Giveaway — ALDI $25 gift certificate for better for you products (1/22) CLOSED
Posted at 5:06 pm by rachel in aldi, giveaways
Apple juice has wings… fruit bars are light sabers!
Here’s a great new giveaway for you guys, sponsored by ALDI! I’ve already told you a bit about the SimplyNature natural and organic products that are out in stores right now, and recently had the opportunity to check out some SimplyNature and Fit & Active products (which are lower in fat, calories, sodium, and sugar than their regular brands). See below for a review and your opportunity to win a gift certificate to check out these brands for yourself!
You can get a lot of this for $25
They sent over a $25 gift certificate so I could pick up some of the SimplyNature and Fit & Active brands and tell you about them — I spent a total of $34.22, but that’s because I also bought produce! Here are the SimplyNature and Fit & Active products I purchased:
Fit & Active organic soy milk, $2.49. (I also bought Friendly Farms vanilla almond milk for $2.49, even though it wasn’t one of these “better for you” brands — Mr. 10 had some with breakfast and pronounced it great.)
SimplyNature organic frozen 12 oz strawberries, $2.39.
SimplyNature organic frozen strawberry fruit bars (four pack), $2.69.
Fit & Active microwave popcorn, $1.69.
Fit & Active light string cheese, $2.49.
SimplyNature organic raw milk sharp cheddar, $3.49.
Fit & Active liquid water enhancer, $2.69.
SimplyNature brown rice crisps, garden salsa flavor, $2.29.
3-pack Simply Nature organic apple juice boxes, $1.69.
SimplyNature organic vanilla lowfat yogurt, $2.99.
The report and the review
We have now tried a lot of these products, with mixed reviews — like anything else, you have to try it to see what works for your family’s tastes.
What we liked
You can see above that apple juice boxes and fruit bars are a huge hit with Mr. 5, and the strawberry fruit bars contain: filtered water, organic strawberries, organic strawberry puree, organic sugar, citric acid, guar gum, and xanthan gum. (They do warn they are packed on the same equipment as products that have milk and tree nuts, for those of you with allergies.) The non-dairy “milk” alternatives, also good, and I’ll add them to the rotation when we can’t find a better sale with coupons on national brands — they were very, very comparable.
The string cheese… was string cheese! You can’t go wrong with that. 
More interesting, though, was the USDA organic raw milk sharp cheddar bar. This was actually sharp, and had a nice texture — I’d put it out on a cheese tray or mix it into a nice grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough.
The brown rice crisps (gluten free and vegan!) are a new favorite of Mr. 10, and have a good, mildly spicy flavor and satisfying texture. These do contain corn, for those of you avoiding that, but have no preservatives, no artificial flavors or colors, zero grams trans fat, zero mg cholesterol, no added MSG.
I know some of you were wondering about the organic yogurt. (OK, I mixed blueberries in mine…) This was a little thicker than some of the organic brands I’ve tried — some I don’t like because they’re just too “runny.” Since a couple people asked earlier about the ingredients, SimplyNature organic vanilla lowfat yogurt contains: Cultured pasteurized organic grade A low fat milk, organic dried cane syrup, water, organic corn starch, organic inulin, organic natural flavor, organic rice starch, organic locust bean gum, pectin, citric acid.
What didn’t go over as well
I wouldn’t buy the Fit & Active popcorn again. It tasted, for lack of a better word, kind of stale — Mr. 5 only ate a few bites out of the above bowl, I ate a few bites, and we ended up tossing the rest of the bag. And we’re popcorn lovers over here…
The Fit & Active water enhancer also wasn’t a hit. I’m not a fan in general, but the kids LOVE the name brand stuff. Neither of them really cared for this, and didn’t finish their cups. They said it wasn’t sweet, and tasted “weird.” (Sorry, I can’t give you an opinion since fruit punch is not something I drink…)
On to the giveaway
What can you win?
- One lucky Mashup Mom reader will win a $25 ALDI gift certificate, so that you can check out some of these SimplyNature and/or Fit & Active products for yourself!
How do you enter?
- Just comment here and let me know which SimplyNature and/or Fit & Active products sound like something you’d like to try. You can browse Fit & Active items here, and see a lot of the SimplyNature products under “organic and natural food deals” here.
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The fine print
ALDI provided the products and information for this giveaway. I received a gift certificate to purchase ALDI SimplyNature and Fit & Active products for review; however, all thoughts and opinions here are my own. The winner will be chosen on or around 1/23/13 through random number generation at random.org and will have 48 hours to respond to notification email; Mashup Mom reserves the right to choose a runner up if no response is received in that timeframe.
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Would love to try the rice cake salsa chips!
The fruit juice sounds great!
The brown rice crisps
The cheese and chips.
I would love to try the strawberry fruit bars.
My kids love the juice boxes!!
I would like to try the yogurt.
i think i’d like to try the sharp cheddar bar. I love cheese!
I’d like to try the organic apple juice, the brown rice crisps and I have to try that sharp cheddar bar.
I would loe to try the cheddar cheese rice cakes, ice cream sandwiches, and chicken noodle soup.
I’d love to try the drinks and raw cheeses!
Probably the cheese. Too bad the yoghurt contains all those additional items, or I’d try that too. But hey, cheese is good!
The raw cheddar cheese sounds good. I’d try that.
The brown rice chips… We try to be as gluten free as possible here
Will try the Simply Nature Rice Crisps and the spaghetti sauce.
Yogurts and Ice Cream Bars
We would love to try the spaghetti sauce, yogurt and the popcorn!
I would love to try the soy milk! My youngest has a milk allergy,.. She is not fond of silk… Would like to try another brand! Thanks!
Plan on trying the white cheddar cheese!
I’d love to try the frozen strawberry bars!
I have tried many of their brands, but I’d like to try the fruit strips!
Cheese and yogurt for me. Maybe not at the same time though.
I already buy many Fit & Active items but some new things I’d like to try include SimplyNature organic raw milk sharp cheddar (sounds yummy) the sweet potato chips and the brown rice chips. I’m always looking for a new vehicle for my hummus!
We would like to try the yogurt, cheese, apple juice and popcorn!
I would love to try the cheese sticks and sharp cheddar bar.
Simply Nature the sweet potato chips delicious!!!! Was looking for something to much on other than potato chips that were a little bit better for you. love this new line!
We have tried the fruit strips and the cheese and would probably like the yogurt.
The Simply Nature pomegranate plum juice sound good, would love to try.
I would like to try cheese and yogurt.
I would love to try the Simply Nature Cheese’s oh how we love cheese, but tend to eat to much of it!
I love Aldi and their fit and active products! I would love to try some of their fancy cheeses!
I would like to try the yogurt. We eat a lot of yogurt around here.
The yogurt and cheese sounds really yummy!
I would love to try the simplynature juice for my daughter. I am always looking for healthier drink choices!
I purchase many of the Fit & Active products and find them quite tasty. I would like to try the Simply Natural Pizza.
The yogurt and the fruitbars.
The frozen fruit and soy milk. Drink alot of smoothies at our house.
Would definitely try the yogurt!
Yogurt and cheese!
I am torn between the Sharp Cheddar and the Garden Salsa rice crisps…
Would love to try the strawberry bars.
the frozen strawberry bars look yummy!
my kids love the fit and active fruit strips
I’d like to try the cheese items. The sharp cheddar and string cheese sound good. We’re big cheese lovers in my house.
I’d like to try the sharp cheese and rice chips.
We will try the rice chips, frozen fruit bars, and yogurt!
Would definitely try the cheese and brown rice crisps. I am a sucker for cheese and anything that resembles chips.
I would try the brown rice crisps.
I would like to try the juice and the yogurt!
I love Aldi and their fit and active products!