YOU'LL NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST CRUSH - Great news for home cooks, workers, students or anyone on the go anxious to make a delicious meal quickly and conveniently: introducing Cruch Cubes (www.crushcubes.com), a new line of fresh-frozen, pre-portioned flavor cubes sourced locally and ideal for enhancing everything from entrees to soups to salads to omelets and more!

MOVE OVER SOY! - Lots of vegans and vegetarians are looking for alternatives to soy when it comes to meat-free products - a key reason why Cool Foods created a new product called Vegi Bacon Bits made from pinto bean pulses. Given that the U.N. has declared 2016 the "Year of Pulses," perhaps you might consider a mention of Vegi Bacon Bits or a quote or two from CEO Tom Mosk about the advent of pulses in the health food arena.www.coolfoods.net. 

SEA SALT FROM THE STILL-PURE WATERS OF NEW ZEALAND - David Noll, CEO of New Zealand importer Pacific Resources International (www.shoppri.com) is on a mission to help consumers discover the superior attributes of New Zealand Pacific Sea Salt as compared to traditional table salt. How about getting David's take on this issue and trying out some of the company's various Sea Salts (such as Mesquite BBQ) for yourself?

GOIN' COCONUTS! Edward & Sons (www.edwardandsons.com), the company that first introduced organic coconut milk and Miso-Cup instant soup mix to American consumers, has just debuted two new coconut products under its popular Let's Do...Organic® brand: Organic Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk and Organic Shredded Coconut, Lightly Sweetened with Organic Cane Sugar. Glad to send samples and recipes if you're interested (Edward & Sons also makes many dozens of other items of possible interest, including Miso-Cup instant soup (which they introduced to American consumers some 40 years ago), gluten-free ice cream cones and lots more!).

KEEP FRUITS & VEGGIES FRESHER THREE TIMES LONGER - FridgeFresh by Berry Breeze is a lightweight, compact and affordable device which uses activated oxygen to remove harmful pollutants and bacteria inside your refrigerator that trigger accelerated ripening and decay of fresh fruits and vegetables.  As a result, consumers can preserve their refrigerated fruits and veggies up to three times longer - not only eliminating harmful bacteria and unpleasant odors, but saving hundreds or even thousands a year on food that would otherwise quickly go bad. www.berrybreeze.com.

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