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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – NEW IN THE MARKET — I love to try new foods and new kitchen gadgets, and read books about food. Some are great. Some don’t measure up and some become staples in my kitchen. Beginning this week, I’ll be doing a weekly column every Wednesday – New In The Market. See what you think.
Freeze-dried fruit snacks are popping up all over the market as healthy alternatives to cookies and chips. Obviously, the best fruit snack is the real fruit itself. Ordinary dried fruits – raisins, apricots, prunes, dates, cherries – are dried in heat making both the flavor and texture different from the fresh. Freeze-dried fruits are made with a flash-freezing process that preserves taste, some texture, and nutrients. The downside is freeze-dried brands are often more expensive and they absorb moisture quickly, becoming soggy when exposed to air. That is one reason most companies package them in single serving sizes.
Funky Monkey produces a large variety of flavors that may appeal to children and adults. Each package (0.42 ounces) holds three-quarters of a cup of freeze-dried fruit with 35 to 50 calories. There are no artificial colors or preservatives and no added sugar. Funky Monkey is crunchier and the flavors more pronounced than some of the other brands I’ve tasted.
Here are the varieties that are available:
Bananamon – banana and cinnamon
Applemon – contains apple and cinnamon
Carnaval Mix – contains banana, pineapple, apple, and papaya
Jivealime – contains pineapple and lime juice
MangoOJ – contains mango and orange juice
Pink Pineapple – contains pineapple and guava
Purple Funk – contains banana and acai
All of the ingredients used are non-GMO, some of the fruit is organic, and all varieties are certified kosher.
For more information go to: www.FunkyMonkeySnacks.com
© NRH Nutrition Consultants, Inc.
Jo-Ann Heslin, MA, RD, CDN is a registered dietitian and the author of the nutrition counter series for Pocket Books with 12 current titles and sales of more than 8.5 million books. The books are widely available at your local or on-line bookseller.
Current titles include:
The Diabetes Counter, 4th Ed., 2011
The Protein Counter, 3rd Ed., 2011
The Calorie Counter, 5th Ed., 2010
The Ultimate Carbohydrate Counter, 3rd Ed., 2010
The Complete Food Counter, 3rd ed., 2009
The Fat Counter, 7th ed., 2009
The Healthy Wholefoods Counter, 2008
The Cholesterol Counter, 7th Ed., 2008
For more information on Jo-Ann and her books, go to TheNutritionExperts
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