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Tiny Hunter recently visited the Naturally Good & Fantastic Food and Drink Expo. From packaged foods, ingredients and beverages to natural beauty and living, vitamins and supplements, we walked the aisles to let you know our key – takeaways of the product trends we saw there.

Note: Tiny Hunter does not work with any of the brands listed below.

TURMERIC

Some state it is arguably the most powerful herb on the planet at fighting and potentially reversing disease. A new superfood gaining real traction with consumers, there were a plethora of turmeric inspired products on offer.

ALCHEMY SUPERFOOD LATTES

In their own words: Alchemy has always had a strong focus on innovation. We were the first company to manufacture chai and coffee syrups in Australia. Now we are proud to introduce our Superfood Latte range. 

Our Golden Turmeric Elixir is a burst of liquid sunshine. The first thing you notice about the Golden Turmeric Elixir is the colour, both in the bottle and in the cup. It’s brilliant golden yellow hue is so vibrant that you almost can’t believe it is natural. The colour comes from natural curcumin, which is the bioactive ingredient in turmeric.
Only a handful of ingredients go into our Golden Turmeric Elixir, no nasties like artificial colours or flavours. Every ingredient contributes to the overall flavour, yet they are all functional and important contributors to what is our Golden Turmeric Elixir.

TURMERIX 

In their own words: With turmeric being the main component of our product range, the TurmeriX blend is a safe and easy to consume turmeric powder that is based on ancient remedies that have worked for years and years.  

TurmeriX offers our customers the choice to use food, not drugs, to manage health challenges and inflammation in the body.  The X-factor powdered solution can be added to a huge range of recipes, or combined with any liquid to maximum absorption. Our product is like no other in the market – try it today to experience the TurmeriX X-factor for yourself! 

TURMERIC & CO 

In their own words: Our turmeric blends use the finest quality organic turmeric.The active ingredient curcumin has powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Our turmeric blends are designed to increase the bioavailability of curcumin and therefore maximise the health potential of this spice superstar!

COCONUT

The ‘it’ product in food and drink for the last few years. Coconut shows no signs of slowing down with consumers crying out for more coconut inspired creations.

COYO

In their own words: With COYO, eating well no longer means depriving yourself of the epicurean delights that make life a little sweeter. Our divine dairy free coconut yoghurt alternatives, dairy free vegan ice creams and savoury coconut mezze dips have a melt-in-the-mouth creaminess unlike anything else.

PURE N FREE

In their own words: Pure n Free dairy free Coconut Yogurt is a creamy delicious alternative to dairy yogurt made from certified organic coconut milk and plant based Probiotic cultures. 

ZEBRA DREAM 

In their own words: Zebra Dream creates unique and deliciously nutritious coconut ice cream flavours that are full of swirls, chunks and surprises. Tantalisingly packed with minerals, healthy oils and superfoods, Zebra Dream is made with fair trade and sustainably sourced ingredients. Pure indulgence at its best.

HEALTHY TREATS

All the pleasure, none of the guilt. What’s not to like. With movements such as ‘I quit sugar’ and the impressive rise of the bliss ball, healthy treats were a strong trend at the expo.

LOVING EARTH

In their own words: We love quality, organic, real chocolate. We work with small producer communities around the world and we love them too. We also love the planet. Most of all we love our beautiful wholefood ingredients. We turn them into products like our activated breakfast cereals, organic superfoods and our delicious fairtrade raw organic chocolate.
 
BOUNCE

In their own words: Bounce creates 100% natural (and scrumptious!) energy food and shakes. We create ‘clean nutrition’ by using high quality ingredients and leaving out nasties like artificial colours, flavours and preservatives.

BLUE DINOSAUR

In their own words: Blue Dinosaur exists to create the best snack food bars the world has ever seen and make them accessible to everyone, always. We only ever use whole food ingredients and our bars never contain gluten, soy, dairy, preservatives, added sugars, colours, stabilisers, flavours or anything artificial.

WATER

Something that so many of us take for granted, however water connoisseurs are on the rise. Turns out one size does not suit all. More and more consumers want to understand what is in their water, besides water. These companies are answering loud and clearly.

PERKii

In their own words: Our secret sauce is armour-plated pro-biotics. Or more specifically: PROGEL™ coated. We’ve given Mother Nature’s do-gooders an organic helping hand as surviving through an acidic stomach to your gut is hard work. So unlike other products, PERKii ensures you have more live and working probiotics where you need them! Feeling that good has never been this tasty (Tell your insides they can thank us later).

AQUI-LIVE PREMIUM MINERAL WATER

In their own words: At birth we are perfectly hydrated yet throughout our lives we are in a constant battle to try to maintain hydration and more importantly, to achieve a high level of alkalinity in our bodies – a state proven to prevent disease. Aqui-Live has the essential mineral content to restore and retain the very building blocks of health and hydration. 

WAVE UP ALKALINE WATER

In their own words: Wave Up Natural Alkaline Water provides fast superior hydration, with its high alkalinity it can assist in restoring natural balance in the body and leads to increased oxygen levels, improved energy and metabolism.

AQUA LOVE

In their own words: Aqualove’s mineral infused high pH water will help detoxify and hydrate your body, improve energy, reduce fatigue and supercharges your immune system to help you feel better all round.

SUGAR FREE DRINKS

The human race spends $65 billion a year (on average) on what is rather blandly called functional beverages (energy, sports and health drinks). Here we look at brands hoping to take some of that share.

SHINE AND SMART DRINKS

In their own words: Shine+ is a drink to think brighter. It’s an upgrade for your mind. It was scientifically formulated with highly functional and evidence-based ingredients designed for optimal brain function and health. It’s healthy energy for your mind. It’s very different to any other drink on the market and it’s technically Australia’s first ‘nootropic’ drink. Nootropics is just a scientific and impressive sounding word that simply means, “compounds that enhance mental performance, memory recall or learning capabilities with no adverse side effects.”
In today’s highly competitive and stressful world, your mind is your tool to success.
 

FIRE TONIC

In their own words: Adapted from a traditional Gypsy recipe and handmade in Torquay (on the Surf Coast), Fire Tonic is a raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar (ACV) tincture, alive with the Mother of Vinegar. Created by Hilbilby Cultured Food, we are a small family business, specialising in LIVE RAW fermented food and drinks, handmade with care in Torquay Victoria. 

Our business was born from addressing the specific dietary requirements of our four growing boys [li’l Bilbys] and is primarily:

• Organic
• Raw
• Cultured / Fermented
• Home Made
• Whole Food
• Real Food
• Free From 
• Grown or Foraged
• Paleoesque and or GAPS friendly

We are also Locavores, supporting our local growers and real food community wherever and whenever we can. Hilbilby products are hand made in small batches and use local, fresh organic ingredients as seasonally available. Old world new breed, we are good for your gut!

NAKED LIFE SUGAR FREE BEVERAGES

We are inspired by creating a world where flavour and health go together without compromise.We also love soft drinks… but had given up the sweet bubbly goodness because of the sugar… and artificial sweeteners. We created Naked Life – to give you back full flavoured soft drinks that are naked from sugar, calories, any artificial sweeteners or any other nasties! This is full flavoured soft drink – completely guilt free. Naked from nasties and full of life!

Written by: Jo Whelan
Published: June 23, 2017