The American Dietetic Association’s Annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo is a launchpad for companies’ new nutritional products and findings. Here are two additional announcements.

Beech-Nut, the baby-food underdo, has pledged it’s commitment to babies’ nutrition and health by rebranding it’s labels and messaging. Strict standards include 3 pillars:

— All natural: all natural ingredients, no added sugar, no artificial colors or flavors, no preservatives, no trans fats, no modified starches, and no harsh spices.

— Essential nutrition: A balanced ratio of protein, carbohydrates and fats for optimum nutrition, along with the enrichment of vitamins and minerals as needed for healthy development.

— Proactive nutrition: Enhanced benefits to support learning, growth, brain and eye development, and digestive health, including nutrients such as DHA omega-3 and prebiotics.

Con-Agra wants to make sure we are aware that canned tomatoes may help us ward off heart disease. They  funded a 5 year study with 14,000 adults to prove it (previous studies have shown that tomatoes in almost any form are high in nutrients that can help fight various diseases). And of course Con-Agra’s Hunt’s Canned Tomatoes should be a part of everyone’s diet.

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