Mott's Fruit Flavored Snacks, Assorted Fruit, Pouches, 0.8 oz, 40 ct
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "A) delicious. B) a box of 40 packets is bigger than I had remembered (which was hilarious when I opened up the shipping box and literally half of it was this, with the other three things I ordered at the same time sadly tucked in the other side). C) if you're buying them just for yourself (...what), consider not keeping them within easy reach, because I guarantee you'll eat too many and start wondering why you're like this.\n\n10/10 would buy again. And maybe attempt better self-control..."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I recently was handed some unfortunate, life changing news during a routine physical exam ...I was informed that I am allergic to gluten and should adapt a gluten free lifestyle. The life I had known for 26 years felt like it was being ripped away from me in that very moment and I was faced with the reality that the \'me\' I was, could no longer be the \'me\' I would have to become. I would have to say goodbye to some of my favorite things: pizza, pasta, bagels, wheat thins, baguettes, croutons from a caesar salad, the crust of a cheesecake, day old combos that I left in my car, the bottom half of a twix, table bread from Carrabba\'s, and many more wonderful gluten filled treats. I will admit, at first I thought "You can beat this, dig down deep and persevere, don\'t fall victim to this crippling allergy". Then, I was quickly informed by my doctor that I can\'t in fact beat this, and allergies cannot just be willed away. My heart sank and I began to question:\n\n"Who am I without gluten?"\n\nUp until now, everything I was, everything I did, everything I knew, gluten had been a part of. All of my birthdays - a cake accompanied my celebrations. My bris - challah was served to comfort. My first day of school - a sandwich prepared by my mother gave me comfort in an unfamiliar place. My first date - there it was, a roll poking its head out from underneath the bread basket cloth. College - kegs and kegs full of nothing but gluten.\n\nI felt lost and hopeless as I searched through the memories that made up my life in hopes of finding just one memory where there was no sign of gluten. I had just about given up when a memory from many, many years ago popped into my head. I was 4 years old and my preschool teacher was handing out snacks. It had been a tough week for me as I was recovering from an ear infection that I had gotten from swimming lessons. On almost all days, ‘snack’ was a handful of animal crackers ...but this day was different. On this day, I reached out my hand, palm up and fingers spread wide open, waiting for my teacher to hand me my ration of crackers. Instead, I feel a plastic wrapper touch the center of my palm. I look at my hand and see a foreign object sitting right there in the center. “What is this?”, I asked myself. My teacher explained to the class that they were out of animal crackers and instead, were serving fruit snacks. I opened the little bag that was sitting in my little hand, reached in and grabbed the first gummy my fingers touched. I placed the fruity snack in my mouth and started chewing. Suddenly, I forgot about my problems of the week, I forgot about that ear infection that had been lingering. I knew right at that very moment ... I love fruit snacks and always will. BOOM, it hit me – “I don’t think fruit snacks contain any gluten, at least not any obvious gluten”\n\nI unlocked my phone as quickly as possible, opened my amazon app, typed "fruit snacks" into the search bar and pressed enter. These very fruit snacks were the first result and what did it have in the very title!? - "Assorted Gluten Free Snacks" - It was after reading those words that I knew ...I may not be the same as I was yesterday and the day before that, but I would still be able to be - \'me\'. Thank you Mott’s.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Mott sucks for this, but yeah you probably do need a microscope to find any fruits and vegetables in the entire box of Motts Medly Fruit Snacks. Yeah, yeah, I\'m the moron, I know, for not carefully reading the label, BUT, I\'m not the company who slathered MADE WITH REAL FRUITS AND VEGGIE on the box. So fast forward:\n\nOkay, so the top ingredients are sugar, sugar, and sugar, but those other things they happened to SLATHER EVERYWHERE ELSE had to be somewhere, right? Right. At first I thought they\'d explain down there in the \'Ingredients that make up less than 2%\', in which I think they did mention them/it--the "FRUIT AND VEGGIE juice"-- but (and this is where I got distracted) they continued on to nicely elucidate and explain fruit and vegetables were used in coloring.\n\nI don\'t know if anybody has read any legitimate news this week, but I for one could use to not have to negotiate around this kind of nonsense.\n\nEnjoy your vegetables, while you can still find some somewhere.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'In February 2019, this item arrived in very good condition. I counted the pouches to make sure it\'s 40 and it was sure complete. Each pouch has seven to 9 fruity gummies. Tastes good. Natural flavors.\n\nIn April 2022, 3 years later, I learned that "Natural flavors" in ingredients are not safe for human consumption. Please try to stay away from ingredients that has "Natural flavors" listed.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Probably one of the few standard fruit snacks not to contain gelatin which as you may know is made of the connective tissues (skin, tendons, ligaments & bones) usually of cows and pigs. The collagen is extracted from the boiled...stew...made from these leftover parts to make gelatin. Do you want that in your fruit snacks? Granted, it is not pure fruit off the tree or vine, but should not have gelatin in it. I have purchased many times and enjoy a package whenever I want something sweet without having candy.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "These snacks are great when I get a sweet tooth and I want to pretend I'm getting plenty of fruits and veggies. Compared to Welch's Fruit Snacks, these are better tasting, unless you like the tartness of Welch's. I'm not into sour or tart, and the Mott's are a very smooth fruit flavor. And the best part is this is a 40 pack box instead of the average 8-12 snacks from others. All around, these are the best tasting and the best value. The 10 pack Motts in Prime Pantry are 3.63. This 40 pack is only 5.88 as of today. Go for the family size to get the best bang for your buck."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love to send my grandchildren just a small little something to let them know that wherever MeMaw is (we move a lot being in the military so I don't get to see them all of the time as I used to😔) she is always thinking about them.\nThese are perfect for that. I also send them larger gifts via Amazon less frequently, but these are great to send frequently so they know how important they are!!!💝💝💝"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have 4 small kids and they all just love Mott's Fruit Snacks!!! They all normally eat one pack a day so as you can imagine I go through these pretty quickly. I love that there are 40 in a box and they are about a $1-$2 cheaper then where I do my grocery shopping. So I have S&S so that these delicious snacks get delivered to my home once a month, I may need to bump it up to twice a month since my kids seem to go through them so quickly.\nWhen my kids eat these snacks they give me 5 minutes or so of peace and quite, not long, but it helps lol\n\nI would also say to be carful giving these to younger children. My 2 year old loves these snacks but he doesn't understand that he has to chew and swallow and not just swallow, so I have to give him one at a time to make sure he does not choke on these ( there went my 5 minutes of peace and quite lol"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'my little girl is addicted to gummy snacks lol so i found the biggest box i could find. the box is HUGE, much larger than the regular ones from w*m and its heavy as well. also happy; and bought these, bc their made w real juice, and not dyed artificially which will actually throw me off of some gummies, like you question if you\'re suppose to be putting this in your mouth or not its so neon, these are normal colored juice concentrate which looks a lot more appetizing. she eats a lot of them in-between meals, and i just didnt want to give her so much dye, i like these as a parent, and as a consumer! admittedly a few packs have "migrated" into my purse:D'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I do not like gummy foods. In fact, I don’t like to eat anything where I feel that my mouth has to put in extra effort for me to enjoy it. I will quicker go for an option like applesauce over fruit snacks, but these bad boys are delish. Total game changer. The flavor is spot on and the texture is good. These are a little bit more gummy than your average fruit snack, but the flavor makes up for the extra few chews required. Bon appétit.'}]