I got this cereal as second choice to Complete Bran Flakes. I like the Bran flakes better, but I could not buy single boxes, so I took this cereal. I do like it's taste compared to any other brand on the grocery store shelves.
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Kellogg's Complete Wheat Bran Flakes, 17.3 oz
I got this cereal as second choice to Complete Bran Flakes. I like the Bran flakes better, but I could not buy single boxes, so I took this cereal. I do like it's taste compared to any other brand on the grocery store shelves.
Achva Organic Halva Kosher Snacks Gift Box 2 Packs
"Ingredients: Organic Sesame seeds (50%), Organic Sugar, Organic Glucose, Organic Vegetable Oil (palm), Natural foaming ageny-Saponariae root, Citric Acid." Each box has 11 individual packets of halvah each weighing 25 grams. As far as I know, an ounce is 28 grams. You can do the math; if not, the total weight for the two boxes is one pound three and a half ounces. I think it's "pricey" for the product. If I had this information before my purchase, I would have opted for something else. I have to look up "organic glucose" and "organic palm oil". It does taste as good as any other halvah that I have eaten.
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Since spending some time in Athens and enjoying a halva made with honey I have been searching for a halva that compares. The Achva organic halva is wonderful so much so that I had to share it with friends.Read Best Reviews of Achva Organic Halva Kosher Snacks Gift Box 2 Packs Here
i have never tried this halvah before, but as it was organic, I thought i would give it a try. Aside from being a little drier than Joyvah, it is very good. I still prefer Joyvah.Want Achva Organic Halva Kosher Snacks Gift Box 2 Packs Discount?
This specific Halva is one of the worst that we ever tasted. I don't think that it has something to do with storage, shipping and handling. It's because of the processing of the different ingredients when the Halva was created.Save 10% Off
Ener-G Foods English Muffins, 14.8-Ounce Units (Pack of 6)
I'm not sure why no one seems to like these very much! They are pretty good to us. I haven't had a problem with them falling apart and they're easy to slice for toasting. My son,(who is the one on the GFCF diet), is extremely picky and suspicious of anything new, ate these muffins without hesitating. I sometimes poke a hole in the middle and serve as a 'bagel'. These are a regular staple in our house.
If you use a really sharp serrated knife and work carefully, you can split them successfully.
Great for mini-pizzas!
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These are ok. I like the sweet potato ones better and both have good fiber content.Read Best Reviews of Ener-G Foods English Muffins, 14.8-Ounce Units (Pack of 6) Here
Ener-G Foods English Muffins, 15.1-Ounce Units (Pack of 6)These are one of my favorite gluten free items and a regular item to keep on hand. I take for lunch and toast and very filling and easy but cheaper than going to fast food places. I use for mini pizzas, Hamburg buns, bacon, egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast, chicken sandwiches, etc. Easy to take on trips or friends and family to eat. Must toast or bake for best favor.
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How can you go wrong with buying these in bulk for less than $3 per unit when they can run as high as $5 per unit retail?
Pacifc Natural Foods Naturally Almond Vanilla Low Fat Beverage ( 6x4/8 OZ) ( Value Bulk Multi-pack)
I am all for nut and grain milks and have been drinking them for 12 years. I am now looking for a good almond milk but unfortunately this one is not going to be it. I think that this company's large cartons (half gallon) of organic almond milk have more almonds than sugar, but unfortunately these small cartons seem to not be made of organic almonds, and, more importantly to me, seem to hardly be almond milk at all, but rather water and sugar with some almond flavoring (according to the ingredients list). Also, they add "other natural flavorings" which I try to avoid because usually that's food-industry-speak for msg and stuff like that, which gives me headaches. I understand that the company wants to make this drink more palatable to children and to reluctant health-nuts, but I think it's the wrong way to go to put more sugar than almonds in it, and the wrong way to go to add all kinds of "flavoring" when almonds are so beautifully flavored on their own. I wanted this to be a product I could order from Amazon, but I'll need to keep looking.
However, I went out of my way to buy this product in part because I have been on the search for milk alternatives as a way to make sure I am getting calcium.
Well, the website information on Amazon says that this almond beverage is enriched with calcium--so woohoo! I ordered it. I had been drinking it for a couple days and enjoying it when I took a gander at the actual nutrition facts and saw that calcium is listed as 0%
That's right a big goose egg--like I would go through all this trouble just because I like almond milk! How frustrating!!!I ordered these, thinking that it was a pretty good deal to do the subscribe & save... Well, since then I have realized my MATH was wrong... But had to write a review and say that all three of my kids LOVE this milk. I think they like that they are in the "juice-like" boxes also, since we very rarely have juice. They think having a box of this milk is a special treat -and at this price, I guess it's going to have to be, from now on.
Klein's Naturals Veggie Chips, 3-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 6)
I THOUGHT THAT KLEIN'S VEGGIE CHIPS WOULD BE A HEALTHY SNACK FOR SOMEONE THAT NEEDED TO WATCH THEIR DIET. EVERYTHING IN THE LISTING SEEMED TO INDICATE "HEALTHY." "NATURAL", "DRIED", "VEGGIE" "THEY HAD NUTRITION FACTS LISTED FAR, FAR DOWN ON THE PAGES. UNFORTUNATELY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS. I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT SUCH A HIGH FAT ITEM. I WILL SURELY CHECK THE NUTRITION FACTS BEFORE MY NEXT PURCHASE OF ANY FOOD NOW THAT I KNOW IT'S THERE.IT WAS "FRIED" NOT "DRIED"
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Not too bad. Taste is good. Have had better (at a flea market in Orlando, FL...I had some that were awesome tasting and wish I could remember the company that sold them, because I would buy in a hearbeat), but not bad.Read Best Reviews of Klein's Naturals Veggie Chips, 3-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 6) Here
I had these at a restaurant, and was so happy to find them on Amazon! They are delicious and unique, and I have yet to meet a person that didn't like them.Want Klein's Naturals Veggie Chips, 3-Ounce Tubs (Pack of 6) Discount?
Stay away from this product if you want to control your calorie intake, by taking supposedly healthier dried vegetable chips. Found the nutrition fact -450 calories per oz. It triples what you would find in other dried veggie chips.
Nature's Path Organic Heritage Flakes Cereal, 32-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6)
If you're looking at this bulk item, chances are you already know you like the cereal, so I'll skip trying to explain what it tastes like, and tell you about what you'll get and how you'll get it.The package you get is a pretty big Amazon box with another cardboard box inside it--that inner box is manufacturer packaging/shipping material which holds the 6 bags of cereal. You can open that box as normal by cutting the packing tape, or the box has perforations so grocery stores (the obvious intended recipients) can rip off the side & top of the box, making what the box calls a "presentation display", I guess because the bags, lacking their own boxes, might not stand on end by themselves. So you get the package Nature's Path sends to grocery & health food stores, and I guess that's the way Amazon does it with most of their grocery stuff.
This was my first Amazon grocery order. The flakes didn't seem to be damaged from their trip. The flakes on this product are pretty hard and small anyway, which I'm sure helps. Looking at the six bags of cereal (I cut the packing tape instead of doing the "display" rip-out), you kind of wonder to yourself and say, "That doesn't look like x amount of dollars worth of cereal". But cereal boxes are packaged so inefficiently, that part of it is an optical illusion. I was able to fill up my refillable cereal container and still have maybe 1/4 of the bag left. One of these bags (32oz) is a little more than two of the "box" versions (13oz).
I'll probably close and maybe even re-tape the box while I deplete my mass quantities to keep any curious pests out.
While I did get this econo-bag version over the smaller 6-boxes version in order to save money, buying online in itself was not in order to save money. As two reviewers so far have noted, Whole Foods (when they have them) will sell these bags individually or in bulk for a little less. However, that's probably the only reasonably-priced thing in the whole building, as one of my friends calls the place "Whole Paycheck", and which is why I don't shop there anymore (that... and also because I moved to a state where they don't have them!).
So getting to a store which actually stocks this cereal is difficult to me. Amazon's free shipping mitigates the price to where it's at least a fair price: close or even with whatever else your best deal would be, especially if you factor in gasoline to make a special trip. You might end up saving money, but for me it's a time and fuel saver, without paying more. Yes, I had to purchase a lot, but it WILL get eaten, even if it takes me a looong time. The upside is that I'm not gonna run out anytime soon! I haven't had this cereal for a year, since I moved! I really missed it!
Further product info: it took me awhile to figure out the difference between Nature's Path "Heritage" and "8 Grain" cereals. They look and taste similar, and have very similar ingredients. The biggest difference (in my book) is the use of Kamut for Heritage. Kamut is essentially a "proprietary" grain, supposedly an extinct form of durum wheat obtained from ancient tombs in Egypt. This is disputed by some, who believe it's a "landrance", or regional variation, kind of like how a border collie is still a collie, not a whole new breed. Regardless, the importance to many consumers is the lack of genetic modification. But Kamut planting is strictly licensed, and it's only allowed to be grown organically, so there are extra costs and controls involved--in other words, it's more expensive, or at least more involved, for cereal makers to make stuff using Kamut than just buying wheat off the open market. Interestingly, Nature's Path charges exactly the same amount for both cereals. So, all other things being equal, I choose "Heritage" over "8 Grain" because of the Kamut. Further comparison: 8 Grain has rice and corn, which I consider to be almost fillers, especially rice. Heritage has neither, but has Spelt AND Quinoa, both very nice grains in my view. 8 Grains is heavier on oats.
AMAZON DOESN'T LIST MILLET IN THE INGREDIENTS, but it is in there (a good thing) (it is listed in 8 Grain). Millet is an underrated grain, too often associated only with cheap birdseed. 8 Grain also has Buckwheat; Heritage doesn't. Because of the near-equal tradeoffs, I used to buy both 8 Grain and Heritage locally, and mix them together. Bulk-buying on Amazon precludes this at the moment. Either way, you can't lose. I see Amazon sells a puffed Millet cereal; it's cheap and I might 'spike' my mix with that. I also hear Amaranth will pop like popcorn; I don't know if that would work for cereal, too.
Heritage/8 Grain are not as sweet as traditional cereals, and it takes about 2 seconds to get used to that, and after that i find myself wishing it were even less sweet (cane juice is the second ingredient in Heritage, but the fourth ingredient in 8 Grain).
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This cereal meets three major criteria:1. It is low in sugar no longer a kid and hate cereal that is too sweet.
2. Stays crunchy the best flaked cereal I have found for staying crunchy in milk, maybe because the flakes seem a little heartier/thicker than standard flakes.
3. Taste last but not least, too many of the healthier flakes taste like cardboard, but this cereal is so good I can eat it right out of the bag like a snack.
This cereal is one item in my ultimate breakfast cereal mix. The other ingredients are Kashi's 7 Whole Grain Puffs, dried cranberries, pecans, and flax seed. With Heritage & Kashi combined you get all the following grains in one breakfast:
1. Spelt
2. Quinoa
3. Kamut
4. Millet
5. Buckwheat
6. Triticale
7. Rye
8. Red Winter Wheat
9. Barley
10. Oats
11. Brown Rice
12. Sesame Seeds
Then I add the following to the bowl:
13. Flax Seeds about a tablespoon
14. Pecans about 2 tablespoons
15. Dried Cranberries about 2 tablespoons
Then if you really want to go full-on healthy try Better Than Milk Original Flavor Vegan Soy Beverage, the best soy milk out there...see my review of it.
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Been purchasing this item from Amazon for many years. It used to be $23.00 for six packages of 39 oz. Now I pay $43.00 for 32 oz. It seems time to switch my morning favorite.Want Nature's Path Organic Heritage Flakes Cereal, 32-Ounce Bags (Pack of 6) Discount?
We love heritage flakes, not too sweet and not too bland and oatey. The texture is great too, not rough and thin like some raisin brans. It holds up well if you let them soak in the milk because you have to chase down a child. They are the perfect source for whole grains.We love buying them from Amazon too because we save so much. We live in Chicago. The only place you can find them is at Whole Foods, already a huge markup. Add to that Chicago city taxes and you end up paying 1/3 more. Plus WF sometimes doesn't even have them or has them only in the smaller size. Amazon doesn't run out. Its subscription program automatically sends us the bulk size every few months. Great deal! Great program!