Veggie Stix

Company: Good Health Natural Products, Greensboro, N.C.

Website: www.goodhealthnaturalproducts.com

Introduced: May

Distribution: National

Suggested Retail: $3.99 for a 6.75-oz. bag, $4.99 for a 18-oz. bag

Product Snapshot: Reformulated Veggie Stix vegetable snacks have up to 25% of the recommended daily allowance for vitamins A, B6, D and E. The vegetable snacks contain a concentrate made from a mix of spinach, broccoli, carrots, beets, shiitake mushrooms and tomatoes using a proprietary process. According to the company, the concentrate retains the nutrients and flavors of the vegetables during a proprietary cooking process.

Ingredients: Potato starch, dehydrated potato, expeller, pressed sunflower or safflower oil, rice flour, sea salt, tomato, spinach, green pepper, parsley, paprika, celery, garlic, potassium chloride, nutrients from whole food concentrates of spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms.

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