Vermont Village began by gathering apples in the wild. Their dream was to make these pure natural fruits of the land available to everyone. They learned from tradition, to bring out the goodness and the natural flavor from the fruit. “Cook them whole, cook them fast. Don’t add anything that nature didn’t put there. That’s the best way.” It was in this motto that they let its natural character and taste shine through. They still aim to make a wholesome, natural applesauce that would appeal to taste buds, wallets, and the nascent natural market. So they became the first company to sell additive-free, no sugar-added, all-natural applesauce to supermarkets.
Vermont Village sent me a sample of every flavor they make. They sent us so much applesauce I had to share it with everyone.
This photo was taken before our playdate, before I opened every package. I let my kids choose which flavor they wanted and they both chose the strawberry banana. It’s the same flavor I would have chosen. This is only three of the samples we were sent. I’ve been handing out applesauce to all my neighbors and one of them used it in a recipe for banana muffins.
I also love to substitute apple sauce for oil when it comes to baking. Adding applesauce is a healthy alternative to oil, keeping baked goods moist with less fat.
Not only does Vermont Village create great tasting applesauce in so many flavors your head will spin, they are USDA organic. The organic applesauces are available in 24 oz. jars and 4 oz. snack cups – unsweetened and with fresh fruit varieties including Peach, Strawberry Banana, Mixed Berry, Raspberry and Tropical Mango.
The organic apple butter is a sugarless fruit spread that’s great for sandwiches, waffles, crackers or just straight from the jar.
Enter to Win:
4 packs of each flavor pack (4 oz cups) in the following flavors:
**Unsweetened
**Cinnamon
**Peach
**Strawberry Banana
**Mixed Berry
**Tropical MangoSo we’re talking about 100.00 worth of applesauce (because I checked out the price at Albertsons and it’s not cheap)
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You should choose organic because Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.
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Yum! Love this applesauce and all the flavors. We eat mostly organic foods. It’s tough on the pocketbook at times, but there are so many benefits. The taste is generally better. The last of pesticides and other harmful chemicals is huge – especially for my growing son.
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Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.
When you get higher levels of essential nutrients, your body is more resistant to infection and disease.
Organic foods provide you with more energy because they contain lower levels of the toxins and chemicals that slow your body down.
If you are eating dairy or farm produce, you are also eating the chemicals, drugs and growth hormones given to the animals
Organic is better for the environment. Organic farms respect water resources and do not leach nitrogen and other pollutants from their soil.
Organic food just tastes better!
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I choose organic because I feel too many chemicals are being added to our food and I don’t want them in my body.
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I should choose organic because Organic foods provide you with more energy because they contain lower levels of the toxins and chemicals that slow your body down. And Organic Foods just taste better!
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After reading about everything that goes into your food, I would gladly switch to organic!
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i should choose organice because of all the pesticides and chemicals in non-organic produce
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i like this type of co. one that worried about what was going into their product before it became popular. i like organic because i like knowing what is/isn’t going into our bodies
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There are alot of reasons to choose organic, but my main one is that it’s so much healthier to our bodies w/ less chemicals, toxins, etc. vs the other foods!
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Organic food just tastes better! This is so true and once you eat organic its hard to go back to processed
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Because organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than non-organic.
Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed. 🙂
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We should choose organic because •Organic foods provide you with more energy because they contain lower levels of the toxins and chemicals that slow your body down.
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I always choose organic because the produce contains 50% more nutrients and minerals and vitamins than non-organic!
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It uses the whole apple and the peel so that is why I would choose this organic applesauce!
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Their applesauce sounds like the applesauce my mom used to make from the apple trees in our yard.
Organic does not have the hormones that are so harmful to our bodies.
Organic is better because who needs extra chemicals?
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Because pure fruits of the land should be available to everyone
Organic foods are grown without using chemicals. Commercially grown food has many toxins that we ingest when we eat foods grown with chemical fertilizers. Vermont Village even uses the peel in it’s applesauce because it is grown organically and there are no toxins on the peelings.
I choose organic simply for health reasons. I have many allergies that flare up with the more processed food that I eat. Eating organic apples, which notoriously contain the most chemicals of fruits, should lessen my exposure.
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Organic means fresh with on chemicals.
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Eating organic is better for you and the environment. Plus it usually tastes much better. This applesauce rocks!
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One of the reasons to eat organic is that Organic is better for the environment. Organic farms respect water resources and do not leach nitrogen and other pollutants from their soil.
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Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed-that is the best reason!
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One of the reasons to chose organic is the fact that they use no chemical pesticides, which have been suspected, and in some cases proven, to be dangerous to health.
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Organic contains more nutrients and less toxins – reason enough to purchase ONLY organic items! Thanks for the opportunity to win a tasty prize!
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No chemicals getting cooked into your applesauce and organic means that farmers have to take better care of their soil meaning more nutrients end up in your food.
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If you are eating dairy or farm produce, you are also eating the chemicals, drugs and growth hormones given to the animals.
I choose organic because the results of pesticides on a child’s growing body aren’t fully known…but I suspect they aren’t good in the long run.
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because it contains to pestisides and it also contains more nutrients and minerals.
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I choose organic because it is better for my body and for the environment. I don’t want to eat chemicals, drugs, and growth hormones added to my food. Yuck!
Since it is better for you because no chemical fertizler is used
I know Organic is healthier, but even so when I eat something organic it just tastes better to me.
Why organic …No chemicals or pesticides but 50% more nutrients and better for the immune system.
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You should choose organic because organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.
It contains no pesticides and they support the local growers.
Organic means more nutrients, less pesticides, eco-friendly and just tastes better! 🙂
Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.
Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.
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I din’t know this:”Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed.” Makes sense, though. And I try to use organice when I can becuase of all the pesticides.
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I should choose organic because Organic food just tastes better they say.
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I have kids with allergies and I have to be careful of what I feed them.
Organic is SO important and here is one reason why from their site: “Organic produce contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than produce that has been intensively farmed. “
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we should buy/use organic stuff because of this: If you are eating dairy or farm produce, you are also eating the chemicals, drugs and growth hormones given to the animals.
Basically we are what we eat, and that goes for the animals/dairy products too…what THEY eat goes into what THEY become!
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I didn’t know this fact about why I should choose organic.
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Organic is healthier for us and usually tastes better.
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It’s healthier for my children.
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When you eat an average apple, you are consuming as many as 20-30 different pesticides, even after you wash it
With Organic, the whole apple is used, including the peel. Less waste.
You should choose organic because you don’t want all those toxins in your family!
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Going organic is important because it helps keep the Earth & my daughter healthy.
Organic foods provide you with more energy because they contain lower levels of the toxins and chemicals that slow your body down.
I should choose organic for my family because it is healthier and good for our environment.
I would choose organic to keep only the real fruit in what I eat and avoid added chemicals.
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I have been eating organic for a long while but the fact that contains 50% more nutrients, minerals and vitamins than non organic is enough for me. Plus no pesticides!~!!!!
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