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DELICIOUS OR SUSPICIOUS: GoGo SqueeZ applesauce for kids
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DELICIOUS OR SUSPICIOUS: GoGo SqueeZ applesauce for kids
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"She's not really an applesauce kid," my aunt warned me when I asked if I could test out a pouch of GoGo SqueeZ applesauce on my three year-old niece. We unscrewed the tiny yellow cap from the brightly-colored pouch of AppleBanana, and after an initial high-velocity blop of sauce landed on her shirt, Willow was soon quietly vending squeezes of the fine-textured fruit goo into her mouth.
Manufactured in France from all-natural ingredients by Materne, GoGo SqueeZ applesauce pouches have been available in the United States since 2008, but have been recently relaunched as 100 percent fruit. All of the flavors, including AppleApple, AppleCinnamon, AppleBanana, ApplePeach and AppleStrawberry, are gluten- and dairy-free and Kosher certified. Each pouch is around 60 calories, has no added sugar, and counts as one serving of fruit. The product is available at both Philadelphia Whole Foods; you can search for stores with Materne's product locator.
Since I am both childless and clueless, I left this evaluation to the experts: grandmothers, moms and favorite aunts.
Mom-Mom: I like the packaging. It's nice and bright and easy to hold. This would be good to bring to the beach. She really seems to like it, too. And there's no spoon! It's a better design than the squeeze yogurts.
Kay-Kay: This would be good for their lunchboxes for school, or when they get fussy in the car. They love things they can do themselves.
Gina: I can't believe she's eating it. She never likes applesauce. It's a great way to get kids to eat fruit.
Childless food writer: It's kind of a wasteful package and not recyclable. But you can re-seal it if the kid doesn't finish it, and the little nozzle is the perfect size for a child's small mouth. It tasted good, too. (I ate the blop I scooped off Willow's shirt; pretty good for a non-mom, right?)
DELICIOUS OR SUSPICIOUS?: Delicious. The kid loved the thing; when I asked her if she liked it, she just handed me the deflated pouch and said, "More."
Wondering if that little yellow thingy can be bitten off an is a choking hazard?
Merilyn, The yellow plastic cap is unscrewed for the kid to eat the applesauce, and the yellow nozzle was firmly attached to the pouch. I expect the child would have to have Great White-style chompers to bite it off the pouch. The package does warn that the cap is a choking hazard.
Merilyn, We are glad you've discovered GoGo squeeZ applesauce for kids on-the-go. Now you know that our products are Felicia's niece proof and she seems pretty picky :D Following up on your concern, we recommend gogo squeez for kids older than 36 months (when not supervised) as the pouch has a small cap, yes. Laurent / social media manager / Materne US materne.gogosqueez [at] gmail.com www.materne.us
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