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Friday 12 February 2016

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!
I am also lucky enough to offer you a chance to win a hamper of their drinks and an Appy bag. (As seen below)




So please follow the instructions on the rafflecopter below to enter! You can find my usual competition terms and conditions by clicking the blue writing here: Competition Terms and Conditions

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144 comments:

  1. Horlicks (and sometimes it still is!)

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  2. Margaret Clarkson
    Ice cream soda

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  3. warm ribena


    @myrtleisme

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  4. cream soda it was all about the fizzy stuff back then

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  5. My favourite was and still is Capri Sun!

    @budgetfoodmummy

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  6. Ah, I'm a little bit ashamed but my favourite drink was always shandy. Great comp ;)

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  7. My favourite drink was vimto & it still is !

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  8. My favourite was Hot Chocolate and I still like to enjoy a cup with the kids now 😊

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  9. Ribena. Also tea as a hot drink

    Rachel Craig

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  10. Ciderkin,I haven't seen it for years.I think we used to get it from the milkman.

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  11. I loved Vimto as a child though haven't drank it for years!

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  12. I have always loved a cup of tea since i can remember

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  13. Sounds promising. I'm one of those annoying parents that checks the ingredients of everything that I give to my son (and pretty much everything for myself too, to be honest). Its so refreshing to know that there are treats out there that are genuinely healthy for our little ones, as there's so much that is just packed with sugar and artificial colours/flavours!
    My solution for juice is to buy a big bottle of 99.5% fruit juice, and water down to 50-50 when I make him a drink.

    Great post!

    -Jason

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  14. Tizer and sometimes Tizer and milk. Delicious.

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  15. Cherryade, especially at parties!

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  16. Dandelion and burdock (have I spelt it right) lol

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  17. These sound like something I might be into for my two. I'm really strict with what we eat and drink because A has weak enamel, I know they miss juice so we have it weak sometimes. These are good, I never knew what stevia was either (excuse spelling!) so thanks for looking into that! I drink too much hot chocolate for my own good and need to cut it down haha but it's my fav!

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  18. It was and probably still is plain old Milk. we used to get little bottles free in infants and strangely none of the other boys and girls wanted theirs so I always had plenty.

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  19. I loved cream soda, we weren't allowed it very often but it was my favourite

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  20. my favourite drink was and still is Ribena

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  21. Creamola foam, I think the raspberry one was my favourite

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  22. It was Capri Sun for me - my parents refused to buy it so I was only ever allowed it at friends' houses!

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  23. Not the most healthy but I loved fanta, my favourite fresh juice was mango juice though!

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  24. we were encouraged to drink milk as a child. Would have preferred lemonade but milk was the only drink on offer - apart from plain water

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  25. Orange juice from the milkman in bottles

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  26. I loved cocoa, but not some ready out of packet but made buy my grandma :)

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  27. My nana used to make us hot vimto which was my fave

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  28. kiora orange juice

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  29. Milk, Margaret Thatcher stole mine though.

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  30. Ribina - though it made me super hyper! lol

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  31. Mine was cherryade that the pop man used to bring round. Nice to see these are a lot more healthy.

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  32. banana milkshake was my favourite drink as a child and i still love it now

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  33. Freshly squeezed orange juice that my mum would prepare using those difficult hand squeeze juicers. No fancy juicing machines then for us. I still appreciate it.

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  34. Used to always drink Robinsons squash as a kid ... Strawberry juice was my fave xx

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  35. For some reason I always loved milk - I couldn't get enough of it.

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  36. It was r whites lemonade and still drink it today...barbara madden

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  37. My favourite drink as a child was Cherry Cola

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  38. Dandelion and burdock from the Corona Man. (Well that dates me)

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  39. When I was a child I loved Um Bongo! It takes me right back now :)

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  40. My grandmothers homemade lemonade.

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  41. I liked my soda stream as a child

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  42. My nan used to give me a glass of lemonade with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in when I got home from school! (@PeanutHog)

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  43. I loved Delrosa syrup (Pete)

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  44. Strawberry ribena, I still love it now :-p

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  45. Sunquick Orange Juice...

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  46. Vimto was my fave drink as a child and even now its my fave

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  47. Fizzy water with a small amount of orange yum

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  48. Fizzy water with a small amount of orange yum

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  49. cream soda, fizzy drinks were a treat when I was growing up , not an everyday thing .

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  50. I loved Orange Corona a fizzy drink around in the 70's

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  51. I loved vimto as a child and still do now.

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  52. Um Bongo - we were only allowed it as a treat!x

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  53. Lime cordial and lemonade - I still love it!! :-)

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  54. my favourite drink as a child was dandelion and burdock

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  55. Hot Ribena :) I always had it when I was ill... I also loved Cream Soda (I still do) :)

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  56. Ribena, and I still love it

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  57. Ribena then and now , and tip top iced in the summer delicious

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