Crunchy Fruit

If getting your kids to eat fruit is like pulling teeth, try some crunchy bananas or pineapples-a new healthful hit in snack circles. 

Funky Monkey, makers of freeze-dried fruit snacks, has come up with a way. Banana Funky Monkey Crunchy Fruit to maintain all of the nutrients and flavors of fresh fruit. The snacks' crunchy texture comes from freeze-drying-a process that removes approximately 97 percent of the moisture content in the fruit. Unlike some dried fruit or ‘fruit snacks', there is no added sugars, corn syrup or preservatives in Funky Monkey snacks. Each ounce of the 100 percent natural snacks contains three servings of real fruit and nothing else. Funky Carnaval Mix Funky Monkey Crunchy Fruitflavors include USDA Organic Bananamon (crunchy bananas with a hint of cinnamon); USDA Organic JavaLime (sweet crunchy bits of pineapple with lime); USDA Organic Purple Funk (bananas and acai) and Carnival Mix (bananas, pineapple, papaya, apples and raisins). The snacks can be eaten alone or used to give a crunchy, aromatic kick to yogurt or ice cream. Funky Monkey snacks are also dairy- and gluten-free and suitable for vegans and those following raw diets. Order online at www.funkymonkeysnacks.com or look for the snacks at Whole Foods Markets.-Nicole Potenza Denis

Nicole Denis is a regular foodspring.com contributor and is the author of foodspring’s foodie-mom blog.

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