Van's Natural Foods Review & Giveaway!

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I have been on a health kick over the past few months and while I am enjoying eating healthy foods, I am having a hard time convincing my husband and children to eat healthier with me. With school starting in two days, I have been trying to stock my pantry with healthier snack foods so I was thrilled when I received an assortment of Van's Natural Foods to review. Not only does their food taste good, but their foods are natural and healthier than many other snacks we are used to eating. 

Most well known for their frozen breakfast foods,  they now offer a wide variety to satisfy many dietary needs (wheat/gluten free along with organic, mini and 8 Whole Grain varieties). The recently launched their first line of all-natural, nutrition-packed, whole grain snack bars, cereal, and crackers.

Review: I received a nice selection of snacks to review but instantly fell in love with the crackers! Their whole grain crackers are available in five varieties including Fire Roasted Veggie, Lots of Everything!, Multigrain, Say Cheese! and The Perfect 10. Each variety is gluten-free and packed with 16 grams of whole grain per serving and contain no artificial flavors, color, or preservatives.  

We received the snacks the day before we went on vacation so we toted them all with us and it was a real treat to have these healthy and delicious snacks with us. My husband and son dove right into the individually packaged Say Cheese! crackers and they LOVED them. My son is used to eating packaged cheese crackers but said that he liked these better and I certainly liked these better because they are so much more nutritious. The Perfect 10 crackers were amazing as well. There was so much flavor packed into every cracker that I could not stand the thought of pairing it with a dip or a cheese because there was enough goodness eating them by themselves. My absolute favorite, however, was the Fire-Roasted Veggie crackers. They were really crispy and the blend of vegetable flavors was outstanding. These may have been the best crackers I have ever eaten - I had a hard time limiting myself! 

We also had the opportunity to review  a box of Cinnamon Heaven Cereal. The cereal offers nutrient-rich whole grains, including gluten free oats, brown rice, millet, quinoa, and amaranth along with 5 grams of fiber per serving. I was very excited to have my son try this because his favorite cereal is another cinnamon flavored variety that has way too much sugar.  He said that he liked Cinnamon Heaven and that it reminded him of his favorite brand but that he enjoyed the other one better. Darn! However, he said that he would continue to eat Cinnamon Heaven if I bought it so I have a plan to slowly replace the other brand with Van's because of the nutritional benefits. 

Van's Snack Bars are naturally gluten-free and baked with whole grains (and 4g of fiber per serving!). They are available in Cranberry Almond, Chocolate Chip, or Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip. They are free from artificial ingredients, high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated oils, and GMO oils. We received the Cranberry Almond to review which thrilled me because I put cranberries and almonds into tons of foods already. The snack bar was delicious and was a great and filling in-between meals snack.

I was thrilled with all of the Van's foods and would definitely buy them again!

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*I was provided with the above mentioned products for the purpose of facilitating this post. All opinions expressed are my own.