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10 Things You Should Know: May Edition

Punch Pop Poppi is a limited-edition and Love Island USA-themed Poppi ahead of the show’s eighth season premiere. It features notes of apple, orange, lemon and cherry. - People

Minor’s Kitchen Sauces is a new line by Nestle featuring four flavored sauces: lemon garlic aioli, creamy Korean barbecue, spicy chili truffle and American smokehouse. - Food Business News

McDonald’s Refreshers & Crafted Sodas include six new specialty drinks: Strawberry Watermelon, Mango Pineapple and Blackberry Passion Fruit Refreshers, as well as Sprite Berry Blast®, Orange Dream® and Dirty Dr Pepper. - McDonald’s Corporate

Lunchables Snackables are the brand’s first-ever double snack pack designed to split, swap and share. Combinations include cheese, crunchy crackers, poppable favorites and more. - Kraft Heinz

Non-Alcoholic Coors Light Coors 0.0% is a zero ABV beer said to deliver “the same crisp, mountain-cold refreshment.” It launched in Northeastern markets this May, with a nationwide rollout planned for 2027. - Food Dive

Capri Sun Electrolytes Capri Sun Hydrate includes added electrolytes, vitamins and 50% less sugar than the leading sports drink. It comes in Tropical Punch, Fruit Punch, and Lemon & Lime. - Capri Sun

GoodPop Fruit Sours ice pops feature a real fruit recipe covered in a patent-pending sour candy coating. The product will come in Green Apple & Lemonade and Cherry & Melon flavor. - Food Bev Media

Hi-Chew Lychee & Raspberry Stick marks the brand’s first dual-flavor stick format in the US market. It will roll out at Walgreens stores nationwide from 1 May through 31 July. - Hi-Chew

Cotton Candy My/Mochi Ice Cream combines cotton candy-flavored ice cream wrapped in soft rice dough, creating a multi-textured snack at around 70 calories per piece. - Food Bev Media

Starbucks Tropical Butterfly Refresher combines color, flavor and texture with guava and passion fruit flavors and bursts of mango-pineapple pearls, as well as a butterfly pea flower infusion. - Starbucks

 

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