We have discussed the fact that juice is not the healthy drink that it appears to be because it can have as many calories and as much sugar as soda. For a snack that is more filling with fewer calories, it is a better idea to eat the whole fruit than to simply sip the juice.
E4B is a company that put the nutritional aspects of whole fruit into a drinkable form. They sell conveniently packaged fruit purees in five flavors: strawberry banana, mango, pear caramel, kiwi and blueberry raspberry. All of the purees are made with 100% natural fruits with no additives and one of the main reasons that E4B's products work is that their unique packaging, developed in Japan for use by NASA's astronauts, allows the contents to remain fresh without preservatives or refrigeration.
You can sip the purees as a snack or an on-the-go quick breakfast. They can also be used as a topping for ice creams and other desserts. You can buy them online or check their website for store locations.
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8-24-2006 @9:17AM sarah said... since when is caramel a fruit?
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8-24-2006 @9:26AM Nicole Weston said... Since the products are 100% fruit, I think it's safe to say that it is made with cooked, caramelized pears and not pears with caramel.
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8-24-2006 @9:41AM Liz said... I checked out their site and the nutritional information for each "drink" and I'm not sure why they called it "pear caramel" because I didn't see any evidence of caramel in it. It said it was pear, apple, and banana puree, and a 4-ounce serving had the same calories as the rest of them (70 cals), so I think maybe it tastes like caramel but there's no actual caramel in it.
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8-24-2006 @11:11AM Bruce Dearborn Walker said... Or you could just eat a piece of fresh fruit rather than slug down some overprocessed packaged goo.
I'm having a black plum for breakfast right now.
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8-24-2006 @1:04PM ben said... the only one of these flavor options with more than a paltry ONE gram of fiber is the one with blueberry. the rest are still low-fiber, high-sugar drinks that most would be better avoiding.
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8-24-2006 @1:05PM greg said... I'm always a fan of unperishable healthy goods.
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8-24-2006 @1:58PM Spitzmaus said... Why the incessant push to reinvent what is, in its natural form, already quite perfect?? Eat the whole fruit, peel and all (exceptions, such as bananas, aside); you'll get nutrition, fiber, and in most cases a lower calorie count with the real, fresh deal. Just as nature intended . . .
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