Appy Food and Drinks - Review and Win!

One of our topics this term is looking at our body, how it grows and change and then on how we can keep it healthy.

We were pleased then when we were contacted by the Appy Foodand Drinks Company to try some of their health juices.

So who are the Appy Food and Drinks Company?

Appy Food and Drinks is an award winning company that believes in making healthier products the right way.  They bring over 10 years of knowledge and passion to develop their own formulations using the most innovative and natural ingredients.

All sounds great to me but there were a few things that I obviously wanted to check out because, let’s be honest, a lot of companies have a healthy claim but can often fall short.

I am pleased to say that after an extensive look that they are coming back as a healthy juice for children and here are some of the reasons:

Each juice is spilt in half. 50% of the juices is Spring Water and the other 50% is made up of concentrated juice from fresh fruit. (Depending on what each carton has labelled) this obviously means there is no added sugar and 50% less sugar, and calories, than a 100% juice drink.

The team also use Stevia which, until now, I had no idea what it was.

Stevia is a healthy but sweet plant. They use this as a replacement of sugars within the drinks which makes each drink still taste sweet but also then provide a low level of sugar.

What about taste?

We received 4 different flavours of drinks.

Orange and Pineapple

Apple and Summer Berries

Apple and Blackcurrent

Tropical Fruit

From a Parents point of view it was quickly apparent that the juices tasted as sweet as most other drinks available. The different ranges of drinks available offered a wide selection to choose from and suited any taste that you or your child might have.

Most carton drinks available are filled with pure concentrate and with that X amount of added sugars. This drink was different. This isn’t presented like every other drink because it is clearly watered with natural spring water so rather than a full concentrated taste you are actually drinking a diluted juice. This then just confused my thinking as I expected the boom of high intensity that I was usually expecting from a children carton yet in reality I was drinking something that was MUCH healthier. Once my mind had corrected its comparison to its unhealthy neighbours the pure flavours came through perfectly.

For the children this seems like a chosen choice. Each carton is brightly coloured and has relevant characters to engage the child; ideal for days out and also for packed lunches.

The boys each had their favourites too.

William really enjoyed the Tropical Fruit whereas James enjoyed the Orange and Pineapple; which, to be honest, surprised me as I thought they would choose the character over the taste.

From investigating the ingredients, Stevia and why Spring Water is used it also allowed us to form an understanding of what should be in healthier drinks; something that I hope we can duplicate when we make our own drinks in Home School this term!

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