Froose Juice!
About five years ago our family adopted a more healthier lifestyle eliminating almost all preservatives and artificial colorings and flavors from our food. While we’re not religious about this practice I’m always on the look out for healthy and tasty snacks and drinks.
Here’s what some people are saying… (stay tuned for what I think!)
“Froose is an innovative new children’s beverage, Not only is Froose nutritious, but it also tastes amazing ? just like taking a bite out of a piece of fruit! And it’s uniquely called a “whole food” beverage because it combines the best of organic whole grains and fruit, making it a great alternative to juice. Even though it was created with young children in mind, my 13-year-old son has started his own private Froose stash in our garage. I’ve taken to following the track of empty boxes around the house to find him!”
I agree that the whole food, organic ingredients is a definite plus is our sugar-saturated world, but not all my kid’s agreed on the taste factor. We’re not a huge juice drinking family, but when we do drink juice it’s 100% juice. My youngest two didn’t care for the strawberry flavor, my ten year old liked it, and he and his older brother (13) said it tastes “yougurty.” I personally liked the strawberry flavor and we’ve got two more flavors to try out. My younger two don’t really like all the juice flavors I normally buy anyway. So that wouldn’t stop me from buying Froose.
“Froose is the brainchild of Denise Devine, a Mom of three, who was working for a major food company and was herself frustrated by the lack of healthy choices for her young children. Her Mom-instincts kicked in when she noticed her son drinking fruit juice all day long and then, after filling up on empty calories, she’d find him not hungry for dinner. She set out to develop a nutritious smoothie-like alternative to juice incorporating whole grains, complex carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. After several years of research, in collaboration with The International Food Network at Cornell, Denise now holds 19 process and composition patents that ultimately enabled her and her team to create a drink that suspends whole foods in liquid form. The resulting beverage is.”
I guess my boys were right on. Smoothie is what it tasted like to them. Maybe if I presented Froose to my younger kids as if it were a smoothie their initial reaction would have been different. I’m definitely impressed with the ingredients and whole foods. It’s not just a juice. It’s a snack! For more detailed nutritional information go here!
“With statistics about childhood obesity growing scarier every day, it’s reassuring to give my kids a drink that combines the best of whole grains and fruit in one nutritious, portable package. Froose comes in grab-and-grow™ 4 oz. juice boxes, making it a convenient, tasty and nutritious alternative to juice. One box of Froose contains only 80 calories and a healthy amount (3 grams) of fiber. Sweetened with organic brown rice syrup, a complex carbohydrate (which means No Sugar High and No Empty Calories!), it is also wheat and gluten free.”
It was kind of comical watching my thirteen year old suck down a 4 oz. juice box in two seconds flat, but he drank it without complaining! And he’s my pickiest eater. I would recommend Froose bottle their juice for older kids as well or in cooler juice pouches or plastic bottles. Despite half of my kids not loving the juice and one not finishing her juice box, I would buy them! I’m always looking for healthy snacks and it’s a great quick drink when you can’t make your own fruit smoothies. So give Froose a try. What have you got to loose? (sp. intentional 🙂
