Thursday, July 15, 2010

First Juice Review and Giveaway



Like most parents I try super hard to give my son snacks and drinks that not only taste good to him but I also want them to be good for him and teach him good habits about food and drink from the get go! Now I have tried lots of different products and brands but “Bug” is really picky at times when it comes to his snacks and juices and quite frankly we have yet to be successful at finding one that he likes and that’s good for him…well that is until we bought him one of his favorite cartoon dvds “Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!-Wubbzy Goes Green” and inside was an advertisement for First Juice and he seemed really interested in trying some so I contacted First Juice for review and was stoked when the agreed!!

About First Juice (Taken From Website):
First Juice® Brand organic fruit and vegetable juice beverage is designed specifically for young, developing taste buds, with a blend that's naturally lower in sugar.* It's a new way for parents to get on a roll towards developing their young children's taste preferences early on. Less sugar. More health. Better choices.

Parents can continue to steer their children towards healthy colorful fruits and vegetables while putting the brakes on sugar and sweet.

Our Thoughts:


“Bug” was sent 4 juices to try out for review and he was sooo very excited when they arrived he wanted to drink one hot from the mail man..but I eventually talked him out of it and put them in the fridge to chill. After a few hours of him asking for it I had decided they should be cool enough for him to try one.

The first one he decided to try was the apple + carrot juice and of course I had to take a small sip of it myself and I’ll admit that this juice is pretty good and I would drink it myself, so I felt pretty confident giving it to my son. “Bug” seemed to really like it he drank about half of it and then said he wanted to save it for later so I put it back into the fridge, about 2-3 hours later he decided he wanted to finish it off along with his snack and he did!

The next day we tried the banana + carrot juice and this one is my favorite out of the 4 juices we were sent for the simple fact that I could taste more of the banana than carrot and I’m a huge fan of anything banana flavor! “Bug” decided to take this juice with us out to run errands and I was quite surprised when we stopped for gas that he didn’t hollar for his regular coke, instead he was quite content with his juice!


Next we tried out the peach + purple carrot juice and we received the same successful results we had with the other two flavors!

Last but not least we tried the blueberry + purple carrot juice and this one is by far “Bugs” favorite out of the 4 we received a 32oz refill bottle instead of the sippy top bottle for this one and it’s a good thing because he asks for it almost daily, and I was smart enough to save the other 3 bottles and reuse them so it makes it easer to take with us.

Overall I’m super happy we have discovered First Juice because now I can feel good about giving my son the juice he wants and we will never run out of this juice again at our house!


Buy It:
To purchase First Juice for yourself visit their website to find a store near you!

Coupon:
Click Here for $1.00 off of any 2, 8oz or 32oz bottles of First Juice!


Win It:
First Juice has offered one of my readers 4 bottles of First Juices to try for yourself!

Mandatory Entry: Visit First Juice and tell something that you learnt that I didn‘t mention! Please remember to leave your e-mail address if it’s not visible in your profile.

Want or need extra entries? Check out how to grab em’ below! (Mandatory Entry must be complete for these to count)

1. Become a public follower of my blog (current follower count too)

2. Follow me on twitter @sgrant2005 and tweet this giveaway (can be done daily)

3. Subscribe to my feed via a reader

4. Blog about this giveaway with a link to this post and to First Juice be sure to leave me a link (5 extra)

5. Follow First Juice on Twitter

6. “Like” First Juice on Facebook


Giveaway ends July 28, 2010 @ midnight CST. Winner will be chosen at random, using random.org and contacted by e-mail and has 48 hrs to respond before a new winner is chosen.

This review is based strictly my opinion. Others may have a different opinion with the product listed above. I did receive the juices mentioned above complementary for this review. No monetary compensation was received.

53 comments:

  1. I like their mission statement.

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  2. The plastic bottles have no Bisphenol-A and Phthalates in it.


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  3. I learned that back in Ancient Persia they had purple carrots. The popular belief is that a 16th century Dutch scientist decided to adapt the carrot color to orange. That was really interesting!
    hotpepper71 at bell south dot net

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  4. following on twitter as SnowflakeDay & tweeted: http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/18783670202

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  5. google friend follower (Snowflake07)

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  6. following First Juice on twitter as SnowflakeDay

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  7. I learned that carrots were originally purple (in ancient persia) and may other colors. A scientist combined them to create the orange carrot we know today.
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  8. i learned the purple carrot goes back as far as ancient persia

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  9. I learned that their plastic bottles have no Bisphenol-A or Phthalates in them.

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  10. Public GFC follower
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  11. I follow First Juice on Twitter: lazybones344

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  12. tweet http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/19285846497

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  13. I learned that First Juice® ; has 12g of sugar per fl. 8oz. serving compared to 27g of sugar per fl. 8oz in 100% apple juice. Thanks.
    partymix25(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  14. follow your blog
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  15. tweet: http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/19388140901

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  16. I learned that they have less than half the sugar of the juice I buy that is 100% juice! WHAT!?!?
    meganleighadams at yahoo dot com

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  17. I sub via google reader!
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  18. 1.The vegetable juice helps us achieve our flavor profile goal and our goal of minimizing the sugar content of First Juice®.

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    like firt juice fb-Laura DeLuca

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  23. tweet: http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/19529251429

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  24. tweet http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/19605489154

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  25. First Juice has the same 12 grams of sugar per 8 fl. oz. serving as organic, low-fat milk.

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  26. Only 12g of sugar vs 27g and I like the color blue!

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  27. They believe in "Toddler Taste Bud Training"!

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  28. I learned that their mission is to make products that can help parents positively influence children's
    taste-preference development.

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  29. Following publicly as Louis on Google Friends Connect

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  30. following you on twitter at rosidentevil
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  31. It was made specifically for young taste buds.



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  32. Beverages labeled 100% fruit juice contain 90% of the sugar and calories of sugar-sweetened carbonated soft drinks.
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  33. I follow you on Google Friend Connect (Angela Livingston)
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  34. I subscribe to your feed via google reader
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  35. I follow you on twitter @hotmomtips

    I tweeted about this giveaway http://twitter.com/hotmomtips/status/19721150264
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  36. I Follow First Juice on Twitter
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  37. I “Like” First Juice on Facebook
    Angela Livingston
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  38. I learned that carrots weren't always orange, they were purple!

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  39. GFC follower

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  40. I follow First Juice on Twitter @TweePoppets

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  41. tweet: http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/statuses/19741932927

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  42. i learned that First Juice has the same 12 grams of sugar per 8 fl. oz. serving as organic, low-fat milk.

    elizabethjhoskins@gmail.com

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  43. became a follower of your blog

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  44. tweeted about this giveaway
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  45. liked firstjuice on fb

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  46. I learned that I can buy First Juice here at the Kroger's where I shop in Michigan

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  47. I learned that First Juice has 12g of sugar per fl. 8oz. serving compared to 27g of sugar per fl. 8oz in 100% apple juice
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  48. there is a lot less sugar than regular juices
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  49. There is a store locator that can help you find who sells them.

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