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  • Cold Brew + Zero Sugar = A Smarter K-12 Beverage Strategy

    Cold Brew + Zero Sugar = A Smarter K-12 Beverage Strategy

    Today’s high school students are making beverage choices that look more like retail than traditional cafeteria lines. Cold brew, flavored coffee, and customizable drinks are no longer trends, they’re expectations.

    Heartland Food Products Group (FPG), the makers of Splenda® and Java House® brings you turnkey solutions designed specifically for K-12 environments.

    With Java House 8 oz Ready-to-Drink Cold Brew in Pure Black, Vanilla Latte, and Salted Caramel Latte, you can offer a premium, grab-and-go option that fits perfectly into breakfast programs, teacher lounges, and a la carte lines. There’s no equipment, prep, or staff training needed!

    Looking for flexibility? Java House® 4:1 Cold Brew Concentrates allow your team to quickly batch or customize beverages, adjusting both flavor and strength, for higher-volume service, ideal for high schools and campus-style feeding environments.

    For students, it means beverages that feel relevant, modern, and worth staying on campus for that can increase your participation.

    Visit Java HouseBooth #701 at ANC (July 12–14 in Charlotte) to see how it all comes together, and taste the difference for yourself. OR, request your free samples now!

  • Easy Ways For Boosting Your Beverage Program

    Easy Ways For Boosting Your Beverage Program

    Heartland Food Products Group is the nation’s leader in beverage innovation. As the parent of Splenda®, Java House® and other brands, we offer a portfolio designed to help you elevate your beverage program, here’s how:

    Simplifying Your Tabletop 

    Simplifying Your Tabletop 

    With 77%* of Americans saying that they are avoiding sugar, Splenda is the most trusted brand of zero-sugar sweeteners**. If you think there’s too much clutter on your tabletop with a rainbow of packets, Splenda and U.S.-grown Splenda Stevia along with Splenda Creamer Cups, you have all that you need from one source. 

    The Trending Beverages Guests Want, Made Easy

    Cold brew coffee grew on menus by 7% in the past year and projected to grow another 33% in the next four years***. Java House® makes it easy to tap into that demand. Unlike iced coffee, cold brew delivers an amazingly smooth, more premium flavor supporting a higher ticket ring. Java House Cold Brew Concentrate, it’s as simple as adding water.

    Dirty sodas have grown by 98% in just the past year

    Dirty sodas have grown by 98% in just the past year*** and Splenda makes serving them easy. With four flavors of zero-sugar syrups and three flavors of creamers, it’s all that you need for serving zero-sugar dirty sodas that your customers will love.

    Pre-Portioned Pouches

    If you are serving iced teas or fruit-flavored beverages from urns, Splenda Pre-Portioned Pouches are a smart solution. Avoiding the mess and inconsistency of adding zero-sugar sweeteners to five-gallon urns, use a single pre-portioned pouch as a solution.

    Splenda and Java House offer a total solution for elevating and simplifying your beverage program. Request your free samples now, or download your complete product guide. Purchase our products from your DOT Foods representative or ask your distributor.

    *IFEC Consumers Study, 2024
    **Brand Power Study, 2025
    ***Datassential, April 2026

  • Start With The #1 Requested Sweetener Brand

    Start With The #1 Requested Sweetener Brand

    According to NACS, more than 8% of a c-store’s sales comes from hot dispensed beverages. It’s a category that delivers an extraordinary 64% gross margin. Yet, you can get even more from your hot beverage program when you make the switch to Splenda® zero-sugar sweeteners creamers and more.

    Splenda is the #1 best known and trusted brand in zero-sugar sweeteners*. Available in both its original formula and now with U.S.-grown plant-based Splenda Stevia, thus you have all you need in zero-sugar sweeteners. Add Splenda creamers— you now have a solution for 77%** of consumers seeking to reduce their sugar intake. 

    Splenda offers zero-sugar syrups and Java House®Cold Brew Concentrates (just add water) as well as single serve Java House Cold Brew cans for your cold vault. With so many zero-sugar solutions you can reduce the number of SKUs and consolidate your ordering to a single source. Want to try any or all of our beverage solutions? Request your free samples now. You can purchase our products from your DOT Foods representative or ask your distributor.

  • Give Guests The Beverages They Want The Easy Way

    Give Guests The Beverages They Want The Easy Way

    With 77%* of consumers avoiding sugar today, it’s clear that Splenda® sweeteners, creamers and syrups are a smart option. As the most trusted brand of zero-sugar sweeteners** Splenda also makes serving the beverages your guests want the easy way.

    Simplifying Your Tabletop Or Coffee Stations 

    With Splenda and plant-based Splenda Stevia packets, and creamer cups, you have all that you need to please guests

    There’s too much clutter on today’s tabletops with every color in the rainbow offered in zero-sugar packets. With Splenda and plant-based Splenda Stevia packets, and creamer cups, you have all that you need to please guests; Splenda canisters and bottles of Splenda creamers and syrups, you have a simplified solution for coffee stations as well. Whether it be in a cafeteria, coffee break station, or office environment, Splenda makes it simple.

    Pre-Portioned Pouches

    If you are serving iced teas or fruit-flavored beverages from urns, Splenda Pre-Portioned Pouches are a smart solution. Avoiding the mess and inconsistency of adding zero-sugar sweeteners to five-gallon urns, use a single pre-portioned pouch and you are done.

    The Trending Beverages Guests Want, Made Easy

    Splenda’s co-hort brand Java House® makes cold brew easy.

    Cold brew coffee grew on menus by 7% in the past year and projected to grow another 33% in the next four years***. Splenda’s co-hort brand Java House® makes cold brew easy. Unlike iced coffee, cold brew offers an amazingly smooth smoother, more upscale flavor. Java House Cold Brew concentrate means you just add water. For convenience stations, use Java House Cold Brew Ready-To-Drink Bottles or Cans.

    Dirty sodas have grown by 98% in just the past year

    Dirty sodas have grown by 98% in just the past year*** and Splenda makes serving them easy. With four flavors of zero-sugar syrups and five flavors of creamers, all that you need is your fountain machine. Or, add Splenda syrups and creamers at the fountain and let guests create their own.

    Splenda and Java House offer a total solution for elevating and simplifying your beverage program. Request your free samples now, or download your complete product guide. Purchase our products from your DOT Foods representative or ask your distributor.

    *IFEC Consumers Study, 2024
    **Brand Power Study, 2025
    ***Datassential, April 2026