Healthy “eating”? You should just graze.com
Posted: 09 January '10 by Kelly
Graze.com - Nature Delivered
Now, if your New Years’ resolution is anything like mine (to eat less!!), then listen up! With all the food and drink I consumed over the Christmas and New Year celebrations nothing now seems to fill me for long and I am constantly thinking about eating.
So when Niall told me about the ‘Graze box’ I was quite excited.
Graze.com are a UK based company that deliver (by post) different boxes of food to your desk for as little as £2.99. You can choose what you want in your box, ranging from fresh fruit to nuts and Olives. Your food is then hand picked, boxed and sent to your home or your office with free (yes free!!) first class delivery – far better than picking up a curly pre-packed sandwich from a garage on the way into work.
It is also worth adding that ‘Graze’ boxes are from a sustainable forest, bio-degradable and recyclable.
Niall’s mum is a big fan of grazing throughout the day, instead of eating three big meals a day she snacks regularly. Research shows that snacking on natural foods throughout the day can maintain and control blood sugar which helps to lose weight.
Graze were kind enough to send us a ‘nibble box’ to try and I absolutely loved it! In my box of treats I got:
- Apple strudel – Dried Apple, naturally dried apricots and dried cranberries
- Macadamia nuts
- Yin and Yang - extra dark chocolate buttons with cherries and almonds
- Cajun seed mix
Now, I thought I would be able to eat them all in one go, but they are surprisingly filling. So I was able to snack throughout the week with them.
I have to say my favourite was the ying & yang, it was delicious. Meaning the unity of opposites – the dark chocolate is in perfect contrast to the blanched almonds and the sweet dried cherries, and makes a really tasty snack.
For the calorie-conscious it’s important to remember that even though it’s healthy the content still has calories. Nuts have a high fat content as well as dried fruit being high in sugars – even though it’s natural. The Yin & Yang pot, for instance, was 296 calories. Now this may seem slightly high for a snack but keep in mind you are getting some chocolate (which is extra dark so therefore has many health benefits), you are also getting lots of nuts and dried fruit. More importantly this will keep you sustained until your next meal and you wont feel tempted to snack again in between. If you thought that the 296 calories was too high then the apple strudel of Dried Apple, naturally dried apricots and dried cranberries could be the one for you. This only had 172 calories (but unfortunately no chocolate)!!
You can personalise your Graze box by choosing what goes into it, so you can have as many or as few calories in your box as you want. I’ll be ordering another box for sure – the only problem I’m having is what to order?
You can see the photos here:
Our verdict:
I really loved the Graze nibble box – it’s a healthy way of snacking throughout the week. They never use any artificial colours, flavours or preservatives in their products and the boxes are environmentaly friendly. The box also provided me with a few of my ’5 a day’ which is a real bonus.
You can find out more by visiting www.graze.com
So get grazing!!
Important information
One thing that caught us by surprise was that, when you set-up your account on Graze.com, you’re automatically creating a customer account – in other words you will start to receive Graze boxes, and you’ll be billed for them. Now, we didn’t have any problem cancelling the account, but I’m glad I noticed this behaviour before we were surprised by money coming out of our account.
You can change your Graze.com account, or contact them to cancel your scheduled deliveries, by visiting www.graze.com/help/contact.
Chilli and Chocolate members:
Graze.com have been kind enough to give our members a discount: get your first box free and your second box at half price! Visit the Members’ Section for more details
Graze snack boxes - nature delivered
Tags: healthy eating, Lunch in the City
Categories: Local Food Heroes
Graze is great…. but after a month or so I got a bit bored of it!
I don’t know John – the selection looks to be very good, and the sample we received was delicious. Only time will tell, I guess!
theres also another service, piqniq.co.uk which is similar, mind you the packaging isn’t as fancy but I think the portions and food quality is alot better – and the profits go towards ending child labour which is great.
andy
I’ve just discovered Graze.com
I signed up a few weeks ago with the free box and thought they were very good – tasty and filling.
I’d definitely recommend
graze omits to tell signing up customers that they will be sent automatically [and charged for] more food boxes before they have sampled the original ”free” offer.
Don’t bother trying to find a contact number on their site to cancel any order – there are none – i tried a few times to cancel and contact them and it was impossible.
Hi James,
We agree – Graze should make it clear that you’re signing up for regular deliveries. This seems to be becoming more of the norm – places like Naked Wines operates like this as well.
Although I’d like to see a telephone number on the site, we didn’t have any problem cancelling our order using the contact page on their website.