FAST FOOD NEWS – Wendy’s Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad

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Wendy s Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad

When summer rolls around we can expect sunburn and salads from Wendy’s with berries on them. In previous years, it has been their Berry Almond Chicken Salad, but this year they’re offering the Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad.

It features sliced California strawberries, Applewood smoked bacon, blue cheese crumbles, red onions, honey-roasted sunflower seeds, chopped white meat chicken breast, and romaine and iceberg lettuce with a spring mix of nine different greens. It also comes with a Marzetti Simply Dressed Apple Balsamic Vinaigrette made with apple juice, bacon, balsamic vinegar, shallots, and Dijon mustard.

A full-size has 350 calories, 15 grams of fat, 8 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of polyunsaturated fat, 4.5 grams of monounsaturated fat, 1120 milligrams of sodium, 4 grams of fiber, 7 grams of sugar, and 39 grams of protein.

Wendy’s Strawberry Fields Chicken Salad will be available for a limited time and has a suggested price of $6.49 for the full-size and $4.49 for the half-size. (Image via Wendy’s)

GLOBAL GRUB – Dr. Oetker Big Americans Pizzas (Netherlands)

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Dr. Oetker Big Americans Cheese Onion Pizza

I’m sure it’s not the case, but I can’t help but think the name “Big Americans” is some kind of joke. Oh well. Dr. Oetker is a German company that produces baking products, yogurts, pudding, and frozen pizzas.

Dr. Oetker’s Big Americans Pizzas come five American sounding flavors and one WTH flavor: Supreme, California, Hawaii, Texas, BBQ Chicken, and, what the hell, Cheese Onion. After a quick Google search, I learned the Big Americans line has been around since, at least, 2010. Also, during the same Google search, I learned the “Supreme” version appears to have corn on it and the “Texas” version seems to be a regular pepperoni pizza. (Thanks Anna for the photo!)

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SPOTTED ON SHELVES – 6/4/2014

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Here are some interesting new and limited edition products found on store shelves by us and your fellow readers. If you’ve tried any of the products, share your thoughts about them in the comments.

good night snack krave

Night Time Cereal

They made limited edition nighttime packaging to encourage something I already do, which is eat sugary cereals before bedtime because I ran out of chips and ice cream. (Spotted by Dubba and Brian at Walmart.)

Kellogg's Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes

Do these snap, crackle, and pop? Because, in the morning, when it’s quiet and calm, all I want to hear are birds chirping and my cereal reacting to the milk its sitting in. It’s the only thing that quiets the demons inside my head. (Spotted by Jaclyn at ShopRite.)

Old El Paso Microwaveable Bowls

Flour tortilla…meet Old El Paso Microwaveable Bowls. (Spotted by Emily at Pick N Save.)

Kid's Kitchen Instant Pudding (Orange Creme, Birthday Cake, Cookie Dough)

Kid's Kitchen Instant Pudding (Chocolate Peanut Butter, S'mores)

It’s nice to know our pudding technology has caught up with our Oreo technology. (Spotted by Erin at Walmart.)

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FAST FOOD NEWS – McDonald’s Raspberry Sweet Tea and Diet Sweet Tea

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McDonald's Raspberry Sweet Tea and Diet Sweet Tea

Maybe it’s the mid-80 degree weather I’m sitting in as I type this or the sweater I’m wearing, but I’d kill for some McDonald’s Raspberry Sweet Tea or even Diet Sweet Tea right now. What’s in the Diet Sweet Tea? Only the finest in artificial sweeteners, aspartame, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. There aren’t any mentions of these sweet teas on the McDonald’s website, so they’re probably test items. If you’ve seen them at a McDonald’s near you, let us know where in the comments. (Thanks for the photo, James!)

Oh, while doing some digging, I found this commercial.

GLOBAL GRUB – Kellogg’s Vector Meal Replacement (Canada)

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Kellogg's Vector Meal Replacement

It looks like breakfast cereal, but Kellogg’s Canada calls it a “meal replacement.” Don’t believe me? Here’s its page on the Kellogg’s Canada website. Vector Breakfast Cereal Meal Replacement has been around for years in Canada and consists of crunchy flakes and granola clusters, and Kellogg’s considers it to be a meal replacement because a serving with milk proves 13 grams of protein, 54 grams of carbohydrates, and 22 vitamins and minerals. Vector also has a line of protein bars, but they don’t seem to be meal replacement bars. Well, I guess if one eats enough of them, they could be a meal replacement.

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