SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 9, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New Leaf Brands announced today that the latest June/July 2009 issue of "Everyday with Rachael Ray" Magazine has voted New Leaf's Strawberry White Tea as the "best flavored white tea." With its delicate white tea, real strawberries and organic cane sugar, one panelist commented that "it tastes like a fresh berry compote." New Leaf Brands is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:BAYW) ("Company").
New Leaf's Strawberry White Tea is all-natural and contains a blend of strawberry and White Tea, naturally sweetened with 100% organic cane sugar. New Leaf's White Teas originate from the tea fields of China as one of the world's least processed teas and with medicinal properties respected worldwide. Ingredients include: Filtered Water, Florida Crystals Organic Evaporated Cane Sugar, White Tea Blend, Citric Acid and Natural Flavor.
"This product is turning extremely well for us at retail," stated Eric Skae, President of New Leaf. "Furthermore, the product has an awesome taste which is a number one priority for us with all of our products."
About New Leaf:
Founded by Eric Skae in 2004 in Orangeburg, New York, New Leaf Brands was created with the vision of providing healthy beverages for consumers that are great-tasting and made only with high quality ingredients. New Leaf Tea was the company's first product that was born out of that vision and now is available to consumers in 14 unique flavors and in over 8,000 outlets including restaurants, delis, pizzerias and other retail establishments. For more information, please visit www.newleafbrands.com.
About Baywood:
Baywood International, Inc. (OTCBB:BAYW) ("Baywood") develops, markets and sells nutraceutical and nutritionally enhanced products and new age beverages under its own brands. Baywood merges its expertise in nutritional formulation with its leverage in sales and distribution to deliver the most effective and progressive products to market. Currently, Baywood's products are sold under the LifeTime(r) nutraceutical brand and the New Leaf(r) tea brand.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements, made in reliance upon Section 21D of the Exchange Act of 1934, which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results, performance, or expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. The Company's expectations, among other things, are dependent upon general economic conditions, continued demand for its products, the availability of raw materials, retention of its key management and operating personnel, its ability to operate its subsidiary companies effectively, need for and availability of additional capital as well as other uncontrollable or unknown factors which are more fully disclosed in the Company's Form 10-KSBs and 10-QSBs on file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.