Healthy Choice is the name of a brand of refrigerated and frozen foods owned by
ConAgra Foods
Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, ...
. According to ConAgra's official corporate history, it came into being after then-ConAgra CEO
Charles "Mike" Harper suffered a heart attack in 1985. Forced to dramatically alter his diet, he came up with the idea of a line of healthier frozen foods.
ConAgra sells a broad array of dishes through its Healthy Choice brand, including frozen dinners,
side dish
A side dish, sometimes referred to as a side order, side item, or simply a side, is a food item that accompanies the entrée or main course at a meal.cold cuts
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and other meats, canned
soup
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s,
ice cream
Ice cream is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from milk or cream and is flavoured with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and a spice, such as cocoa or vanilla, or with fruit such as str ...
,
bread
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,
pasta sauce
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, and even
popcorn
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A popcorn kernel's strong hull contains the se ...
.
In April 2009, ConAgra reintroduced Healthy Choice's line of frozen meals along with new products, including a line of All Natural Entrees. To promote the changes, Healthy Choice spent between $900 million and $1.5 billion on a
multimedia
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campaign that includes
advertisements
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with actress
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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featured in commercials directed by
Christopher Guest
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. Other rebranding efforts included new packaging designs.
In Canada, Healthy Choice is a brand of
ConAgra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, ...
. In Australia,
McCain Foods
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Companies
* McCain Foods Limited, a producer of frozen foods
* McCain, Inc., privately held American manufacturing company headquartered in Vista ...
, a Canadian company, owns the Healthy Choice name.
See also
*
David Phillips - who won a large amount of
frequent flyer points in a Healthy Choice promotion. A subplot in the film ''
Punch-Drunk Love
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'' is based on Phillips.
*
List of popcorn brands
This is a list of notable popcorn brands. Popcorn, also known as popping corn, is a type of corn (maize, ''Zea mays var. everta'') that expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Popcorn is able to pop because its kernels have a hard moist ...
References
External links
Healthy Choice- brand
Popcorn brands
Ice cream brands
Frozen food brands
Conagra Brands brands
Brand name diet products
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