What if meeting your nutrition needs was as easy as spreading butter on a slice of toast? Because research suggested that consumers still don’t meet daily requirements, Unilever USA, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., developed Shedd’s Spread Country Crock Calcium Plus Vitamin D. 

Barbecue season is approaching and Lloyd’s Barbecue Co. (Hormel Foods Corp.) is ready with three 17-ounce Restaurant Style offerings. Varieties include Sliced Brisket, Pulled Pork and Boneless Smoked Pork Chops. 

Want to talk about heart healthy cuisine? Professional heart surgeon Peter Praeger has introduced four new all natural frozen items to his Dr. Praeger’s Sensible Foods line.

Rising Sun Farms, Phoenix, Ore., offers Cheese Tortettes (cheese spreads) in three-ounce grab-and-go sizes. Varieties include Artichoke Lemon, Chocolate Mocha, Gorgonzola, Key Lime, Pesto Dried Tomato and Sweet Pepper & Chipotle.

Looking for a bigger slice of the sandwich market, Kraft Pizza Co., Glenview, Ill., has introduced two new lines of microwaveable flatbread melts under its popular DiGiorno and California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) brands.

Authentic ethnic prepared foods give consumers a travel taste experience. Now those consumers literally can be more mobile while enjoying a taste of India.

Hungry for that white tablecloth dining experience but don’t want to go out?

Michael Foods Inc., Minneapolis, describes its new All Day Café Breakfast Sandwich line as a win-win proposition: a high-quality product for consumers and an important grab-and-go option for foodservice customers.

Branching further into entrees and appetizers, Blue Horizon Organic Seafood Co., Aptos, Calif., used this year's Natural Products Expo West convention in Anaheim, Calif., to launch four Blue Horizon Natural Vegetarian Skillet Meals.

What do you do when consumers won’t go out to eat? You bring the restaurant to their kitchens. Actually, Pittsburgh’s H.J. Heinz Co. is the one putting the T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant meal experience in the freezercase.