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Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Expo WestI went off to another trade show on Sunday. Luckily it was practically in my own back yard (well about 40 miles away, so my only expense was gas and parking). It’s called ExpoWest and focuses on Natural Products. This covers a huge range, from nutritional supplements to beauty products to foods & drinks and of course some sweets. While the candy content at this show as rather small, I couldn’t resist going and checking out the products from the chocolatiers and confectioners. What’s also fun is stumbling across product lines I had no clue about ... and then letting you know about them. I got to check in with some of the companies I’ve already covered here and see their new products: New to me are: St. Claire - mints and sour pastilles (they gave me a tin of their mints for “tummy upset” which I’ll boat test next weekend) I spent the whole day there and barely covered the whole show floor. As I got to the far corner Scharffen Berger was already closing down, so I didn’t get to chat with them much about their new products, but I did pick up the Milk Chocolate Nibby Bar. I also popped in and sampled some Green & Blacks (I just felt like a little dose of their white chocolate bar at that moment). I completely missed the Theo Chocolate booth, but I have a full set of their bars, so I’m good to go on them anyway. I also missed the Divine Chocolate booth, which I didn’t realized until I was driving back. I’ve already sampled their bars, but I really wanted to talk to them about their kids bar in the UK, called the Dubble. Since I was walking the floor anyway, I picked up just about every snack bar that was available ... I have about 20 pounds of them. This morning I ate something called an Attune Bar (Lemon Creme) which features 5 times the probiotics of yogurt. They also have a line of chocolate bars with similar virtues that I’ll review. The only one I missed was Lara Bar - they were all packed up when I got to their corner. Too bad, I think their new Jocolat line might actually qualify for a Candy Blog review (I haven’t seen them in stores yet, but did try some at the Fancy Food Show in January). I also picked up some samples of different fruit snacks (fruit rolls and leathers). I might do a round up review of them just as a sort of “would kids eat this, and should they?” kind of thing. 
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Hey Cybele—sounds like a fun show. FYI, I’ve picked up the Jocolat bars at Whole Foods in Beverly Hills—don’t know if the rest of the WF stores locally are carrying them, but if you want to find some, now you know at least one place to go!
Hi Cybele,
I saw you listed Seeds of Change chocolate as something new to you. I recommend you give them a try. They are available at Whole Foods. They have new varieties out including Playa del Coco. It is a dark chocolat with coconut as well as a dark milk with hazelnuts. The graphics are amazing as well. They are organic and support sustainable agriculture initatives.
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