Archive for January, 2015

Jan 27 2015

National Oatmeal Month

“Once we sowed wild oats, now we cook them in the microwave.” -Anonymous January is National Oatmeal Month and we couldn’t be happier to celebrate. Oatmeal has long been one of our favorites but this month we’re going to talk about the health benefits of oatmeal. The scientific name for oats is Avena sativa. To […]

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Jan 22 2015

Nielsen Global Survey of Snacking

The consumer research organization that brings us television ratings also conducts other surveys.  One of them, Nielsen Global Survey of Snacking, polled more than 30,000 consumers in 60 countries between mid-February and mid-March of 2014. What they learned is fascinating. Americans have a fondness for chips that isn’t shared by many other countries but across […]

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