Wednesday, 8 December 2021
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Tuesday, 7 December 2021
Naturya introduces a 20 strong line-up of award-winning, convenient superfood solutions from January 2022
What you might not be aware of that Naturya is about to launch a brand new range of superfoods during 2022. From January to be precise.
The leading superfoods specialist is launching a remarkable range of 20 new products, which will now take Naturya above and beyond the single ingredients it's justifiably renowned for by perfecting a new and exciting range of complete and convenient superfoods solutions for breakfast, lunch, snacking throughout the day, baking, desserts, and drinks.
What's in this new rage?
Chia+ Pudding: Mixes milled and whole Chia seeds with real fruit powders. Aimed at helping to give you energy boosts, immunity, protects against oxidative stress and balance your cholesterol levels.
How to serve? Just mix with your favourite milk or water and refrigerate for the perfect pudding (EDITOR: I like the sound of this!) or blitz it into smoothies, use as a sprinkle on plain yoghurt or cereal, or mix into your porridge. It's available in a nifty range of five delicious flavours: Strawberry; Coconut (Great Taste Award winner); Chocolate (Great Taste Award winner); Matcha; and Apple & Cinnamon. 175g. RRP £5.00.
Gut Feel Flaxseed Blend: This is the ultimate flaxseed blend, high in fibre and omega-3 fatty acids, with over 5 billion live bacteria.
Did you know that 70% of your immune system is housed within your gut? This new range of flaxseed blends supports digestive enzymes function to boost your immunity, and it will also contribute to balancing your cholesterol levels, and boosting energy.
It's simple to serve, too. Just pop it into your porridge, or simply slip it into your smoothies, bakes or your yoghurt. Available in five tempting flavours: Apple & Cinnamon; Mixed Berry, Cacao Maca; Tropical, Unflavoured (Great Taste Award winner). 300g. RRP £5.00.
Overnight Oats: This superfood porridge with great benefits doesn’t just help lower your cholesterol levels but also gives welcome support to your immune system and helps release energy throughout the day.
With organic gluten-free oats and a delicious natural burst of flavour from superfood powders it can be made instantly or left overnight. Hence the name Overnight Oats. (EDITOR: If you have never tried oats made overnight, you will be in for a real treat.)
You'll find it in three flavours: Coconana Chia (2 stars in the Great Taste Awards); Cacao Maca; Berry Buzz (1 star each in the Great Taste Awards). 300g. RRP £5.00.
Interested in the Keto lifestyle? Then Keto Breakfast Porridge is for you.
Made with chia, flax and hemp seeds and real fruit powders, this oat-free superfood-boosted porridge alternative is low carb and also high in fibre - all key areas of concern when you are trying to stick to a Keto diet.
It's also a highly valuable source of iron, magnesium and calcium. They help give a fillip to your immunity, energy and fight fatigue.
You'll be able to make delicious keto breakfasts, or add to smoothies, yoghurts and use in baking. Available in four delicious gorgeous flavours: Banana & Coconut; Chocolate; Mixed Berry; Apple & Cinnamon. 300g. RRP £6.00. (EDITOR: Apple & Cinnamon would be my choice.)
Hot Chocolate: This Great Taste Award winning indulgent, relaxing vegan hot chocolate blend is made with Fairtrade Cacao, Maca and Lucuma.
Not only does it taste great, it's also high in copper and helps support your immunity, nervous system and protection of cells against oxidative stress.
How to serve? Just add hot milk or use it as the basis for a tasty mocha latte. Or you can just add it to your baking recipe or mix into porridge. 250g. RRP £6.00.
Cacao+: An utterly delicious blend of Fairtrade cacao, reishi mushroom, maca, baobab and camu camu.
It's a source of magnesium and Vitamin C. Will help support your immune system and cut your fatigue and tiredness.
Ideal for smoothies, porridge, bakes and also hot drinks as a 1:1 substitute for regular cacao or cocoa. 300g. RRP £9.00.
Cacao Butter Drops: These organic Cacao Butter Drops are perfect for baking and homemade chocolate. Pressed from hand-harvested and gently roasted cacao beans and formed into easy-to-use drops retaining a delicate chocolate aroma. They are a great source of vitamin E to protect against oxidative stress. 250g. RRP £9.00. (EDITOR: Ideal for homemade chocolate? I think I feel a need to get my chocolate moulds out, again!)
Spirulina and Chlorella Tablets: Made with 50% organic spirulina and 50% organic chlorella this is organic algae superpower in a highly convenient format.
High in iron and vitamin D to give welcome support to your immune system, it’s also high in manganese to protect the cells against oxidative stress, too.
Also, a great source of vitamin B12 to fight fatigue. 100g (200 tablets). RRP £8.00. (EDITOR: Ideal, I'd guess if you've been a bit under the weather, recently?)
Where will you be able to buy these fantastic products? OCADO stock a number of new SKUs from next month, January 2022.
Also check out Holland & Barrett, Superdrug, Tree of Life (which serves independent health stores) and Amazon.
Lewis Black, who is the marketing director over at Naturya told us: “Our latest research shows half of consumers require a greater choice and range of superfoods available in shops and retailers, with over a third saying they'd be encouraged to purchase more superfoods if it was easier to find them in the shops.
"We’re seeing more people actively seeking out products which contain superfoods for breakfast, lunch, snacks, desserts, and drinks.
"At Naturya, we’ve been working developing an extensive new range of value added, convenient superfoods which meet the demands of today’s health-conscious but time-poor customers and offer them a deliciously nutritious superfood solution for all occasions.”
The Naturya backed-by-science superfoods range was developed with specific consumer needs including immunity support and gut health firmly in mind.
All Naturya products are nature sourced, vegan friendly, free of palm-oil and gluten-free. Used together the products will offer you all the nutrients you need all day every day to support a healthy plant-based lifestyle.
Keep up to date with the brand’s latest innovations by visiting their website and following along on social media @naturya #naturya
Saturday, 4 December 2021
Gusto Super DC drinks
Let's face it, a lot of us have been through the mill over the last couple of years. And our immune systems have taken a bit of a pounding.
As a result our immune systems need nurturing and support. How can we achieve this? One simple method is to get yourself some Gusto Super DC Immune Support Drinks.
There's Blood Orange Flavour and Blackcurrant & Elderberry flavours. And both of which are utterly delicious, too.
Blood Orange flavour is a Vitamin D drink, with 200% of your Recommended Input and the Blackcurrant & Elderflower flavour is a Vitamin C drink, with 2,500% of your Recommended Input.
So, where do the ingredients come from? The blood orange flavour is from real blood oranges, farmed on farmland on the foothills at mount Etna, Sicily.
42% fruit juice content means it tastes good and helps your body, too. It contains anthocyanins that help reduce inflammation and battles against free radicals.
There are also elderberry, mulberry and acerola cherries. How is it given a bit of extra sweetness? A good glug of white grape juice!
The Super DC Blackcurrant and Elderberry is sweetened with apple juice. It's 39% real fruit juice and with its high strength vitamins it offers good support to a healthy immune system.
To learn more about the Gusto Super DC drinks (and the other drinks in their range) please visit https://drinkgusto.com/the-gusto-organic-story/
They are available at their own online store, Holland & Barrett, Sainsbury's, Able & Cole, Amazon, Ethical Superstore and many more besides.
A mixed case (six Blood Orange Flavour and six Blackcurrant & Elderflower drink cans) costs £25.00.