Healthy Choice® introducing Healthy Choice® Soup Microwaveable Bowls

26/10/05 Healthy Choice® is introducing Healthy Choice® Soup Microwaveable Bowls, a new product that brings all three trends together and adds the benefit of great taste ... all in less than two minutes.

The new product line is among those being featured by ConAgra Foods at the American Dietetic Association (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (FNCE) in St. Louis through October 25.

Americans keep getting busier - and when it comes to lunchtime, the lunch "hour" is considered a true luxury. In fact, 55 percent of Americans are consuming this meal in 30 minutes or less, with 35 percent eating lunch at their desk.

Healthy Choice Soup Microwaveable Bowls are available in three flavorful varieties - Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle, Country Vegetable, and Chicken with Rice. Every spoonful contains such quality ingredients as tender chunks of white meat chicken, a medley of garden vegetables, and herbs and spices. Each serving is a good source of fiber, contains 110 calories or less and is low in fat. Available nationwide, Healthy Choice Soup Microwaveable Bowls retail for approximately $2.49.

In addition to the three new microwaveable soup bowls, Healthy Choice has a canned soup product line that includes 15 varieties of savory broth or rich cream-based soups: Bean and Ham, Chicken and Dumplings, Creamy Tomato, Garden Vegetable, New England Clam Chowder, Spicy Gumbo, Split Pea and Ham, Chicken Tortilla Style, Chicken with Rice, Country Vegetable, Fiesta Chicken, Hearty Chicken, Old Fashioned Chicken Noodle, Roasted Italian Chicken and Vegetable Beef.

A product line of ConAgra Foods, Inc., Healthy Choice was introduced in 1988 with a commitment to great-tasting food, wholesome ingredients and quality nutrition to help people lead more enjoyable, balanced lives. From its original 10 entrees, it has grown to more than 200 products today, all with the distinctive green packaging that lets consumers know it tastes great and is good for them. Healthy Choice continues to embrace the philosophy of offering foods made from real ingredients and prepared so as to maintain high-quality flavor and nutrition. From hearty soups to great-tasting meals, Healthy Choice products can be found in grocery stores nationwide.

The Healthy Choice® brand is a registered trademark of ConAgra Brands, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of ConAgra Foods, Inc.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. is one of North America's largest packaged food companies, serving consumer grocery retailers, as well as restaurants and other foodservice establishments. Popular ConAgra Foods consumer brands include: ACT II, Armour, Banquet, Blue Bonnet, Brown 'N Serve, Butterball, Chef Boyardee, Cook's, Crunch 'n Munch, DAVID, Eckrich, Egg Beaters, Fleischmann's, Gulden's, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Kid Cuisine, Knott's Berry Farm, La Choy, Lamb Weston, Libby's, Lightlife, Louis Kemp, Lunch Makers, MaMa Rosa's, Manwich, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Parkay, Pemmican, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Rosarita, Ro*Tel, Slim Jim, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss, Van Camp's, Wesson, Wolf and many others.

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