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Lenore Skenazy
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Every once in a while, someone comes up with a truly great new product: Pop-Tarts; the Prius; Veggie Booty ("Now in regular or salmonella-free!'').

But most of the time … they don't. They come up with a truly tiny twist on an old product and expect us to get all excited about it. That's somewhat hard, especially when you know their secret: They use the Skenazy New-ish Product Generator.

You can, too. Just mix and match from columns A and B, or go whole-hog and string together A, B, B+ and C. (Or go really wild and try C, B, A!) Soft-Baked Froot Loops and Green-Tea Oreos await. Hurry, before corporate America beats you to them! And send me samples!

Column A

Antibiotic

"Probiotic"

Proud-independent-biotic

Shade-grown

Painfully crunchy

Whole-grain

Free-range

Slow-churned

Home-schooled

Lactose extremely intolerant

Al Gore, Laurie David and Arianna Huffington-approved

Garden-harvested

Fire-roasted

Fire-burnt-to-a-crisp

Yogurt-covered

Tension-busting

Grain-fed

Hormone-free

Cavity-fighting

Cucumber-melon

Soft-baked

No-rinse

Dulce de leche

Super-chunky-to-the-point-of-being-almost-solid

Green tea

White tea

Greenish-whitish tea

Quintuple-cream

Lite

Never-even- met -a-trans-fat

Rain forest

Cinnamon-honey

Rachael Ray

Column B

Crumb cake

Coke

Coffee

Crest

Froot Loops

Tums

Diet Pepsi

Dryer sheets

Softsoap

Aquafina

Haagen-Dazs

Oreos

SpaghettiO's

Cheerios

Yoplait

Butter substitute

Applesauce

Hot Pockets

Ranch dressing

Baby wipes

Turkey dogs

Protein bars

Doritos

Espresso beans

Tide

B + (OPTIONAL)

For men!

Column C (With …)

A splash of juice

A hint o' mint

A gram of ham

Citrus-lime-lavender-yoga-mat freshness

Pomegranate molasses

Teeth-whitening agents

Teeth-replacing agents (NEW!)

Insurance agents

Grapefruit extract

Ginseng swirls

Portobello mushrooms

Breath-reviving micro-beads

Skin-softening moisture spores

Subatomic Parmesan particles

Quick-acting vodka

Marshmallows and spelt

Garlic 'n' ginkgo

Yet more honey and cinnamon

Twice the Dijon

87 percent pure cacao

Antioxidant crunchies

Free Harry Potter invisibility cloak (trust us — it's in there)

Extra fiber

Rachael Ray's actual DNA

Or (when all else fails): Lime.

Lenore Skenazy is a contributing editor at The New York Sun.

To find out more about Lenore Skenazy (lskenazy@yahoo.com) and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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