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NEWSLETTERS

 

Salada Supports An Active Lifestyle   This year, in support of a "Healthy Lifestyle," Salada Tea will be sponsoring both the Iron Girl Women's Event Series and Team Prevention's Walk It! Program.  Read more in the Salada Green Tea Newsletter for Spring/Summer 2009   Iron Girl   Unbottle Your Tea

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According to the study conducted at University of L'Aquila in Italy and supported by the Lipton Institute of Tea, black tea consumption improves blood vessel reactivity and reduces blood pressure and arterial stiffness, indicating a notably better cardiovascular health profile. ...read more

The Times of India  June 19, 2009

 

 

An active ingredient of green tea has been found effective in treating leukaemia patients, say researchers.  ...read more

The Times of India May 29, 2009

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Press Releases

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TAMPA, FLA. – Iron Girl, the premier women’s-only event-based brand, has added Salada Tea, a leading green tea in the U.S., as the official tea sponsor for the 2009 Aflac Iron Girl National Women’s Event Series.

 

Salada will support the Aflac Iron Girl Series at all ten national events, promoting a healthy lifestyle to all participants and spectators. Salada product samples, coupons and promotional giveaway items will be made available to all event participants at the official post-race Breakfast Café.

 

“We are proud to serve as the official tea sponsor for Iron Girl,” said Michele Peters, brand manager of Salada Tea. “Iron Girl empowers women to live a healthy lifestyle and at Salada Tea, we believe that starts with maintaining a diet that is full of the nutrients and vitamins that tea offers.”

 

Drinking tea can also help people achieve their exercise goals. Studies have shown that diets rich in green tea can enhance metabolism and weight loss, improve exercise endurance and decrease the amount of lactic acid in the blood, which is responsible for post-workout soreness. Drinking antioxidant-rich tea also helps fight a host of health issues, including cancer, high cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases and stress.

 

Salada Tea also supports Iron Girl’s “Green” initiative by encouraging consumers to “Unbottle Your Tea.” Compared to bottled tea, freshly brewed iced tea made with tea bags can deliver up to twice the amount of antioxidants at half the cost. And with re-usable bottles, single-use containers will be kept out of landfills.

 

”We are pleased to offer Salada Tea at each of our 2009 events,” said Judy Molnar, vice president of Iron Girl.  “We are confident the various teas will give our participants the energy and health benefits necessary to lead active lifestyles.”

 

Launched in 2004 with just two events, the Iron Girl brand has grown to now include 10 events nationwide, varying in distance from 5K to duathlon and triathlon. The Aflac Iron Girl event experience provides women with a competitive platform and amenities such as a post-race Breakfast Café, performance shirts sized for women, professional timing, personalized race bibs, custom finisher medals and awards, post-race giveaways and reusable athlete goodie bags, part of Iron Girl’s “Green” initiative. All participants in the 2009 series will also receive a commemorative Aflac Iron Girl plush duck.

 

The brand is supported by an interactive Web site filled with training tips, guest columnists, nutrition information and IronGirlShop.com, an online store that offers apparel, jewelry, hydration products and Spinervals Iron Girl DVDs, among other items. 

 

For more information on Salada, and its sponsorship of the Aflac Iron Girl event series, visit www.Salada.com or www.IronGirl.com. To find out more information about the “Unbottle Your Tea” campaign, sign-up for giveaways and sweepstakes, and sign a petition to support a national bottle bill to impose a five-cent deposit on all single-use beverage containers, visit www.unbottleyourtea.com.

 

About Salada Tea
Salada Tea is manufactured by Redco Foods Inc. at its Little Falls, N.Y., operations facility. Salada produces 15 different flavors of green and white tea available at supermarkets nationwide. Salada’s 100% Green Tea is a leading green tea in the U.S., selling more than one hundred million tea bags a year. Salada recently released a new flavor, Classic Lemon Green Tea that appeared in stores in January 2009. For more information on Salada products, the health benefits of tea and healthy recipes, visit www.salada.com. Follow Salada Tea on Twitter (SaladaTea) for special promotions, giveaways, health information and updates on sampling opportunities.

 

About Iron Girl
Iron Girl’s mission is to empower women toward a healthy lifestyle.  Started in 2004 with two 10K/5K events, Iron Girl has grown to 10 events nationwide, consisting of run/walk, duathlon and triathlon events. To date, Iron Girl has celebrated finishers ranging in age from 5 to 81 and in fitness level from beginner to professional. In its inaugural year, 1,000 women became Iron Girl finishers.  In 2008, more than 16,000 women crossed an Iron Girl finish line.  The average age of an Iron Girl athlete is 35. The brand is supported by title sponsor, Aflac, and partners including  Luna Bar, Polar Heart Rate Monitor, Aqua Sphere, Specialized Designed for Women Bicycles, K-Swiss, Nightmare Graphics TriClique Jewelry, mypypeline.com and Salada Tea. By logging on to IronGirl.com, athletes can enjoy an interactive Web site filled with training tips, guest columnists and nutrition information.  IronGirlShop.com is an online resource that offers fitness, nutrition and lifestyle products that support participants beyond the finish line.  The Iron Girl brand has been featured in a range of media outlets to include USA Today, The New York Times, Runner's World, Family Circle, Ok! Magazine, Women's Health, Fitness and Self.

 

 

 

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Currently, tea is the second-most commonly consumed beverage in the world next to water and can be found in nearly 80 percent of all U.S. households. Tea is a refreshing beverage that contains no sugar or sodium, is virtually calorie-free, helps maintain proper fluid balance and may even contribute to overall good health.
 
Green Tea and Health
* Green tea has more anti-oxidant protection than even Vitamin
A or C
* Green tea contains anti-oxidants that fight free-radicals in the
body which studies have shown can help with a host of
medical issues
* Green tea can enhance the prevention of LDL cholesterol
buildup, or what has become known as "bad cholesterol,"
reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
* Studies have shown that green tea may help control blood
sugar levels and prevent the incidence of diabetes
* A study has concluded that green tea may be useful in the
treatment and prevention of rheumatoid arthritis
* Researchers found that among 1,900 individuals who had suffered heart attacks, those who drank 19 or more cups
a week reduced their risks of dying over the next three to four years by 44 percent compared to that of non-tea
drinkers
* Tea contains fluoride and flavonoids, both of which may enhance bone strength.
 
About Salada
Salada offers 15 different varieties of green and white tea including the recently released famiy size teas in Green Tea and Green Tea Tropical Fruit. Salada sells its green, white and black tea bags at national food and discount retailers. Salada is manufactured by Little Falls, N.Y.- based Redco Foods, Inc., makers of Red Rose Tea and Junket Desserts

 

 

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Green Tea Relaxes Your Arteries, Too
New research suggests regular drinkers may reap improved blood flow
By Matthew Shulman
Posted July 9, 2008

 

Score another win for green tea: New research suggests that the potent leaves can rapidly improve the functioning of the endothelial cells lining blood vessels, aiding blood flow and relaxing the arteries. That may lower the risk of clots and heart disease. "We saw the effects just 30 minutes after the participants consumed the tea, and it lasted for two hours," says Charalambos Vlachopoulos, a cardiologist at Athens Medical School in Greece and lead author of the study, published in the current issue of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.

Green tea's benefits stem from its naturally high levels of flavonoids—antioxidant substances that slow down natural damage to cells. Though black tea also has been shown to promote cardiovascular health, Vlachopoulos thinks green tea may do a superior job because it isn't fermented as long and so retains more of its flavonoids. What's a proper dose? One or two cups per day is probably enough to do the trick.
 
Source: Health.USNews.com

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About Redco Foods Inc.
 Formed in 1985, Redco Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes Salada tea, Red Rose tea and Junket brand dessert mixes from the Little Falls N.Y. operations facility. Redco is the hot tea licensee for Snapple, and distributes both Pompadour tea and Garden of the Andes tea.  Redco maintains a network of Regional Sales managers and brokers in local markets. All manufacturing occurs in Little Falls, NY with Marketing and some Sales offices based in Windsor, CT.
 
About Teekanne
Redco Foods is owned by Teekanne GmbH of Dusseldorf, Germany.   'Teekanne", which means "Tea Pot", is the premiere brand of specialty herbal and fruit teas in Europe. Inventors of the flow-through tea bag, the majority of tea bags sold in the United States over the last thirty years have been manufactured using Teekanne equipment.
 
Redco Foods Products
Salada: With over 15 varieties of green, white, black and fruit teas, Salada’s teas are rich in healthy antioxidants. Salada recently released family sized tea bags in 100% Green Tea and Green Tea Tropical Fruit flavors.

Red Rose: Rich in heritage, Red Rose has six flavors of black tea, including loose and specialty teas and recently received the ChefsBest award rated highest overall among leading bagged black iced tea. Customers also receive a free figurine in marked boxes.

Junket: These Danish dessert, custard, fudge and ice cream mixes have been in production at the Hansen island plant for over 100 years
 
Corporate Headquarters
100 Northfield Drive

Windsor, CT 06095

Phone (800) 645-1190

Fax (860) 688-7844
 
Operations
One Hansen Island

Little Falls, NY 13365

Phone (315) 823-1300

Fax (315) 823-0578

 

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Family Size Green Tea offers a healthy, natural and refreshing beverage alternative. Salada's green tea is meticulously picked and blended to provide the perfect glass of iced tea with a natural sweetness and is the second most popular green tea in the country.