U.S.A. | Dole Packaged Foods, LLC has reinforced its commitments set forth in The Dole Promise to satisfy America's craving for "Dole-icious," better-for-you snacks and beverages at Natural Products Expo West between March 12th to 16th in Anaheim, California. Featuring award-winning innovations and new developments, Dole remains committed to bringing better nutrition to more than one billion people, and to reduce processed sugar to offer consumers new ways to harness the goodness of fruit in their everyday lives.
"We pay close attention to evolving consumer needs in order to make our fruit-powered innovations easy to integrate into their lifestyles," said Orzse Hodi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Dole Packaged Foods, Americas.
"More consumers are looking for affordable options that are more planet-positive, have lower or zero processed sugars and are simply better-for-you, but still taste delicious. That's exactly what consumers and retailers will get a taste of at Expo West: Sunshine For All through Dole-icious Nutrition."
Building on the excitement of the 2023 launch of wholesome and no-sugar-added products spanning snacks, beverages and frozen treats, the brand has since garnered "Best New Product" accolades, and introduced new packaging and formats to further its commitment in putting people and the planet at the heart of everything Dole does. The 2024 featured product highlights include:
- Dole Smoothie Bowls: Pre-portioned, ready-to-enjoy serving of exotic fruit smoothies now transitioning into paper-based bowls using 97 percent less plastic than the previous design.
- Dole Fruit Bowls Snacks: The line of single-serve, fruit-packaged snacks expands its formats and flavours, including Dole Fruit Bowls Pineapple Tidbits in Coconut Water and Mango in Juice.
- Dole Wiggles Fruit Juice Gels: A breakthrough, award-winning innovation for the gel snack category, the first to offer gel snacks made with fruit juice. Dole Wiggles Fruit Juice Gels come in Strawberry, Orange and Cherry flavours.
- Dole Beverages: Crack open a can of tropical goodness with Dole's Fruit Juices and fruit-powered fortified juices, Dole Digestive Bliss and Dole Energy Delight. Lower sugar options include the award-winning Dole Canned Light Pineapple Juice Drink.
- Dole Whip Frozen Treat Cups: A better-for-you frozen treat made with real fruit blended to whipped perfection with organic coconut cream. Dole Whip Frozen Treat has only 110 calories per cup and is sweetened with honey.
- Dole Good Crunch: An award-winning line of ultra-satisfying, crunchy way to enjoy 100 percent fruit, in Original Pineapple Bites, Banana Bites and Pineapple with Chili Dried Fruit Bites flavours. Dole Good Crunch snacks have no oil and zero added sugar.
Dole recognised that consumers have made the conscious choice to seek out brands that are not only focused on nutrition, but also increasing sustainability. As part of the Dole Promise to reduce plastic packaging, this year, Dole will debut new paper-based packaging for its Dole Smoothie Bowls that use 97 percent less plastic than the previous design, launching in late 2024. Additionally, the company's long-standing legacy of delivering canned fruit and beverages in a recyclable steel now includes product climate footprint information certified by Carbon Cloud, a global leader in emissions tracking in the CPG industry using the world's largest carbon footprint dataset.
