Trying to get your child to eat fruit is, admittedly, easier than getting them to eat vegetables, but it can still be a struggle, especially when it comes to packed lunches. If your child is anything like mine then you will probably have a rouge apple that starts off on a Monday heading to school in the lunch box and is still there on the Friday looking rather worse for wear! Which is why I was intrigued to try out the New Forest Fruit Snacks.
What are New Forest Fruit Snacks?
New Forest Fruit Snacks are pouches of dried fruit that have been made from ‘wonky’ and misshapen strawberries and raspberries that would otherwise be destined for food waste. They have been created through the innovative food technology process of pulse drying, meaning they keep their original nutrition, shape, colour and aroma while losing over 90% of their weight which significantly extending the shelf life of each fruit.
Each packet of the New Forest Fruit Snacks are
Our review of the New Forest Fruit Snacks
There are currently two different flavours of the New Forest Fruit Snacks available, strawberry and raspberry and we were lucky enough to test out both of them. We found that both the strawberry and the raspberry were great but we all preferred the raspberries as they were a touch sweeter and just a little bit different. However, both were a hit with the adults and the kids alike.
As a mum I think the New Forest Fruit Snacks are great for lunch boxes. Firstly, it means there is no more complaints that the fruit is too soggy, too warm, too bashed or too brown by the time they get to eat it at dinner time. Then there is the fact that they look more like a packet of crisps than a piece of fruit so they don’t lose their snack cred and as such they even have the same ability to share with their mates and do swaps that they like so do too. All this and they still count as 1 of their 5 a day making it a win win if you ask me.
I also think the New Forest Fruit Snacks are fab for snacking on on the go at weekends too, especially with our busy lives of football tournaments and gymnastic events. Again it means no bashed or warm fruit but a delicious and healthy snack that the kids (and adults) can enjoy and I don’t feel guilty about.
I was also impressed with how, despite them being freeze dried and seemingly delicate, the didn’t all get crushed in the packs every time we went out, no matter how many times the kids seemed to throw their bags and lunch boxes around!
So, if you’re looking for a new way of getting your kids (or you) to eat some more fruit then the New Forest Fruit Snacks are definitely worth a try, you can even add them to your gin if you want!
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