New product roundup: Not all junk food

• Hey, thanks, Starbucks. I'm usually pretty good at resisting the high-calorie, high-price allure of frozen Frappicinos. But I will stop by for iced coffee, one of my secrets to existence in the summer. Now there's Starbucks Via Iced Coffee, a mix that you can make wherever you are. Add 16 ounces of water and ice and you have iced coffee. The one I have sitting next to me, made with water from the office water fountain, tastes convincingly like a pretty good iced coffee. (Next on my wish list: An unsweetened version. But maybe that's just me.) You get a package of 5 packets, each good for 2 (8-ounce) servings, for $5.95, which works out to less than I spend to say "nonsweet/nonfat/vente iced" before I go into the grocery store.

• Remember when I wrote about reduced-fat peanut butters hiding a lot of sugar? If you're still looking for a good all-natural peanut butter, check out Crazy Richard's, available with the other peanut butters at Harris Teeter. It's got a great taste, and it's only ground-up peanuts. Thanks to reader Sonia Womble for that tip.

• Ben & Jerry's has two new do-gooder ice cream flavors that will only be available at Target stores, Berry Voluntary and Brownie Chew Gooder. BV is a raspberry cheesecake flavor with white chocolate chunks and a raspberry swirl; BCG is vanilla caramel ice cream with fudge brownie pieces and a caramel swirl. Pints are $3.50 suggested retail, but you can score a coupon for a free pint by going to www.volunteermatch.org/scoopitforward, registering for a volunteer activity in your area and forwarding it to five friends.

• Jamba Juice is on the move. You can now buy frozen smoothie mixes in the Razzmatazz, Strawberries Wild and Mango A-Go-Go flavors in supermarkets and in Wal-Mart. Suggested retail price is $2.99 for a two-serving package; 120 calories a serving.
• I've heard that M&M's has added a pretzel flavor, but I haven't spotted them yet for a taste test. As soon as I do, I promise to check back. Strictly in the interest of research, of course.

• Frito-Lay has been lowering the salt. We did get to try Frito's, Ruffles and Lay's chips with 50% less sodium. Verdict? Not bad. We really didn't miss the salt.