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Mac n’ Cheetos™ are a reimagination of classic mac n’ cheese that the CHEETOS® brand and BURGER KING® offer at participating restaurants.

Rhythm® Superfoods, composers of organic and non-GMO innovative plant-based superfood snacks, introduced Beet Chips at the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show. The company’s new line of Beet Chips is available in Sea Salt, Naked and Cinnamon & Coconut Sugar flavors and launched nationwide this spring and summer.

Once valued for their thickening and textural properties, these starches— starches that have not been treated to change their inherent properties—were pushed aside by the modified starches that better withstand the rigors of modern food-processing techniques, including freeze/thaw, shear, pressure, heat, refrigeration, and other assaults, allowing them to extend product shelflife.

SnackWell's, a pioneer in the low-fat snack category, expanded into the breakfast product category with new better-for-you Biscuit Thins, which are now available nationwide in select retailers, including Walmart, Jewel, Lunardi's, Food Lion, Quidsi, KEHE and online at Amazon.

Urban Accents sampled the new sauce line, which includes flavors like Pumpkin Tagine, Pumpkin Mole and Pumpkin Curry Simmer Sauces and Chicago Classic, Fire Roasted Arrabbiata and Manchego & Garlic DIY Pizza Sauces, at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York City.

SNICKERS® Hazelnut, TWIX® White Chocolate Cookie Bars, DOVE® Sorbet Bars, DOVE® Peanut Butter and Dark Chocolate PROMISES® are among the new introductions

The Thomas'® brand, creators and bakers of the original Nooks & Crannies® English Muffins, introduced Thomas'® Grillers XL English Muffins — a larger version of the iconic breakfast staple that serves as the perfect bun alternative for any and all summer grilling recipes.

Kashi GOLEAN Plant Powered Shakes are new from the Kashi brand. Designed to help nourish the body pre- and post- activity, the new Non-GMO Project Verified recipe offers up to 21 grams of multi-source plant protein and superfood ingredients all in one serving.

General Mills announced a strategic sourcing partnership with the largest organic cooperative in the U.S. that will help about 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years.