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Muhammad Ali launches GOAT snacks

Muhammad Ali is developing a line of GOAT snacks - that would be Greatest Of All Time brand, not "goat" the animal - that are reduced in fat and calories, aimed at combating youth obesity and encouraging healthy lifestyles. The now 64-year old ex-championship fighter's snacks will be found in convenience stores, providing an alternative to the high-fat snacks there. No snack will contain more than 150 calories and all will be fortified with vitamins and fiber. The products will carry sporty, fighter names like "Rumble," "Shuffle" and "Jabs" and come in flavors that include barbecued chicken, Buffalo wings, sweet corn and cole slaw, as well a sweet, fruit-based flavors. Portion sizes will be small, but they have been designed this way to fit into the current trend of "grazing" throughout the day. "The foods are intended to be eaten throughout the day, in seven 'rounds,'" said a spokesman.

Sure, it sounds like a marketing ploy, but if the snacks taste good and are healthier than regular potato chips, it doesn't really matter in the end. The snacks will launch on Ali's 65th birthday, January 17th, 2007.

Read on to see exactly how the snacks compare to potato chips:

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Energy drinks for breakfast

Energy drinks are an explosive market, especially popular among young people, including teenagers and college students. Coffee has always been the morning pick-me-up of choice, but the producers of energy drinks are trying to muscle into the morning market. Monster Khaos is an energy drink that contains 70% juice – more than many processed juice drinks. It is lightly carbonated and lower in carbs than some other ultra-sugary drinks, with flavors of orange, peach and pineapple. Monster Energy drinks have a “natural” energy formula, which includes ginseng and guarana, not caffeine. Will the fruity energy drinks be able to compete with good, old-fashioned coffee? Perhaps a better question, since they are already popular in the youth market, is whether they will be able to complete with specialty coffee drinks, like mocha lattes and caramel-hazelnut cappuccinos.

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