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Genius Gourmet Launches 4 New Taste-Defying High Protein Snacks

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Genius Gourmet Launches 4 New Taste-Defying High Protein Snacks
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Genius Gourmet Launches 4 New Taste-Defying High Protein Snacks

2025-01-23 02:00 Last Updated At:02:11

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 22, 2025--

Genius Gourmet, the fast-growing provider of deliciously smart protein snacks, today announced the launch of 4 new treats to up everyone’s snack game – the smart way: Milk Chocolate Protein Cookie Bites; Mint Chocolate Protein Cookie Bites; Salted Caramel Protein Cookie Bites; and a sweet and salty Protein Nut Roll Bar with 0 grams of added sugar.

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“Our loyal fans count on us to bring the flavor and innovation to our protein snacks, and these deliver in a big way,” said Pete Vas Dias, President of Genius Gourmet. “They have all the taste and texture of their favorite treats but without the high calories, carbs, sugar and guilt. There is truly nothing like these on the market.”

Each treat sports 10 grams of protein and a low-carb profile, making them perfect for athletes to power up pre- or post-workout, families who want to snack smarter at home or on the go, and those who follow a low-carb lifestyle.

Protein Cookie Bites (Convenient 6 count packages)

Protein Nut Roll Bar

“Everyone loves options when it comes to snacking, and we’re proud to offer more of what our customers crave with our ever-expanding product line,” shared Josh Christensen, Genius Gourmet VP of Marketing. “By focusing on innovation and listening to our customers, we’ve grown our line over the last four years from simply protein bars to a full roster of protein crispy treats and now Protein Cookie Bites and a Protein Nut Roll Bar. We’ve heard amazing feedback and buzz about these new products and can’t wait for more people to try them as we expand our market presence.”

To order these deliciously smart protein snacks or to learn about wholesale opportunities, head over togeniusgourmet.com.

About Genius Gourmet

Genius Gourmet is a family-owned company that started in 2019. The team set out to disrupt the protein bar and snack market. Over the last five years they’ve experienced extraordinary growth. Today Genius Gourmet has a growing variety of protein snacks available in 6 of the top 10 grocery retailers nationwide and a growing fanbase of athletes, mathletes, and on-the-go superheroes who want to fuel their day – the smart way. Learn more at geniusgourmet.com.

Genius Gourmet NEW Vanilla Caramel Peanut Protein Nut Roll Bar. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Genius Gourmet NEW Vanilla Caramel Peanut Protein Nut Roll Bar. (Graphic: Business Wire)

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovars cast their votes Sunday in a parliamentary election considered a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and foreign funding for one of Europe's poorest countries in question.

Kurti’s left-wing Vetevendosje!, or Self-Determination Movement Party, is seen as the front-runner but is not expected to win the necessary majority to govern alone, leaving open the possibility the other two contenders join ranks if he fails to form a Cabinet.

The other challengers are the Democratic Party of Kosovo, or PDK, whose main leaders are detained at an international criminal tribunal at The Hague accused of war crimes, and the Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, the oldest party in the country that lost much of its support after the death in 2006 of its leader, Ibrahim Rugova.

The parties made big-ticket pledges to increase public salaries and pensions, improve education and health services, and fight poverty. However, they did not explain where the money would come from, nor how they would attract more foreign investment.

Kurti has been at odds with Western powers after his Cabinet took several steps that raised tensions with Serbia and ethnic Serbs, including the ban on the use of the Serbian currency and dinar transfers from Serbia to Kosovo’s ethnic Serb minority that depends on Belgrade’s social services and payments. The U.S., the European Union and the NATO-led stabilization force KFOR have urged the government in Pristina to refrain from unilateral actions, fearing the revival of inter-ethnic conflict.

This is the first time since independence in 2008 that Kosovo’s parliament has completed a full four-year mandate. It is the ninth parliamentary vote in Kosovo since the end of the 1998-1999 war between Serbian government forces and ethnic Albanian separatists that pushed Serbian forces out following a 78-day NATO air campaign. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s independence.

The vote will determine who will lead the Kosovo in negotiations with Serbia, which stalled again last year.

The EU has suspended funding for some projects and set conditions for their gradual resumption, linked to Kosovo taking steps to de-escalate tensions in the north, where most of the Serb minority lives.

Kosovo is also suffering after Washington imposed a 90-day freeze on funding for different projects through the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has been key in promoting the country’s growth.

Some 2 million eligible voters will elect 120 lawmakers from 1,280 candidates from 27 political groupings. One independent candidate is also running. The Kosovar parliament has 20 seats reserved for minorities regardless of election results, 10 of which are for the Serb minority.

“I encourage all the citizens of Kosovo to use this opportunity to decide on the next four years,” Kurti said after casting his ballot.

There have been sporadic violent incidents. Prosecutors said they detained five people for trying to influence voters.

Kosovars abroad started voting on Saturday at 43 diplomatic missions. There are some 20,000 voters from the diaspora of nearly 100,000 casting ballots at the missions, and the rest by post.

Although crucial for the region's stability, negotiations with Serbia have not figured high on any party’s agenda.

”What can we do? We were born here. Our graves are here. It will be better, I hope. We have to come out and vote. That is our duty,” Mileva Kovacevic, a Serb resident in northern Mitrovica, said.

Kosovo, with a population of 1.6 million, is one of the poorest countries in Europe with an annual gross domestic product of less than 6,000 euros per person.

KFOR has increased its presence in Kosovo after last year’s tensions with Serbia as well as for the election.

A team of 100 observers from the EU, 18 from the Council of Europe and about 1,600 others from international or local organizations will monitor the vote.

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Associated Press writer Vojislav Stjepanovic contributed to this report.

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, leaves a voting station as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, leaves a voting station as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, makes statements outside a voting station as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, makes statements outside a voting station as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Lumir Abdixhiku, Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo party, casts his ballot during parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Lumir Abdixhiku, Leader of Democratic League of Kosovo party, casts his ballot during parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, prepares to cast his ballot as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, prepares to cast his ballot as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, arrives to vote as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, arrives to vote as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, casts his ballot as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

Albin Kurti, President of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, casts his ballot as Kosovo holds a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

A man casts his ballot for a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

A man casts his ballot for a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

European Union election observers watch a voter at a polling station during a parliamentary election in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

European Union election observers watch a voter at a polling station during a parliamentary election in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

A voter waits for a ballot during a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

A voter waits for a ballot during a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

People wait in front of a polling station for a parliamentary election in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

People wait in front of a polling station for a parliamentary election in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

A man prepares his ballot for a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

People wait in line during a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

People wait in line during a parliamentary election at a polling station in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

An electoral committee member prepares a voting station for a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

An electoral committee member prepares a voting station for a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

A woman is checked by a member of an electoral committee during a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

A woman is checked by a member of an electoral committee during a parliamentary election in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)

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