58 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Promising, but flawed, February 28, 2007
This review is from: Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks, Cherry Berry, 0.75-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 24) (Grocery)
In principle, this is a great product: It's actual fruit, with nothing added, dried to a crisp and put in a packet that only has 85 calories. If you're looking for light, healthy-ish snack foods that are still tasty, this is a great choice.
But there are a couple of problems:
1. The packets are very narrow and long, which makes it virtually impossible to reach into them to get the fruit out, once you're past the top third or so.
2. There's a decent amount of fruit dust inside -- which, as these are berries and cherries, is red, and just waiting for a bit of added water to stain up any fabric it lands on.
Either of these in isolation is no problem, but put them together, and you've got a product that you MUST pour out, and yet a product that you CAN'T pour out. I guess maybe if you had a bowl or something, it wouldn't be a big deal, but that sort of takes away the portable-snack nature of it, no? As much as I liked the fruit, the inconvenience of the packaging is going to keep me from buying more.
Oh, and one more caveat: Despite the "Cherry Berry" name, this is at least 50% apple. I suspect that apples are to dried fruit mixes what peanuts are to mixed nuts, the inexpensive and unobjectionable filler. The apple tastes fine and all, but I wouldn't mind more cherries and berries, and fewer apples.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy and only one point..., April 10, 2007
This review is from: Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks, Cherry Berry, 0.75-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 24) (Grocery)
Weight Watchers point that is. The bag is one point. A great, healthy snack to incorporate into your WW diet, or any other healthy lifestyle.
I haven't had a problem with crumbs and powder in the packets I've tried, no more than any other dried fruit I'd buy from Trader Joes or the Gerber ones. It's definitely a small bag for the price, so if you're near a Trader Joes, you should really buy their dried fruits.
Amazon does have a great price for this item though... I paid $1.79 for one packet at a major chain!! That's insanity.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sensible Snacking, May 17, 2007
This review is from: Sensible Foods Crunch Dried Snacks, Cherry Berry, 0.75-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 24) (Grocery)
The Sensible Foods Cherry Berry snacks are great. I keep them at my desk and anytime I need a little something they are perfect. No drips or dribbles on the keyboard. I have ordered some other selections of the dried fruit, but be mindful that there are more apple pieces than berries. The pouches average about 2 blueberries, 6 strawberry slices and 2 cherries.
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