Filed under: Coffee , Organic , New Products After the mishaps with the Wolfgang Puck self-heating lattes , I am a little leery of any packaged coffee that makes itself. At least JavaVoo uses the microwave instead of a potentially explosive internal heating device.

Filed under: British Isles , Beef , Newspapers , Meat An undercover investigation revealed that some butchers in the UK were selling non-certified organic beef under an organic label. Some of the butchers were from small towns and knew their meat suppliers closely. They were willing to attest to the quality of the beef that they sold, even if they have not been willing or able to purchase organic certification for their shop. Others, however, simply claimed to use the term as "shorthand."

Filed under: Snacks , Vegetarian , Organic , Vegan , Non-GMO , Chocolate , Fruit , New Products , Light Food

Filed under: West Coast , Stores & Shopping , Food Gadgets , New Products , America We talk a lot about organic, local, and sustainable foods, but what about the tools we use to prepare the foods? I just came across Branch , an online store that sells products for the home, kitchen, kids, and accessories, that are sustainably made. For example, the chopping board pictured is handmade in China by a company called Bambu . The chopping board itself is 100% organically grown bamboo and made with non-toxic adhesives and natural wood oil.

Filed under: Lunch , Breakfast , Dinner , Snacks , Dessert , West Coast , Restaurants , Vegetarian , Organic , Vegan , Non-GMO , Grains , Vegetables , Dairy , Nuts/seeds , Chocolate , Poultry , Cheese , Fruit , Trends , America , Comfort Food , Sugar , Light Food

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Filed under: Snacks , West Coast , Grains , Raves & Reviews , Newspapers The San Francisco Chronicle did a taste test of 9 store brands of prepopped, bagged popcorn that they found around the Bay Area. While microwave popcorn doesn't really take that long to make, the bagged stuff offers even more convenience and instant gratification. Not to mention the fact that opening a bag of it will not leave your kitchen smelling like popcorn for the next 24 hours. The Chronicle's criteria? They looked for flavor and appearance, but the most important quality for the popcorn to have was crunch. If it wasn't crispy, it wasn't worth eating, and not all the brands stacked up. Their top two picks were Whole Foods 365 Organic and O Organics, which is the Safeway store brand. Following the top brands were Erin's (from Andronico's market), Bearitos Lite (from Rainbow) and Trader Joe's. The other four finishers? Let's just say that if the taste tester didn't want them, neither do you.

Filed under: Dinner , Snacks , Grains , Dairy , Baking , Raves & Reviews , Lists , Food Quest , Slashfood Ate , Comfort Food , Meat

Filed under: Vodka , British Isles , Organic , Rum , On the Blogs , Happy Hour Organic is a great option in all kinds of foods. Not only do you avoid hormones that may have been fed to your chicken or cow, but you can avoid pesticides in or on produce. You might be surprised to hear that your spirits can be organic, too. Utkins makes an organic vodka called UK5 . It starts with organic grains and mineral water, so all the ingredients are organic. According to their site , many crops that are used for alcohol production receive large amounts of chemical pesticides, some which have been shown to cause damage to the human nervous system and even possibly cause cancer. The Utkins brand also puts out a Fair Trade White Rum , which shares its profits with the sugarcane farmers in Paraguay that supply the sugar for its production. Now, you can feel even better about your drink while you're having it, though I don't know that it will help you feel any better in the morning.

Filed under: Breakfast , Dairy , New Products , North America Stonyfield Farms is looking to make yogurt even healthier. In Canada, their Organic YoBaby Plus Fruit & Cereal Yogurt, made for infants and toddlers, is now fortified with MEG-3 brand omega-3 , giving it the same heart-healthy fatty acids that are found in foods like fish. Omega-3 is also found in breast milk in the same concentration that Stonyfield is using in its yogurt; it was likely the inspiration for the idea to add MEG-3 to the product in the first place, as soft yogurts are considered to be a good "transition" to solid foods.