Kids Products

POTINA banana oat drinks

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Products & Launches

Former Alpro Sales Director Launches POTINA Banana Oat Drinks for Kids

Entrepreneur Adam Womersley, a former Sales Director at Alpro UK&I, has developed a new range of plant-based banana oat drinks for children. Called POTINA, the clean-label drinks are free of added sugars, sweeteners, oils, and additives. They combine oats with organic bananas to provide energy and natural sweetness. Each 200ml serving includes 4g of fibre, supporting gut health. POTINA is available in two varieties — Banana Oat and Banana Cocoa Oat. Womersley says he was inspired to develop the drinks by his professional background and experiences as a father. “I’ve always been passionate about healthy eating,” he said. “After years working with top food brands and the NHS, I saw firsthand how good nutrition can change lives. Our goal with POTINA is to make nutritious, …

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Three Robins oat milk fruit smoothie pouches

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Milk- and Dairy Alternatives

Scotland’s Three Robins Launches “Pioneering” Oat Milk Fruit Smoothies for Kids

Scottish brand Three Robins has announced the launch of two oat milk-based fruit smoothie pouches for children’s lunchboxes and family outings. Described as “pioneering”, the ambient pouches are available in two flavours — Super Berry and Totally Tropical. They contain 24-45% fibre-rich vegetables and are said to provide a more nutritious alternative to typical apple juice-based products. The smoothie pouches are reportedly “causing a real stir” at supermarkets, food service outlets, independent stores, delis, and food halls. Three Robins eventually hopes to expand the products into education and the NHS. Multi-purpose oat milk Three Robins was launched in 2022 by Karen Robinson, an Edinburgh-based mother who discovered that one of her children was lactose intolerant. After struggling to find a milk alternative that was equally …

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Ripple Foods shake ups

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Ripple Foods Introduces New Protein Shakes for Kids

California-based Ripple Foods has launched Ripple Shake Ups Protein Shakes, targeting the nutritional needs of tweens. These shakes, available in Chocolotta and Viva Vanilla flavors, offer 13 grams of plant-based pea protein and 3 grams of fiber per serving. The product aims to address what the company is calling “tweenage hanger,” a term describing irritability due to hunger in tweens. Ripple Foods notes that the shakes provide a convenient and nutritious option for busy mornings, between classes, and before or after school activities. Shake Ups feature 3 grams of fiber, and 13 essential nutrients, including vitamins B12, D, E, calcium, and iron, and are free from the top 9 allergens.  Laura Flanagan, CEO of Ripple Foods, stated, “We understand the challenges parents face with hangry …

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Little Spoon X Oatly

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Oatly & Little Spoon Unveil Non-Dairy Overnight Oat Smoothies for Kids

Little Spoon, a leading direct-to-consumer nutrition brand for kids in the USA, has partnered with Oatly to launch two limited edition overnight oat smoothies — Apple Cinnamon Swirl and Peach Berry Bliss. The smoothies, made with Oatly Oat milk, contain 6g of whole grains and are dairy, GMO, gluten, and allergen-free to “ensure a nutritious and satisfying non-dairy snack.” They will debut on June 25th and will be available on the company’s website. According to the announcement, the company aims to address an 80% demand from customers for more nutritious and convenient breakfast options. The new smoothies will launch under the company’s “Start on the Sunny Side” campaign, which includes the introduction of other non-vegan breakfast products. The campaign features an original breakfast song, a …

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Franklin Farms disney

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Franklin Farms Collaborates with Disney on Plant-Based Foods Featuring Mickey Mouse

Franklin Farms, a US producer of plant-based meals and burgers for retail and foodservice, announces a new collaboration with Disney featuring Mickey Mouse on its co-branded packaging. Available at retailers in the US, the new packaging encompasses six of Franklin Farms’ existing products. Beyond the visual upgrade, each product in the range features the Disney Check, a symbol signifying compliance with Disney’s Nutrition Guidelines, which, according to Disney, are based on rigorous, science-backed nutrition standards and continuously updated to reflect current nutritional research. The co-branded lineup includes the Classic Veggie Burger and Barbeque Veggie Burger. Both of these products are relatively clean-label, featuring an array of vegetables like mushrooms, carrots, corn, and red peppers, while also containing methylcellulose—a common binder found in plant-based burgers from …

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Ripple Kids unsweetened

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Ripple Foods Launches Unsweetened Version of ‘Ripple Kids’ in Response to Demand

The new unsweetened version of Ripple Kids Original Milk contains 8 grams of plant-based protein, 50 mg of DHA-Omega-3 and choline, and no added sugar. It was developed in response to consumer demand for an unsweetened version of Ripple Kids, one of the company’s most requested products by parents. Ripple produces a range of nutritious milks, protein shakes, coffee creamer, and frozen desserts using protein-rich yellow peas. The company raised $60 million in a Series E funding round, in 2021, surpassing its original capital goals and reporting a +20% growth rate compared to the overall alt milk industry’s +6% growth. Last year Ripple introduced Oatmilk + Protein, which combines the taste of oat milk with the protein benefits of yellow peas. Explosive growth Since its …

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Kiddiwinks Chocolate and Vanilla Milk

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Milk- and Dairy Alternatives

Kiddiwinks is Harnessing Oats and Chickpeas to Redefine Kid-Friendly Plant-Based Milk

With the retail plant-based milk market mostly catering to adults, a growing number of brands are turning to the enormous potential of dairy-free milk made especially for children. The latest entry to this hotly emerging category is Kiddiwinks, a Brooklyn-based, women-owned company making kid’s plant-based milk from oats and chickpeas.  Founded by Stephanie Banham-Eichner and Jenna Liut, Kiddiwinks was created to provide children with a healthy drink that offers key nutrients lacking in dairy milk. As Stephanie tells vegconomist: “We saw a whitespace in the market for plant-based dairy alternatives that provide the nutritional profile found in traditional dairy, and then went above and beyond to make a product that also addresses other prevalent shortfalls in children’s diets, like a lack of fiber. Given that …

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Tally Foods Co-Founders

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Tally Foods: “The Future of Plant-Based Milk is Providing High Nutritional Value and Serving Kids a True Milk Substitute”

In the past decade, the plant-based milk market has expanded far beyond the domain of soymilk to encompass countless new varieties, flavors and formats, which has helped transform the segment into a multi-billion dollar global industry. Despite this massive success, critics have long accused milk alternatives of being nutritionally inferior to dairy milk, and indeed, most non-dairy products currently do not meet the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA’s) nutrition standards for liquid milk substitutes.  According to Tally Foods, a new US startup making milk from chickpeas, this nutrition gap constitutes a huge problem, because one-third of all dairy milk is consumed by children, who are also the most likely to suffer from food allergies. Seeing a significant lack of allergen-friendly, plant-based milks designed to …

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