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Danone North America has announced the launch of its latest innovation, Remix – a mix-in yogurt line designed to satisfy snack cravings. The new collection spans three of Danone’s well-known brands – Light + Fit, Oikos and Too Good & Co. The company said its research and innovation team worked alongside its team of nutrition science experts, exploring over 100 ingredients that resulted in more than 50 flavour options before landing on the final combinations. Oikos Remix contains 11g of protein in every 4.5 oz cup and is available in three varieties, each offering a different flavour of Oikos non-fat yogurt. Coco Almond Chocolate features coconut yogurt with honey praline almonds and dark chocolate mix-ins, while S’mores combines vanilla yogurt with graham cookies, dark chocolate and toasted marshmallow bark mix-ins. Salted Caramel offers salted caramel yogurt with sea salt praline pretzels, dark chocolate and butter toffee mix-ins. Too Good & Co Remix aims to satisfy sweet treat cravings with less sugar, containing 6g of sugar per 4.5oz cup. The three varieties available are Strawberry Dark Chocolate Almond, featuring a strawberry base with chia granola, roasted almonds and dark chocolate mix-ins; Banana Dark Chocolate Honey, combining a banana base with roasted almonds, chocolate and honey-flavoured crisp mix-ins; and Blueberry Almond Oat Crisp, featuring a blueberry base with honey praline roasted almonds and cinnamon oat crisp mix-ins. Finally, Light + Fit Remix pairs fat-free yogurt with mix-ins inspired by classic desserts, each pot containing 120 kcal or less. Its three varieties are Strawberry Cheesecake, combining strawberry cheesecake yogurt with graham cookies, caramel pearls and dark chocolate mix-ins; Key Lime, featuring key lime yogurt with graham cookies and white fudge chunk mix-ins; and Brownie Sundae, a vanilla yogurt paired with brownie crumble, honey praline almonds and butter toffee mix-ins. Rafael Acevedo, president and general manager at Danone North America, commented: “We want snacking to feel anything but routine, and at Danone we are positioned to give consumers yogurt options that work for them on all fronts – for their tastebuds, their nutrition goals and their schedules”. He added: “That’s why we created Oikos, Light & Fit and Too Good Remix, to shake up the mix-in space with options that not only have compelling nutritional profiles, but that taste insanely good, too”.