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RANCHO SANTA FE, Calif. ResVez on Tuesday announced its sponsorship of the Tasty Awards — a broadcast awards show recognizing the year's best achievements in food and fashion programs on TV, in film and online — making its WineTime bar the “official gourmet nutrition bar.”

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. —The Sniffle Duffle, created by Zubie’s Village, offers a convenient, fun way for kids to form healthy habits.

The Sniffle Duffle is a cozy pouch that on one side has a sleeve for travel tissues, and on the other side has an elastic pocket to store dirty tissues until they can be disposed of. There also are two secret pockets in the center of the Sniffle Duffle that contain a face/ lip balm and a nonalcoholic hand cleanser.

CHATSWORTH, Calif. Prolab Nutrition on Monday announced the relaunch of its consumer website, which now includes a monthly sweepstakes to be the “Featured Athlete of the Month,” an “Ask the Athlete” online forum for submitting training and nutrition questions to Team Prolab professionals, and links to two new social media platforms -- a Prolab Facebook fan page and a Prolab YouTube channel.

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. Clinical skin care brand Kinerase, which has a long history of creating high-end skin care products for both the physician and prestige channels, now has developed a new line for the mass market -- Dr. LeWinn by Kinerase.

Dr. LeWinn by Kinerase, a new hybrid of skin care products for consumers who need a more accessible price point, is comprised of 10 cleansers, moisturizers and daily treatments. The products will be available beginning February 2011 at select Walgreens and Walmart locations, and will retail for between $10 and $35.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. Odwalla is getting greener.

By March 2011, all of the brand’s single-serve bottles will tote PlantBottle packaging. The new Odwalla package, which will be 100% recyclable, will help to reduce dependence on nonrenewable resources, the company said.

IRVINE, Calif. Ista Pharmaceuticals has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration for a drug used to treat eye surgery patients.

The drug maker announced the approval of Bromday (bromfenac) ophthalmic solution as a once-daily eye drop for treating pain and inflammation in patients who have received cataract extraction surgery. The drug is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID, belonging to the same class as the common painkiller ibuprofen. The company plans to launch the drug at the end of this year.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A new relaxation beverage may be coming to a store near you.

The Chill Group said its Just Chill beverage — which increases focus and reduces stress using 100% natural ingredients, including ginseng, ginko biloba and other essential vitamins — currently is being sold in Whole Foods stores in California. The company will exhibit Just Chill at the 2010 National Association of Convenience Stores Show in Atlanta this week and hopes to gain national distribution in the near future.