Published Oct 11, 2026
This week's additions are about the smaller things that travel with you: a sweet treat for a break and a reusable cup for the drive. Two new brands, covering 29 currently listed products, joined our weekly vendor comparison for October 5 through October 11: Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry (freeze-dried candy and specialty confections) and Yogi (ceramic-lined tumblers and drinkware accessories). That total counts the listings carried under these newly detected brand names, not individual colors, sizes or a verified tally of newly created SKUs. Kelly's brings a different confectionery texture to the snack conversation, while Yogi gives coffee and water drinkers another liner and lid approach to consider. Scan the summary table below, or jump to Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry or Yogi for the product picks, practical differences and questions worth checking before ordering.
| Brand | Product Category | Headquarters | Best Known For | Collection Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry | Freeze-dried candy | Maricopa, Arizona, listed business location | Taffy and gummy candies with a crisp texture | Browse Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry |
| Yogi | Ceramic-lined drinkware | Post Falls, Idaho, listed HQ; Liberty Lake, Washington, design base | Ceramic-lined insulated cups and replacement accessories | Browse Yogi |
Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry
Brand Overview
Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry is a specialty-food business with a listed location in Maricopa, Arizona. Its merchant profile describes both food and pet-treat interests, but the selections featured here are human confectionery: freeze-dried taffy, gummies and fruit-flavored candy. Public company-history information is limited. We could not verify a founding year, named founders, ownership structure, factory location or parent company, so we are not attaching an origin story the available evidence cannot support. The useful starting point for shoppers is the assortment itself, which puts familiar candy formats into a different texture rather than claiming an entirely new kind of outdoor nutrition.
Product Categories and Related Collections
Think of this range as an optional dessert or sharing snack. For the rest of a trip's food planning, browse our Camp Food selection and Trail Food & Nutrition collection. These are related browsing destinations, not a claim that every new candy listing has already been assigned to those collections. Use the brand link above or the buttons below to see the Kelly's products directly.
Featured Products at Lotz Outdoors
Selection note: the BEST SELLER badge is an editorial flagship placeholder, not a measured sales ranking. Sales and comparable review counts were unavailable; Carnival Cotton Crunch breaks a price tie among the sampled products. All four selections were listed at $12.99 when checked. BEST VALUE means a tied entry price here, not proven value per ounce, because package weights were not published.
Why We Added This Brand
Our merchandising reason for highlighting Kelly's is straightforward: not every purchase for an outdoor weekend needs to be technical equipment. A small treat can belong at a picnic table, beside a camp coffee or in a road-trip snack box without pretending to be essential survival gear. We would start with the huckleberry taffy bites for someone interested in a berry-flavored option rather than a broad mixed-candy bag. That is an editorial recommendation based on the product format, not a claim that our team has taste-tested the batch.
We do not have documented customer requests or a reliable Lotz sales trend for this newly detected vendor yet. The case for the addition is therefore assortment fit, not a story about overwhelming demand. Compared with choosing another conventional chewy sweet, the point of this selection is the changed texture and the range of starting candies. It adds an optional confectionery choice alongside meal planning and outdoor supplies, not a nutritional replacement for them. We also want the limits to be clear: a familiar flavor name does not disclose the full recipe, and a small listed price does not establish good value by weight. Those are questions to settle from the current package before making a dietary or bulk-purchase decision.
What Stood Out To Us
The interesting contrast is between the starting candies. Cotton-candy taffy, huckleberry taffy and kiwi gummies give shoppers a reason to compare flavor and texture rather than just choose a different color of the same sweet. There is no verified proprietary technology claim behind our selection, and we are not treating freeze-drying as evidence of better nutrition or automatic food safety. For context, University of Minnesota Extension explains that freeze-drying does not kill illness-causing microorganisms. That is general process guidance, not an allegation about this brand. Our practical takeaway is to respect the package's handling information and to avoid assuming that a preservation method makes every product suitable for every person.
Best For
We would consider these for a short road trip, a picnic dessert, a camp-table tasting or a gift for someone who enjoys trying different sweets. They make more sense as an optional addition to a planned food supply than as the basis of one. If you are buying for a group, check ingredients and portion information first; do not turn an unfamiliar candy into an allergy-safe recommendation simply because its name sounds fruit-based.
How It Fits Our Catalog
The adjacent need is keeping snacks organized and protected, not adding another cooking system. Our food-storage options are a useful place to compare containers for a trip, while your existing meal plan still does the main nutritional work. We would keep the confectionery separate from pet supplies despite the word Pawtry in the business name. A brand serving both markets does not make a human candy product appropriate for an animal.
Brand FAQ
Customers frequently ask the following questions about Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry.
Do these candies need to be rehydrated?
No. The featured products are ready-to-eat confectionery. Choose them for a different candy texture, not as a replacement for a meal or a complete trail-food plan.
Where can I check ingredients and allergens?
The product pages reviewed did not provide complete ingredient and allergen panels. Ask for the current package label before ordering for a dietary restriction. Do not assume that fruit flavors, freeze-drying or the brand's name make these candies suitable for a particular diet or for pets.
How should I store freeze-dried candy?
Follow the package's storage directions and best-before date, close the package after use, and protect the pieces from crushing. Do not infer a multi-year shelf life from the words freeze-dried; no product-specific long-term storage claim was verified.
Yogi
Brand Overview
Yogi is a drinkware business whose company-maintained profile lists a 2023 founding and privately held ownership. That profile gives Post Falls, Idaho as its headquarters, while the brand describes design work in Liberty Lake, Washington and calls itself a family-owned company. We have not independently verified the founders, named ownership family or manufacturing country, and US design should not be read as a made-in-USA claim. Its defining product approach is ceramic-lined drinkware with an insulated stainless-steel body. Independent customer experience is mixed in useful ways: Amazon reviewers discuss taste and lining positively but disagree about leakage, with older versions not necessarily matching today's lids.
Product Categories and Related Collections
The range spans complete tumblers, can-insulator formats, replacement lids, straws and carry accessories. Compare those needs with our Hydration collection and broader Camping selection. These links provide related catalog context; the new Yogi products do not yet carry the tags required for those Smart Collections. The brand-specific search remains the direct route to the current assortment.
Featured Products at Lotz Outdoors
Selection note: BEST SELLER uses the highest-priced sampled flagship fallback, America 250, not an observed sales ranking. STAFF PICK is our editorial coffee-format choice. The replacement-straw two-pack was $4.95 when checked and is a value option only for owners of a compatible Evolution tumbler. Check the selected size, price and availability on each product page.
Why We Added This Brand
We see Yogi as an everyday-use addition rather than a reason to replace a cup that already works for you. If you are choosing new drinkware, the surface that contacts your drink, the way the lid opens and the availability of small replacement parts are reasonable things to compare. Those are especially relevant when the same cup moves from a kitchen counter to a vehicle and then to a camp table. The 16 oz Elements Coffee Tumbler is the most focused starting point in our picks for someone whose main use is morning coffee.
The demand signal we can actually point to is outside our own store: the customer reviews cited above repeatedly discuss taste and the ceramic interior. They also raise practical cautions about lids, so we are not turning that feedback into a blanket durability or leakproof guarantee. We do not yet have a reliable Lotz-specific sales history for this vendor. Our reason for adding the range to this week's guide is that it broadens the liner and accessory choices available to shoppers. Compared with simply selecting another insulated cup by color, Yogi gives the discussion a concrete interior-material difference and a range of replaceable components. Whether that difference matters depends on how and where you drink.
What Stood Out To Us
The liner is the obvious feature, but the accessory choices deserve equal attention. A replacement straw or the right lid can be a more sensible purchase than another complete tumbler. We also like the distinct purpose of Voyager One: the product listing describes a 12 oz cup that can also accommodate standard cans, slim cans and bottles in the stated size. That is a specific design difference, not a claim that it fits every container. We would compare the actual lid, opening and dimensions before relying on it for a particular routine. We have not independently tested temperature-retention times, impact resistance or medical suitability. Ceramic lining is a material choice to evaluate, not a basis for promising allergy protection or declaring other drinkware unsafe.
Best For
Our picks suit coffee before an early departure, drinks kept close at a campsite, and reusable cups for the drive home. Choose Elements when a compact coffee format is the priority, consider Evolution when you prefer a handled cup, and compare Voyager One when you want one small vessel to do more than one job. For carrying a filled cup inside a bag, verify the exact lid instructions rather than assuming all cups in a brand seal the same way.
How It Fits Our Catalog
Drinkware sits naturally beside our camping coolers without doing the same job. A cooler handles the broader food-and-drink supply; a personal cup handles the drink you are using now. Replacement parts add another useful layer for people who already own the matching cup. We would check the series and capacity first, rather than treat every lid or straw in the assortment as interchangeable.
Brand FAQ
Customers frequently ask the following questions about Yogi.
Can every Yogi tumbler go in the dishwasher?
Check the exact model and lid instructions. The Elements Coffee Tumbler listing suggests handwashing, while other models have different care guidance. Avoid assuming that one model's instructions apply to the entire range.
Will replacement lids and straws fit every Yogi cup?
No universal fit should be assumed. Match the accessory to the named tumbler series and capacity. The Evolution replacement-straw listing offers size choices for 24, 30 and 40 oz cups; check the selected option before ordering.
Is Yogi drinkware made in the United States?
Yogi describes US design operations in Liberty Lake, Washington, and its company profile lists Post Falls, Idaho. Those statements do not establish manufacturing origin. We have not verified a manufacturing country for the models featured here.
Staff Picks from This Week's New Brands
- Best Value: Yogi Evolution replacement straws. A low-cost two-pack makes sense for an existing owner who needs the correct-size spare, not for someone shopping for a complete cup.
- Most Innovative: Voyager One 12 oz All-In-One. Our design pick combines a drinking-cup role with specified can and bottle formats; verify the container size you intend to use.
- Most Unique: Kiwi Puffs. Kiwi-flavored gummy candy gives this week's confectionery selection its most unusual starting point, without requiring a health or performance story.
- Editor's Pick: Elements Coffee Tumbler. The focused 16 oz coffee format is our editorial favorite for the drive to an outing. This is a use-case preference, not a hands-on test result.
This Week in New Brands at Lotz Outdoors
This week brings two newly detected brands and 29 currently carried listings into the New Brands guide. Kelly's Pantry & Pawtry adds a confectionery option built around different candy bases and textures, while Yogi's drinkware assortment adds ceramic-lined cups and compatible accessories. The common thread is practical choice for the quieter parts of an outdoor day: what goes beside lunch, what holds the morning coffee and what is worth replacing instead of buying again.
Our Camp Food collection remains a related destination for planning the actual meals, and the Hydration collection offers broader browsing context for carrying drinks. Those category links are companions to this week's additions, not a statement that every new product has already been categorized there. The brand searches below are the most direct way to explore the new ranges. Before ordering, check the things that change the decision: ingredients and package weight for candy, model and lid fit for drinkware, and the current option's price and availability. That is more useful than treating every small addition as a must-have. Explore each brand using the buttons below and choose the products that actually suit your next trip.
About Lotz Outdoors: We bring outdoor equipment and everyday trip essentials together with practical guidance for choosing among them. Our weekly New Brands series looks at the products, their intended uses and the details worth checking, with clear distinctions between verified information and editorial judgment. Learn more about Lotz Outdoors and the store behind this guide.
