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Froose Juice
Or is that Froose Joose? I won’t lie that the mere name of this makes us giggle here at our house. The silly name along with the cute little moose mascot, Milton, on the box made my skeptical three year old take the juice box without hesitation. I watched closely for any reaction that precedes the usual gagging and spitting out of any offensive edible material—I am happy to report that none was found.
My son happily gulped down drank the 4.2 fl. oz. juice box filled chockfull of nutritious ingredients. The difference between Froose and other juice boxes is the ingredient list. Froose is low in sugar, containing organic brown rice syrup (who knew this even existed?!) instead of the devil of sugars, high fructose corn syrup. The 3 grams of fiber are great in our house where, well, we need a little extra fiber to assist with our adventures on the potty. The all natural ingredients make a mom feel better in an increasingly scary food world. And there seems to be very little of that “other stuff” that I can’t pronounce which is never a good thing.
My son’s favorite was the Cheerful Cherry (his exact words, "Yummy in my tummy!"), but all three flavors, Cheerful Cherry, Playful Peach, and Perfect Pear, were readily sought out. I myself tried the Perfect Pear and Playful Peach and thought both tasted almost exactly like the real fruit-no fake candy-like taste here. The texture was a bit thick, but not enough to stop a texture-conscious three-year-old.
There are two problems with Froose. Currently, it is only sold via the Internet at www.froose.com . To offset the costs for you, the company provides free shipping on cases of two or more, and really, why not go for two or more? The other downfall is the price. For 40 boxes, you will pay $30. I am willing to pay more for a better product, but for me, I’d rather just give my son water rather than anything with sugar, especially if I am paying $ .75 a box. This is not to say I won’t buy, just that I will probably think twice.
Overall, I was delighted with this product. I hope the Froose people are looking into selling in stores sometime in the near future. They have created a kid-friendly, mom-loving product! I give it a:
Yoplait Kids Yogurt
I would like to be able to tell you from personal experience how delicious Yoplait Kids yogurt is, but I can’t do that. I can’t tell you because I have absolutely no clue. My kids ate every last bit of those yogurts before I had a chance to get even a taste. I’m not sure if it was the Diego packaging or the yummy flavor, but my kids absolutely adored the yogurt.
The yogurts come in three different variety packs with three different themes. Dora features strawberry vanilla and strawberry yogurt. Blue from Blue’s Clues features vanilla and banana. Diego features peach and strawberry banana.
The best thing about these yogurts is that they have bragging rights by using 25% less sugar than other kids yogurts. They also contain DHA, one of the essential building blocks of brain power.
Despite my missing out on the yogurt, I did manage to snag one of the yogurt drinks before my kids could chug all of those down. Diego doesn’t really do anything for me personally, but that drink was great. I’ve never been a fan of drinkable foods, but Yoplait Kids manages to make a drink that doesn’t feel or taste wrong. It’s very much like a smoothie and I enjoyed it greatly, as did the girls.
The drinks come in strawberry, banana, mixed berry and and strawberry banana flavors. We tried the mixed berry and there was not a single complaint, not even from me.
To find out more about Yoplait Kids Yogurt, go here. If you’d like to try the yogurt for free, go here. For nutritional information, click here.
For the sheer fact that Yoplait Kids performed a complete vanishing act in this house, BBM gives Yoplait Kids Yogurt. . .
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