Blue Diamond Almonds Natural Raw Snack Nuts
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bold Habanero BBQ Almonds.... Hmmm... How "bold" are we talking?\n\nAre you like me? Does spicy stuff make you not like spicy stuff? Do you turn up your nose at people who squirt hot sauce all over everything like they invented it? Do you like BBQ spice but hate when it has "heat"?\n\nIf so, we just became best friends. So... can I borrow forty dollars?\n\nFrom one bestie to another - these almonds are the ever-loving BUSINESS. I mean, they bring the frigging milkshake to the yard. I took a chance and tried them for the both of us: No heat. Just spice. So good. How good? So good I want to do my taxes early. So good I want to backpack across Pennsylvania. So good I want punch myself in the neck. That good.\n\nAnyways, these are NOT spicy no matter what the picture or wording on the bag says.\n\nThey are PERFECT. BBQ-spice without the heat can\'t be beat.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I have no idea why people don't understand that they're cocoa dusted, not chocolate coated. If you're looking for a piece of chocolate, this isn't it. If you're looking something to satisfy a chocolate craving without packing on sugar and empty calories, this is the PERFECT snack. I especially appreciate that the bag is resealable."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "I'm a fan of raw almonds. It's great to grab a handful as a guilt-free snack. BUT you need to look before putting them into your mouth! I recently found an almond FULL of bug eggs in my bag. Please see the picture. Super gross.\n\nThese things happen, especially with raw almonds since they aren't cooked (I guess?). The sad thing is that I contacted Blue Diamond about it, and rather than apologize they responded by asking me for pictures and six pieces of data from the bag (which I threw out, OF COURSE)."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am annoyed. I have bought many 25 oz bags of almonds via Amazon/Diamond store. Got one 25 oz bag of Wasabi Soy that were bad. No visible issues with the packaging. Contents clotted with a very faint ammonia smell. Threw them in trash see the lovely picture. Thought - hey I am a loyal customer Diamond will square me away. No they won't. They will give you a one time coupon you cannot use on Amazon, cannot use on the online Diamond Store you must use with a local retailer. If you are like me and the item was a 25 OZ bag of flavored almonds chances are good there will be zero local retailers you can use to get the item replaced. When you complain about this, they will - really I have the emails to prove it - explain to you you don't know which stores to go to, and they will give you address and numbers to stores - that do not have the item. So now I need to find an alternative to almonds as part of my diet plan.\n\nUPDATE 1: Diamond reached out to me after this review was posted, and offered what I asked for initially - credit to reorder the defective item from Amazon or Diamond. So I have upped my rating to two stars from one star. Between the defective item itself and the painful process to get an equivalent replacement I can't rate this product & transaction higher than that.\n\nUPDATE 2: The gift card they sent me had already been redeemed. This is going back to one star and staying there. Shame on me for not checking first - dumb me I trusted them.\n\nUPDATE 3 10/29/2020: Over a week later they sent a 2nd Card. It was bad (already redeemed) - so they have sent me two bad gift cards. They called me to admit the second card was a bad code - and also tell me the first one not working was my problem - I needed to work it out with Amazon. After some time on the phone Amazon confirmed the card code was not usable based on some action the owner (BD) had taken. Still not resolved I am so disappointed."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am on a low carb diet to help me with my Insulin Resistant Type II Diabetes, and my chocolate almonds are my go to sweet snack and protein snack every evening. I keep a 4oz pack in my purse all the time. If I'm with friends at lunch and they order dessert I'll pull out my chocolate almonds. They are so delicious with a hint of sweet. Just right to satisfy that sweet craving."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I love these almonds. I usually buy raw almonds, but I don't really like them. While other roasted almonds have a lot of salt, these are lightly salted and are perfect for me. I do not have high blood pressure, but I still don't want overly salted food. I bought these almonds along with walnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds. I mixed them together in a large bowl and a resealed them in smaller packages with my vacuum sealer.\n\nI don't like premixed nuts and seeds, because I want control over what's in the mix. I'm on a low carb diet, so this will make a nice addition to my diet."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "My bag has two holes in the bottom! I didn't notice until I ate about a fourth of bag. I was wondering why almonds kept falling randomly. Poor quality control on packaging. This is not a good way to receive food!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These are really delicious and healthy nuts. I brought some to my son and his wife overseas, who thought it was an odd thing to bring them, and two days later he told me that they had finished the entire bag. I serve these nuts to guests with dessert, and I snack on them between meals. They give me a bit of a guilty pleasure, with not a whole lot of guilt. Yummy!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I've tried three brands of Chocolate oven roasted almonds & these are my favorite. The other two were too hard to chew, which is an issue with me. Very good flavor, almost no sugar. I would post the other's but don't think we are allowed to do that here. One is a generic from a major discount store that rhymes with hallmark. :-)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'These are very yummy & just the right amount of salt. I just called Blue Diamond. The CS woman was so knowledgeable as I was concerned about PPO after reading Q&A above. She went into great detail about the fact that their Lightly Salted Almonds are no longer treated with PPO - they are steam treated for any possible bacteria. This is a fairly recent change they made which is an acceptable method of pasteurization. She said no other chemicals are used during the processing by them. I will be buying these again after this information.'}]