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	Phillips Distilling Co. has introduced a green tea-flavored vodka. The company says that green tea yields a honey-green vodka. Green tea leaves are sourced from various global locations. 'The fresh brewed taste of green tea adds a refreshing take to this classic sweet tea flavor,' it says.
	
	The company makes no health claims about the benefits of green tea. Instead, it promotes the flavor of green tea as a unique feature in the industry, 'capturing the taste, aroma, and colors of these natural ingredients.'
	


Green Tea Vodka

	Honest Tea, a marketer of organic bottled teas, has launched Passion Fruit Green Tea with Maqui Berry, sweetened with organic stevia. The company says that it is the first ready-to-drink organic bottled tea to be naturally sweetened with stevia.
	


Green Tea Meets Stevia

	Joint Juice has reformulated its supplement beverage for joint health. The company has now added chondroitin sulfate and vitamin D3 to its formula. In addition to these ingredients, the new 20-calorie drink includes glucosamine, vitamin C, and various antioxidants.
	
	'Using our customers... feedback, we wanted to keep everything that worked well in the original formula, but create an even better product to support an active lifestyle,' said David Ritterbush, COO at the San Francisco-based joint-health beverage company.
	


Joint Juice Adds Chondroitin

TSI Health Sciences’ (Missoula, MT) Pureflex chondroitin sulfate sodium line has obtained self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for use in food and beverages. The company has also obtained self-affirmed GRAS status for its Pureflex glucosamine line. The GRAS affirmation for chondroitin was conducted by a panel of independent experts, which deemed the Pureflex products, derived from bovine, avian, marine, and porcine sources, safe when added to conventional foods and beverages.

Pureflex Chondroitin Now GRAS Approved

	In its June issue, Nutritional Outlook reported the Comax Flavors (Melville, NY) had introduced a new sweetness enhancer that allows brands to add sweetness at half the calories of sugar. Cathy Armstrong, vice president of corporate communications for  Comax Flavors, offered more details in an interview with Nutritional Outlook assistant editor Robby Gardner.
	
	Describe this new technology and how it works.


Comax Talks Sweetness Enhancers

	Bayer Consumer Care, a division of Bayer HealthCare LLC), is calling its new  Phillips...-brand Colon Health Probiotic + Fiber a 'two-in-one' supplement that combines three probiotic strains and inulin prebiotic fiber to maintain the digestive system...s 'natural balance' and help defend against digestive disturbances, including against occasional diarrhea, constipation, gas, and bloating.
	


Bayer HealthCare Pairs Prebiotics, Probiotics for Digestive Health

	While 30% of consumers say they make it a point to eat naturally fiber-rich foods, studies show that most Americans are failing to meet their recommended daily fiber intake, said market researcher Mintel International, according to a recent survey taken.
	
	Mintel said that the lack of fiber in the American diet may be attributed to a negative taste perception of fiber. In the survey, 27% of respondents indicated their belief that food with added fiber usually has an 'unpleasant' taste.
	


Fiber Absent from Typical American Diet, Says Mintel

	Cargill (Minneapolis) has announced plans to unveil an 'industry-first' omega-3-fortified cooking oil derived from canola seed and flaxseed at the upcoming  Institute of Food Technologists... (IFT) Annual Food Expo in July. According to Cargill, the oil offers consumers a good source of omega-3, while eliminating possible taste and formulation challenges involved with oils derived from omega-3 sources such as fish oil.
	
