Crispy Green Review

Crispy Green Inc. (www.crispygreen.com) is the maker of Crispy Green® Crispy Fruit freeze-dried fruit snacks, "real fruit, real taste, nothing else!” and the new line of FruitziO® freeze-dried fruit snacks, with a hint of pure cane sugar. The Crispy Green® and FruitziO® line of snacks are made of only the finest fruits available. A sophisticated freeze-drying process removes the water from fresh, sweet fruit, leaving behind the fruit’s true essence in a light and crispy texture that’s perfect for snacking. Crispy Green® and FruitziO® are a delicious, convenient way to add more fruit to your daily diet. The company was founded in August 2004 with a vision to be the leading provider of high quality, natural food products desired by everyone who wants to live a healthy and better life. In 2005, Crispy Green introduced its line of Crispy Green® Crispy Fruit in the United States. Since then, Crispy Green® has been adding one new product each year to its product line to meet its rapidly growing distribution footprint.

Crispy Fruit Tangerine joins the award-winning Crispy Fruit snack line-up that features Crispy Apples, Crispy Asian Pears, Crispy Bananas, Crispy Cantaloupe, Crispy Mangoes and Crispy Pineapples. Crispy Fruit Tangerine will be offered in single-serving bags (MSRP: $1.49 each) that provide approximately one serving of fruit and 40 calories per bag and in the convenient "Grab & Go" 6-pack – six single-serving bags in one convenient multi-bag (MSRP: $7.99).

Crispy Fruit and FruitziO products are available online and in stores such as Earth Fare, Giant Eagle Market District, Harris Teeter, Martin’s Food Markets, ShopRite, The Fresh Market and selected Whole Foods markets. To find a retailer in your area that carries Crispy Fruit and FruitziO products, go to www.crispygreen.com/where-to-buy.html. For more information, please visit www.crispygreen.com. For news updates, information and special offers, follow Crispy Green and FruitziO on Twitter @CrispyGreen and @FruitziO and become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/crispygreen.

Our thoughts:

I love freeze dried fruit so I was really excited to try Crispy Green! They sent me the full line of Crispy Fruit freeze-dried fruit snacks: the new Tangerine, Crispy Apples, Crispy Asian Pears, Crispy Bananas, Crispy Cantaloupe, Crispy Mangoes and Crispy Pineapples. And OMG . . . are they ever good! Sigh . . . yes, yes I did eat one of each kind in one day . . . wait, make that two of some of them. Glutton, I am I know. I don’t know that I can even pick a favorite– maybe the apples, or the pears, or the pineapple . . . no wait, the tangerine! The tangerine really surprised me – at first glance they don’t even really look freeze-dried, I expected them to be more . . . “dehydrated” looking but they look just like a fresh slice! They are so light and crunchy (andtasty!!) it can be hard not to eat a ton of them in one sitting! Which, personally I want to be careful about – I’ve noticed now that we eat Paleo, eating too much freeze-dried fruit can add to my waistline.

What I really like about these besides the fact that they are all fruit, is they are a perfect snack size. When my special-dietary-needs son reaches school age, he’s going to need portable snacks that are safe for him to eat and these will do very nicely. He’s a fruit fanatic too!

It was neat to go on their website and read about the actual freeze-drying process. I have a dislike for most shelf-stable processed foods because of the preservatives added; but these do not need a preservative - with the process, no microorganisms can survive and freeze-dried fruit can be kept for years with no noticeable change in taste and other qualities once it's sealed in a moisture-free, UV-protected package. With that in mind, these would make a great survival food too. Thumbs up from me – highly recommended!

***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way.***