Michelle Obama launches healthy food and beverage company for kids | CNN Business

  • 📰 CNN
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 33 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 16%
  • Publisher: 95%

Sverige Nyheter Nyheter

Sverige Senaste nytt,Sverige Rubriker

Former first lady Michelle Obama announced Wednesday the launch of a healthy food and beverage company she co-founded to offer parents “healthier, great-tasting products” for their children.

“I’ve learned that on this issue, if you want to change the game, you can’t just work from the outside. You’ve got to get inside—you’ve got to find ways to change the food and beverage industry itself,” Obama said in a speech at The Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival. “I’m proud to announce the national launch of a company designed not just to provide better products, but to jumpstart a race to the top that will transform the entire food industry.

Zi Nutrition, she said at the festival. Its first product, Zi – a fruit juice for kids – contains 75% less sugar than average leading 100% fruit juices. Zi is already available at some major retailers, with the company planning to roll out other snacks and beverages in the coming years “focused on lowering sugar content and lowering sweetness to help adjust kids’ palates to crave less sweetness,” according to a news release. The former first lady holds the title of co-founder and “Strategic Partner” at the nutrition company, which will operate as a public benefit company with a “mission to create higher standards for how the U.S.

 

Tack för din kommentar. Din kommentar kommer att publiceras efter att ha granskats.
Vi har sammanfattat den här nyheten så att du kan läsa den snabbt. Om du är intresserad av nyheterna kan du läsa hela texten här. Läs mer:

 /  🏆 4. in SE

Sverige Senaste nytt, Sverige Rubriker

Similar News:Du kan också läsa nyheter som liknar den här som vi har samlat in från andra nyhetskällor.

Michelle Obama Starts Food-and-Drinks Company Aimed at Fighting Childhood ObesityFormer first lady Michelle Obama is co-founding a company, PLEZi Nutrition, that sells food and drinks intended to be healthier for kids than what is typically on store shelves
Källa: WSJ - 🏆 98. / 63 Läs mer »

Michelle Obama launches new company aimed at child nutritionThe former first lady's work with PLEZi Nutrition is an extension of her efforts to improve child nutrition when she was in the White House.
Källa: MarketWatch - 🏆 3. / 97 Läs mer »

Michelle Obama launches food and drink company to promote healthy options for kidsFormer first lady Michelle Obama has co-founded the food and drink company PLEZi, designed to provide healthy options for kids, she announced Wednesday.
Källa: CBSNews - 🏆 87. / 68 Läs mer »