Getting your kids to put down the bag of tacos and pick up something healthy is not easy.
But two entrepreneurs in Portage la Prairie, Man., may have found the perfect compromise for Canadian parents.
On Feb. 12, Margaret Hughes and Trudy Heal launched Yumpeez, a roasted vegetable snack made from peas.
“Yumpeez has been extensively tested on Manitoba kids, who gave them a resounding two thumbs up,” Hughes said in a news release.
The product was unveiled in Winnipeg to connect with the Festival du Voyageur winter carnival and the voyageurs’ tradition of eating peas.
The snack is an innovation of Best Cooking Pulses, a processor in Portage, in conjunction with the Food Development Centre, also of Portage.
The peas come in a small plastic bag and in two flavours, dill pickle and barbecue. For now, they are available primarily at specialty stores in Winnipeg, Portage and Moose Jaw, Sask.
“There’s interest from a distributor in Alberta,” Heal said, adding that the product is organic and they want to focus on that niche market for now.
