In a move to help boost sales and profits, and grow the entire single-serve salad category, Apio, Inc. is launching a new line of Eat Smart® Salad Shake Ups™ salad bowls. With patented packaging, an interior tray that serves as a lockable lid for easy mixing, and 100 percent clean label, nutrient dense ingredients, this new addition to the Eat Smart portfolio is heating up the demand for flavor and convenience in the produce aisle.
These three distinct salad bowls contain at least ten ingredients each, from versatile and colorful blends of vegetables and dried fruits, to diverse sources of plant protein that create consumer-desired flavors and textures.
The Avocado Ranch single-serve salad bowl is a crunchy blend of red cabbage, Savoy cabbage, shredded cauliflower stalk, curly kale, shredded carrots, and freeze-dried corn with shredded cheddar cheese, roasted sunflower seed kernels, crispy onion pieces, dried currants, naturally-flavored bacon bean flakes, and a creamy avocado ranch dressing.
The Tropical Lime salad bowl blends green cabbage, broccoli stalk, Napa cabbage, curly kale, and Italian kale along with dried pineapple, dried mango, and dried papaya. To bring the flavor up a notch, Apio added white sesame seeds, crispy quinoa, roasted red quinoa, and thin crunchy noodles with a creamy coconut lime chili dressing.
For those açaí lovers out there, Apio introduced the Raspberry Açaí salad bowl which brings together broccoli stalk, green cabbage, curly kale, radicchio, dried cranberries, dried blueberries, sliced toasted almonds as well as hemp, flax, and chia seeds. To bring the dish together, Apio elevated the recipe with a tangy raspberry açaí dressing to this salad recipe.
All the consumer needs to do is pull back the top on the unique leaf-shaped, film-sealed top, where they will find a tray with packets of toppings and a fork. Remove the tray to reveal the salad blend, then pour the toppings and the dressing onto the vegetables. Flip over the tray, snap it onto the bowl, and shake away! Apio is bringing the produce trifecta to the consumer’s eating experience with convenience, flavor, and, as always, innovation.
