </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">talk about some Kenyan teas - I will send you info very soon on some that are overstocked here...I will send you cupping notes and ideas on how you can use them to your advantage at a GREAT price to move it out from us to you at a fabulous value </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">it is time to start thinking and planning on next years teas, especially in iced teas</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">have you seen our new website and registered to view pricing? <a href="http://www.qtradeteas.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.qtradeteas.com</a>, PLEASE NOTE - you can not order on here yet, so please ignore anything on this function (for now!), you can not check your account on here yet either! </span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">lastly - check out my blog for more interesting info! </span> <i><b><a href="http://desntea.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff6600;" target="_blank">http://desntea.blogspot.com/</a><span style="color: #ff6600;">,</span>such as this interesting article on "The State of the Industry" From Bev Industry ... </b></i><a href="http://desntea.blogspot.com/2012/07/2012-state-of-industry-tea-and-ready-to.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">http://desntea.blogspot.com/<wbr></wbr>2012/07/2012-state-of-<wbr></wbr>industry-tea-and-ready-to.html</span></a></li>
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</div>Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-31895450937290701302012-07-24T19:20:00.001-07:002012-07-24T19:25:12.516-07:00FDA and Certified Organic Info<h3>
<b><br /></b><b>Who Needs To Be Certified?</b></h3>
Most farms and businesses that grow, handle, or<br />
process organic products must be certified, including:<br />
- Farms that sell more than $5,000 in organic<br />
products per year (gross sales).<br />
- Handlers that sell more than $5,000 of organic<br />
processed food, including handlers that place<br />
bulk products into smaller packages or that<br />
repackage/relabel products.<br />
- Processors that sell more than $5,000 of organic<br />
processed products, unless all products contain<br />
less than 70 percent organic ingredients or only<br />
identify the organic ingredients in the ingredient<br />
statement.<br />
- Vendors that handle (e.g. package) and sell<br />
products online (but not in stores) or otherwise<br />
deliver organic products.<br />
<br />
Overall, if you make a product and want to claim that<br />
it or its ingredients are organic, your final product<br />
probably also needs to be certified. Please review the<br />
examples and exemptions below.<br />
If you wish to make any organic claim on the granola’s<br />
principal display panel (front of the package), yes, you<br />
must be certified. Organic claims include any use of the<br />
word “organic” (alone or referring to specific organic<br />
ingredients) or the USDA organic seal. Only products<br />
meeting all requirements for the “organic” or the “100<br />
percent organic” labeling categories may use the USDA<br />
organic seal anywhere on the package.<br />
<br />
If you are only identifying specific<br />
organic ingredients in the ingredient statement<br />
and aren’t making an organic claim elsewhere, review<br />
the “exempt handling operations” section on next page.<br />
If you are a retail food establishment, review the<br />
“retail food establishments” section on next page.<br />
Learn more about requirements for each labeling<br />
category at www.ams.usda.gov/NOPOrganicLabeling.<br />
If you are only selling a pre-packaged product, you<br />
don’t need to be certified. The company that does the<br />
final packaging for your product must be certified and<br />
get any organic product label approved prior to sale.<br />
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<b><br /></b><b>Who Doesn’t Need to Be Certified?</b></h3>
The following operations do not need to be certified:<br />
- Small organic farms and businesses (gross<br />
agricultural income from organic sales does<br />
not exceed $5,000 per year)<br />
- Some brokers, distributors, and traders (see<br />
below)<br />
- Retail food establishments.<br />
- Exempt handling operations (see below).<br />
Although certification is not required for these “exempt”<br />
or “excluded” operations, they may pursue voluntary<br />
organic certification. Exempt and excluded operations<br />
still need to comply with specific sections of the USDA<br />
organic regulations (please see other side).<br />
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<b>National Organic Program | Agricultural Marketing Service | U.S. Department of Agriculture June 2012</b><br />
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<b>Do I Need To Be Certified Organic?</b></h3>
I combine multiple certified<br />
organic ingredients to make organic<br />
granola. Do I need to be certified?<br />
Another company packages my<br />
product. They have an organic certificate. <br />
Do I also have to be certified?Small Organic Farms and Businesses<br />
If your farm or business’ gross agricultural income from<br />
organic sales is $5,000 or less per year, it is considered<br />
an “exempt” operation. This means you don’t need to<br />
be certified to sell, label, or represent your products<br />
as organic. You also do not need to develop a written<br />
organic system plan. However, you must follow all<br />
other requirements in the USDA organic regulations.<br />
Specifically, you must:<br />
- Maintain records for at least three years.<br />
- Not use the USDA organic seal on your products<br />
or refer to them as certified organic. If you would<br />
like to use the USDA organic seal, pursue organic<br />
certification.<br />
- Meet other USDA organic labeling requirements.<br />
- Not sell your products as ingredients for use in<br />
someone else’s certified organic product.<br />
- Register with the California Department of Food<br />
and Agriculture if your farm is in California.<br />
<br />
<b>Brokers, Distributors, and Traders Who</b><br />
<b>Handle Products in Closed Containers</b><br />
<br />
If your operation only sells, transports, stores, receives,<br />
or acquires products that are received in and remain<br />
in a container without being processed*, the operation<br />
does not need to be certified. An example of such<br />
an “excluded” operation would be one that handles<br />
boxed organic cereal. However, you must prevent<br />
commingling with non-organic products and contact<br />
with prohibited substances.<br />
<br />
If your operation handles bulk, unpackaged organic<br />
products (such as cattle, milk, or grain), you need to be<br />
certified or be included under an organic producer or<br />
handler’s organic system plan.<br />
Retail Food Establishments<br />
<br />
If your operation is a retail food establishment, such<br />
as a grocery store, it does not need to be certified. You<br />
may sell certified organic products that bear the USDA<br />
organic seal, as long as you don’t process* them.<br />
<br />
If your retail food establishment processes* certified<br />
organic products on its premises, the USDA organic<br />
regulations state that you must:<br />
- Prevent commingling with non-organic products<br />
and contact with prohibited substances.<br />
- Not use the USDA organic seal or refer to<br />
processed products as certified organic. If you<br />
would like to use the USDA organic seal, obtain<br />
organic certification.<br />
- Meet other USDA organic labeling requirements.<br />
Exempt Handling Operations<br />
If your handling operation:<br />
- Only handles products that contain less than 70<br />
percent organic ingredients (excluding salt and<br />
water) or<br />
- Only identifies organic ingredients on the<br />
product’s information panel,<br />
It does not need to be certified. However, the USDA<br />
organic regulations state that you must:<br />
- Prevent commingling with non-organic products<br />
and contact with prohibited substances.<br />
- Meet the USDA organic labeling requirements.<br />
- Maintain records for at least three years that<br />
prove that the quantity of organic products sold<br />
were organically produced and handled.<br />
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Learn more: <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/NOP">www.ams.usda.gov/NOP</a><br />
<br />Desiree Nelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02438587201809501730noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8710468992775741085.post-47651169215862894332012-07-24T09:47:00.000-07:002012-07-24T09:47:27.359-07:00QSR Magazine...No Fizz, No Problem<br />
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There’s nothing quite as revitalizing as a cold drink on a hot summer afternoon. These days, however, restaurant guests are looking for more than just refreshment from their cold beverages. They are seeking fewer calories, healthful options, or, perhaps, a jolt of energy.</div>
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Cold beverages, particularly carbonated ones, have been part and parcel of quick-service restaurants from the time the first units opened. Coca-Cola, for instance, has been served at White Castle since 1921, the year the business began.</div>
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Fizzy drinks, as a group, are still the most popular beverage option at limited-service restaurants, but noncarbonated drinks are picking up steam. Iced teas and coffees, various waters, lemonade, and juices have been growing quickly.</div>
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“There is absolutely more consumer interest in a wider array of beverages, and restaurant operators have realized that,” says Maeve Webster, research director at Datassential, a food industry market research firm and consultant with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles.</div>
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This is partly an aspect of the overall customization bent, which focuses on giving diners more options to meet their wants and needs.</div>
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“The marketplace is splintering,” says Gary Hemphill, senior vice president of information services at Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC), a New York–based research and consulting firm. “People want more variety now and that means more beverage choices.”</div>
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This trend has been developing for the past few decades, but has become increasingly notable in recent years. According to BMC statistics, carbonated drink volume has declined seven consecutive years as consumers gravitate to noncarbonated choices.</div>
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“These are often items that have a healthier image, whether or not they really are, including teas, bottled waters, and functional products like energy drinks,” Hemphill says.</div>
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The BMC annual report for 2011 found that major carbonated brands made up half of the top 10 liquid refreshment beverages and bottled waters took three more spots. The other two were PepsiCo’s Gatorade energy drink and Tropicana fruit brands.</div>
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Energy drinks, which appeal to young males, were the fastest-growing beverage category, with annual volume jumping 14.4 percent. Coffees and teas also showed strong gains.</div>
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“[Quick-service] restaurant operators understand what is going on in the marketplace, with people looking to make different beverage choices,” Webster says. Offering a variety of drinks “increases owners’ flexibility and gives them the opportunity to compete better.”</div>
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Excepting carbonated beverages, the beverage offered most at limited-service restaurants is tea, particularly iced tea, which is on the menu at 63.2 percent of quick serves, according to Datassential. That is followed by various waters, which are on 57.5 percent of menus.</div>
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The water total may be underreported since many restaurants don’t list water on their menus if it comes from the tap or from a tab at the fountain dispenser.</div>
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Various brands of bottled water are in 46.6 percent of quick serves, while penetration is 5.5 percent for spring water, 4.3 percent for vitaminwater, and 3.1 percent for sparkling water.</div>
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The vitaminwater brand showed the biggest compounded annual growth of any beverage at fast feeders over the past five years, rising more than 27 percent per year. The next two are green tea and San Pellegrino mineral water, both at about 16 percent a year.</div>
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An old favorite, lemonade, is on the menu at 54.4 percent of limited-service units, while coffee is on 51.6 percent and orange juice is on 51.1 percent.</div>
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Juices, mostly orange and apple, appeared increasingly on menus in recent years as more quick serves added breakfast or replaced carbonated drinks on children’s menus.</div>
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“The push to get kids to move away from sodas and eat healthier led to the boost in juice offerings, even if they may not have less sugar,” Webster says. “It’s all about feeling better about what you are ordering.”</div>
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Offering a wide range of beverages also “is a way for [quick serves] to differentiate themselves from the competition,” Hemphill says. “Historically, [quick serves] have lagged a little in trends, but if an operator can figure out a way to move faster, there is opportunity.”</div>
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Not surprisingly, limited-service restaurants have been adding noncarbonated cold beverages at a rapid pace. According to statistics from MenuMonitor, the menu-tracking database created by restaurant market research and consulting firm Technomic Inc., there were more than 200 new cold beverages recently added at quick serves.</div>
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Iced teas made up the largest chunk of those additions, followed by iced coffee and waters.</div>
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“There have been a lot of innovations in tea because it has such a healthy halo,” Hemphill says. “It’s also a base for innovation, like green tea, that appeals to the sophisticated tea drinker but also for those seeking a healthier option.”</div>
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An increasing number of quick serves offer or have added fresh-brewed iced and sweet teas to meet consumers’ growing demand for a fresher, better-tasting product.</div>
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At the same time, iced and chilled coffee, espresso, and related beverages have grown steadily in the wake of aggressive marketing by coffee chains, such as Starbucks, and the addition of these types of drinks at McDonald’s and other extended-menu fast feeders.</div>
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“Americans had traditionally consumed coffee hot, but the cold coffee hurdle has been leapt,” Hemphill explains. “Most Americans are now comfortable in drinking coffee cold. So now it’s a year-round product, hot more often in winter, cold more often in summer.”</div>
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Iced coffees carry fairly high margins, he adds, and while some of the products may be labor intensive and time consuming, restaurants can do well with these items if they become part of the core strategy and generate strong repeat purchases.</div>
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While fountain drinks are a long-time staple at limited-service eateries, a number of outlets, including pizza parlors, sub shops, and fast-casual restaurants, also feature refrigerated cases that contain bottled or canned cold drinks.</div>
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The cans and bottles—glass or plastic—in fast-casual refrigerators, for instance, are often drinks not available at the fountain, including upscale carbonated beverages, flavored waters, teas, vitaminwater, and even beer.</div>
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As some mainline quick serves try to compete with fast casuals, they are considering adding their own refrigerated cases. Wendy’s is testing several ideas at its new prototype units, including a refrigerated case that includes some regular items (bottled water, milk and chocolate milk, and packaged apple juice) as well as nontraditional ones, such as canned NOS energy drinks.</div>
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The units are also trying out several iced coffees and Coca-Cola’s Freestyle dispensing machines, which offer Coke’s Dasani still water and other brands in a variety of flavors.</div>
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Wendy’s continues to measure customer feedback, sales, and costs for all these offerings, says company spokesman Denny Lynch.</div>
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Firehouse Subs is already sold on the customization potential of the Freestyle dispensers. The chain last year completed installation of the machines in all 500 of its restaurants.</div>
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“There are so many possible drink permutations,” says Don Fox, CEO of the Jacksonville, Florida–based company. “The Dasani water, for instance, has seven different flavors and those can be mixed any way the customer wants.”</div>
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The Freestyle offers more than 120 drink options, and that “certainly adds value,” Fox notes. “It’s all about segmentation and satisfying the consumers.”</div>
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Even with all of the beverage possibilities, Firehouse would not have added the machines if Coca-Cola did not include one thing not typical for the beverage company: a noncarbonated cherry syrup drink for making the chain’s cherry limeade.</div>
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Cherry limeade makes up 21 percent of the chain’s beverage sales.</div>
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“When our first restaurant opened in 1994, the cherry limeade was hand mixed,” Fox says. “Later we went to a mix [for the cherry drink’s base], but the founders weren’t really happy with it, so it was never sold outside Jacksonville.”</div>
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Within the past four years, however, the cherry base was deemed good enough to go system-wide. Guests squeeze lime wedges into the cherry drink to make limeade.</div>
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“We know it’s expensive to do that, but we build that into our cost of doing business,” Fox says. “It adds a quality halo to our beverage offerings.”</div>
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The Freestyle has helped Firehouse attract more dine-in business, particularly among families, and boosted the average ticket from $10.25–$10.50 to $11.25–$11.50.</div>
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One chain that combines a coffee house with a fast-casual bakery-café is Cosi. The company resulted from the 1999 merger of Xando Coffee and Bar with Cosi Sandwich Bar and provides guests a range of cold beverages, from coffees to specialty lemonades.</div>
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“We think it’s important to our guests to give them the combinations they want,” explains Keith Stewart, marketing director of the Deerfield, Illinois–based chain.</div>
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The company has seen an increase in customer demand for water products, but not at the expense of other beverages. “It’s additive,” Stewart says, “particularly with drinks like smartwater and vitaminwater,” which include electrolytes, minerals, vitamins, and herbs.</div>
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Cosi also has made a point of creating proprietary cold teas and coffees, including Ginger Green Tea, which the company will be premiering this year. And then there are the lemonades: Strawberry Pomegranate and Mango Pomegranate.</div>
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This year, Habanero Watermelon Lemonade, a limited-time offer, will return. The sweet drink, which has a hint of heat, arrives with four big pieces of watermelon on a skewer.</div>
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“We have so much produce on our menu that it’s easy for us to have strawberries to garnish a beverage or to add watermelon to our order,” Stewart says.</div>
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At Quiznos, beverages “are a very integral part of our offerings,” says Zach Calkins, vice president of culinary creations. “It’s a natural fit to combo” a drink with food.</div>
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Tea and noncarbonated bottled beverages, particularly waters, are popular with salads.</div>
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Last year, Quiznos, with about 2,300 U.S. locations, relaunched its tea offerings with three new blends: unsweetened, black tea infused with raspberry, and green tea with lemon, lime, and honey. Sweet tea is available at locations in the South.</div>
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The Denver-based company is also upgrading its lemonade. A new honey lemonade was tested last year in six markets and is now rolling out system-wide. Franchisees can choose this variety or the traditional raspberry lemonade.</div>
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“It’s optional,” Calkins says. “Markets like Salt Lake City and Albuquerque love this new lemonade, while markets in the South want the raspberry lemonade.”</div>
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Quiznos also offers a wide range of Pepsi’s Sobe bottled beverages. While some varieties, like green tea, consistently do well, the company regularly switches flavors in and out.</div>
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“We rely on our partnership with Pepsi to see where consumers are and what they want,” Calkins says. “It depends on what is popular in a particular area. They may tell us that a drink is really moving and recommend we put that in our cooler.”</div>
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The idea of having many beverages available gives customers plenty of choices, so there is less chance for drinks to result in a veto vote.</div>
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“By having all these options, we have not seen a downtick in our carbonated drinks at the expense of more people choosing other beverages,” Calkins explains. “You’ve got to zig and zag with consumers and try to stay ahead of them and what they crave.”</div>
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You’ve probably never heard of QTrade International Corp., but if you’ve ever strolled down the tea aisle at Whole Foods Market, you’ve probably seen the company’s products.</div>
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And you might see more. The company, a major importer and processor of specialty teas and herbs, is expanding and this month finished moving into a new manufacturing center and headquarters in Cerritos.</div>
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The 64,000-square-foot building, at 16205 Distribution Way, was purchased last year and nearly doubles the company’s footprint compared with its previously facility of 34,000 square feet in Santa Fe Springs.</div>
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“It gives us additional capability, especially in our manufacturing,” said QTrade President Manjiv Jayakumar. “We went from 2,000 square feet of blending area to about 12,000 square feet.”</div>
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QTrade imports teas and herbs, mostly through the local ports, then processes, blends and packages teas for private-label customers. Jayakumar said he could not disclose the names of any customers, but they are brands “you’d typically find in a Whole Foods environment.”</div>
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The company imports about 800 different ingredients, most of them organic and fair-trade certified, and has roughly 2,000 different product blends. Its products are available in all 50 states; the company also serves customers in Canada and the Middle East.</div>
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QTrade has grown significantly since Jayakumar’s father, Chief Executive Manik, founded the company in his garage in 1994 after emigrating from Sri Lanka. It was a one-man operation until 2005, when it moved to a small warehouse in Santa Fe Springs; QTrade now employs about 50 workers.</div>
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Manjiv Jayakumar said QTrade doesn’t need all of its 64,000 square feet today and called the $4.3 million purchase a gamble, but he expects the company to grow into its new space as the specialty tea market grows.</div>
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“It’s a bet on the future of the industry,” he said. “We felt we wanted to build ahead of what the current state of the business was. In the short term, we certainly face lots of cash-flow pressures, but we’re confident our tea is here to stay.”</div>
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2012 State of the Industry: Tea and Ready-to-Drink Tea</h1>
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Last year, sales of tea and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea increased 5.1 percent, reaching $4.3 billion in food, drug, convenience stores and mass merchandisers,<img alt="tea" src="http://www.bevindustry.com/ext/resources/Generic_Images/BI0712-SOI-Tea-inbody.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: right; height: 300px; margin: 4px; width: 300px;" /> excluding Walmart, according to Mintel’s July 2011 “Tea and RTD Teas – U.S.” report. Canned and bottled tea as well as refrigerated RTD tea drove growth in the category, the Chicago-based market research firm reported.<br />
The canned and bottled RTD tea segment accounted for just more than 50 percent of the market share in measured channels and showed the largest growth in the category from 2009 to 2011 at 19.2 percent, Mintel noted. The second-largest segment, refrigerated RTD tea, made up<br />
13 percent of total category sales in 2011 and grew more than 15 percent from 2009 to 2011, the report stated.<br />
Bagged and loose tea sales growth remained small compared to the RTD segment, increasing 3.5 percent from 2009 to 2011, according to Mintel. Convenience via single-cup pods could help grow the segment, the report said. Based on the success of Celestial Seasonings’ single-cup tea pods, Mintel suggested that the pod packaging format might be a solution to the slow sales taking place in the overall bagged and loose tea segment.<br />
Flavor is the No. 1 reason why consumers drink tea, according to the Mintel report. This explains why flavor innovation in RTD teas helped to drive growth in the segment, the report stated. In the RTD tea segment, lemonade-and-tea drinks have gained in popularity.<br />
The line of Arnold Palmer beverages by Arizona Beverage Co., Cincinnati, showed the highest increase in SymphonyIRI’s Top 10 canned and bottled teas with 43 percent growth to nearly $158 million in sales for the 52 weeks ending April 15 in supermarket, drug, gas, convenience and mass merchandise retailers, excluding Walmart, club and liquor stores, according to Chicago-based market research firm SymphonyIRI Group.<br />
Brands such as Snapple and Sweet Leaf both launched lemonade-and-tea beverages this year. Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Plano, Texas, launched Snapple Diet Half ‘n Half Lemonade Iced Tea, a blend of lemonade and iced tea made with green and black tea, and Stamford, Conn.-based Nestlé Waters North America’s Sweet Leaf subsidiary launched Organic Half & Half Lemonade Tea.<br />
In addition to lemonade-and-tea combinations, tea is making an appearance in juice drinks and other categories. This spring, Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo announced its new Trop50 line of low-calorie tea-infused juices. The line includes Peach and White Tea, Raspberry and Green Tea, and Pear Lychee and White Tea.<br />
In addition to positioning and flavor innovation, RTD teas are turning to packaging to attract consumers. The economic downturn influenced consumers to buy bulk packaging to save money, experts say. Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. introduced family-size packaging for its Gold Peak RTD tea brand, which is merchandised in the refrigerated section. Gold Peak increased 12.3 percent in the 52 weeks ending April 15 in SymphonyIRI’s measured channels.<br />
Also appealing to price-sensitive consumers, pre-priced canned iced teas continue to grow. Arizona, which offers several varieties of pre-priced teas, maintains the top spot in the canned and bottled tea segment with nearly $620 million in sales in SymphonyIRI’s measured channels for the 52 weeks ending April 15. BI </div>
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