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By TIMES WIRES
Published February 14, 2007
Shelf life Look for these new items on your grocery store shelves. Whole-grain cheese puffs Snyder's of Hanover has put together a line of multigrain snacks that aims to make nibbling on chips one of the ways to eat more whole grains. Whole-wheat bread or brown rice are better choices, of course. But if you're going to eat fried cheese puffs, you could do worse than the Multigrain Cheese Puffs With Aged Cheddar. Artificially flavored and as bright orange as Cheetos, they contain 20 grams of whole grains for a 1-ounce serving, a little more than a third of a day's recommended minimum. They are made with whole-grain cornmeal, rather than the enriched meal in Cheetos. Suggested retail is $3.49 at Publix. New snack wrap You can't find this in grocery stores, but it's notable that McDonald's is rolling out another snack wrap, this one honey mustard. The product will sell for $1.29 and is made with grilled or crispy chicken breast meat, cheddar jack cheese, lettuce and sauce, all wrapped in a flour tortilla. The new menu item joins other snack-sized offerings, including a fruit and walnut salad, fruit and yogurt parfait and apple slices with dipping sauce. Chocolate with a kick Fans of Altoids, the tins of "curiously strong" mints (and, for that matter, people who previously had no interest in Altoids), might be pleased to learn that the candymaker now offers three flavors - peppermint, cinnamon and ginger - dipped in dark chocolate. The chocolate isn't bad, but the Altoid tastes a little weird. Look for them for $2.49 (plain flavors are $1.79). A hip new chip If you've been on the edge of your seat wondering which of the five potential new flavors won Kettle potato chips' third annual People's Choice campaign, we've learned it was a three-way race among Dragon Five Spice, Twisted Chili Lime and Island Jerk. And the winner is . . . Island Jerk! Expect to see it in stores in May or June. For you fruit fans Welch's has turned up on the dried-fruit shelf, with four offerings at once: three mixtures - blueberries, cherries, cranberries and golden raisins; pineapple, apricots, cherries, apples and raisins; pineapple, mango and papaya - and just cherries. Compiled from McClatchy-Tribune Newspapers, Market Watch and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cooking on TV BBQ with Bobby Flay Grillmaster Bobby Flay highlights the greatest debates in barbecue, including America's BBQ Capital: Memphis, Kansas City or Texas? Other burning issues: Wet vs. dry rub? Charcoal or gas? (We think that will be a more heated discussion than paper or plastic.) BBQ with Bobby Flay is 11 a.m. Friday on the Food Network.
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