Good-for-you juice gets better

Welch's 100 Percent Grape Juice With Calcium. $3.89 per 64-ounce bottle.

Bonnie: This new Welch's calcium-enriched grape juice contains no added sugar and is a rich source of natural antioxidants, which current research says will reduce the risk of many chronic diseases. The USDA suggests that foods with 2,000 or more total antioxidant capacity, or TAC, per serving are the best antioxidant sources. At least one lab says the only juices with 2,000 or more are 100 percent grape juice and 100 percent pomegranate juice with about 6,000 TAC each. In other words, they're loaded with good-for-you antioxidants.

So grape juice is good for you. And this one, enriched with 10 percent of your daily calcium needs, is even better, especially considering that most Americans don't get enough calcium in their diets.

Carolyn: Grape juice already gets points for antioxidants. This particular new Welch's Grape Juice is also a good source of calcium.

If only Welch's could do something about grape juice's extreme sweetness and intense flavor, which make it such an overbearing food accompaniment. In fact, discounting peanut butter sandwiches and communion wafers, it's hard to think of a really good food partner for it.

Cacao Reserve by Hershey's Premium Truffles. 65 Percent Cacao Dark Chocolate, and 35 Percent Cacao Milk Chocolate. $2.89 per 1.8-ounce tin containing eight truffles.

Bonnie: All the positive health news about chocolate has caused the delicious sweet stuff to clog Carolyn's and my mailboxes. Oh, we're not complaining, mind you, especially considering that the last big food trend was low-carb.

The latest offering from our mailman: eight truffles packed in an Altoids-like tin from Hershey. Each premium bite-size morsel, enrobed in chocolate, has 36 (dark) to 39 (milk) calories and 3 total grams of fat, two of which are saturated. One could be a small indulgence to satisfy your sweet tooth, but the entire box makes up a substantial one-third of the suggested total fat limit and three-quarters of the saturated fat limit, based on 2,000-calorie daily intake — not a healthy "snack."

Studies suggest that some dark chocolate — especially dark chocolate with lots of cacao — provides antioxidants called flavanols that may be good for your heart. Don't get carried away, though, as chocolate is also high in both calories and saturated fat.