What's new on shelves for Xmas?
Pink gin spritz
Greenall’s Black Cherry Gin is made using the brand’s Original London Dry Gin recipe infused with 100% natural black cherry flavour to create a fruity, sweet gin suitable for festive cocktails. Containing no added sugar and no artificial sweeteners, the gin is now available at Dan Murphy’s and BWS stores.
Seasonal tin for bickies
Over 670 million Tim Tam biscuits are made every year in Australia. To make them a bit more festive this year, Arnott’s has introduced its Seasonal Tin for a limited time at Coles. The tin contains 20 individually wrapped biscuits.
Indigenous art on juice
Grove Juice, a 100% Australian family-owned fresh juice processor has launched new packaging that puts Indigenous artists in the spotlight. The company has partnered with the Warlukurlangu Art Centre to feature seven limited-edition, ‘Aboriginal Art Series’ artworks on its two-litre juice range. The range is available now in Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and other outlets.
www.grovejuice.com.au/aboriginal-art-series
Party pack of icy sticks
Asembl has brought Perfetti Van Melle’s Chupa Chups and Bulla Dairy Foods together again — this time for a flavoured icy sticks party pack. The limited edition Bulla Dairy Foods Chupa Chups Party Pack features 30 icy sticks in flavours of strawberry, watermelon and cola.
Spices & baking mixes from grape marc
Extracta, an Australian manufacturer using agricultural waste like grape marc (skins and seeds), sugarcane husk and orange peel (after juicing), has produced its first products using grape marc in its Devine Connoisseur range of spice blends and baking mixes. There a five products in the range, which will be available at several outlets in the Hunter Valley.
Plant-based nuggets
With a crispy breadcrumb coating and a juicy, springy white texture interior, California-based Impossible Foods has launched its Chicken Nuggets Made From Plant in Australia. The product is 100% animal-free and has a 4/5 Health Star Rating, with 12.5 g of protein and 2.8 g of fibre per serving.
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