Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. expanded its Minute Maid brand to include new reduced-calorie options. Minute Maid Pure Squeezed Light No Pulp Orange Juice Beverage features 50 calories per 8-fluid-ounce serving and 50% less sugar and calories than regular orange juice. Minute Maid Light Raspberry Fruit Drink with Tea and Light Peach Fruit Drink with Tea offer a tasty splash of tea, while the new Chilled Light Mango Passion Fruit Drink is packed with mango and passionfruit. All three items boast only 15 calories per 8-fluid-ounce serving, and are packaged in clear and recyclable 59-fluid-ounce PET bottles. They can be found in the chilled section of grocery stores nationwide.
DOLE Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif., added a Peach Mango flavor to its lineup of DOLE Fruit Smoothie Shakers. Made with frozen yogurt beads and finely-cut fruit, the Peach Mango kind delivers 100% of the daily value of vitamins B3, B5, B6, B9 and B12. Consumers simply remove from the freezer, add their favorite juice and shake for 30-45 seconds for an instant real fruit and yogurt smoothie. This and other flavors are available for a suggested retail price of $2.19 in the frozen aisle of grocery stores nationwide.