Pros: Naturally the best candy mother nature can offer !
Cons: What no coconut flavor ?
The Bottom Line: If the kids, big and small, won't take their vitamins, two of these work miracles. Tasty, natural, inexpensive to boost immunity and quality of life !
sojournseeker's Full Review: Sunsweet Pitted Cherry Essence Prunes, 7 oz (Pack ...
A plum is usually sweet, fairly juicy, always accompanied by a soft-rind ready to melt in your mouth if it is the right season, which late Autumn is not. So what does a girl to do when she wants a delicious healthy snack such as plums ? She goes for dried plums, and not the ordinary regular prune but a naturally-flavored one.
The Sunsweet Gold Label Pitted Cherry Essence Prunes are really dried plums that ARE NOT dry by any stretch of the imagination. They are succulent although all packed together as these are not individually wrapped. As you know, a regular prune can be slightly boring to some but not totally without taste, fiber or nutrition; however, the Sunsweet Gold Label Pitted 'Cherry-Essence' Prunes are my second favorite when the first Orange Essence or regular little guys are vacant from grocery store shelves.
These days more and more people are rushing toward the anti-oxidant rich jewels of the sun-dried freshness from this foil-lined resealable baggie containing roughly 25-30 prunes. In a 7oz package there is 198grams of GOOD FOR YA's ! That means one serving about 5 prunes has 100 calories, but if none are fat calories heck eat as many as your body can handle when the elimination process comes through.
Since there is no cholesterol in these little suckers but 5mg of sodium and 290mg of Potassium, those that are watching their salt and potassium levels due to a specific drug (and do check for contraindications and side-effects), they are taking need to discuss how prunes will affect their medication habits. There is 24grams of carbohydrates, thats the stuff that gives us energy, and 3grams of fiber, 12grams of sugar (of course) and 1gram of protein.
I enjoy that on the back of every Sunsweet product there is a statement of quality in manafacturing and delivering the very best. This company cares about people with diabetes because they have a special box way down on the lower right of the package for regular fruit to dried fruit equivalents for a diabetic planning a meal. That really assists the menu-planner for a fussy diabetic environment. A chart to decide should I or should I not, rather can I based on my condition, ingest these ? Sunsweet also provides a phone number #1-800-417-2253 9am-6pm ET.M-Friday and a website is here:
www.sunsweet.com
The price on the gems of the trees they grow on average somewhere between $.99 per bag to about $3.75 depending upon where you go to purchase them. I like the idea that per 1oz there are 2,428units of antioxidants available so when a cold starts to form, I reach for a few of these and eat them while i am 'under the weather'. One Sunsweet Gold Label Pitted Cherry Essence prune is as potassium rich as one ounce of a banana so they really boost your immune system better, deliver assistance for removal of toxins and impact in your digestive system for proper healthy elimination and are a snack ready item that 'goes anywhere'.
The most important and preserving thing about this fruit, it needs no refrigeration, warm or cold these gems taste great and fair well on long rides. What is really exciting is that if you are curious about the benefits of such a food, you can go to their website located right on the back of this little yellow package.
http://www.NutritionDestinyIndex.com
To learn more about the nutritional value of a single prune, see the above link.
These are not individually wrapped but do have a sealing tab across the top to lock in freshness, flavor and moistness ! Even if your kids would never eat a wrinkled little thing because it looks so weird, just the overwhelming and sweet scent of cherries in full bloom will have you seeing your kids popping them in their mouth . . . like the candy they just got tons of this past Halloween !
INGREDIENTS: from the back of package
pitted california prunes; natural and artificial flavor (frown on the artificial portion); and Potassium Sorbate as a preservative.
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