The Picky Eater

The Picky Eater. Almost every family has one and they can make meal and snack times both challenging and frustrating. Picky eaters usually prefer highly processed snacks, and leaving parents concerned that their children are not getting enough of the important nutrients found in the fruits & vegetables they refuse to eat. But what’s a mom to do? Anyone who’s tried to force a child to eat knows how futile it is – and who wants meal and snack time to end in tears or punishment?

Driven to despair, parents of truly finicky eaters will often try to camouflage vegetables & fruit, adding shredded zucchini or apple to “acceptable” foods, but somehow even if the picky eater doesn’t see through this ruse, parents still wonder if their child is getting enough. Well, parents of picky eaters despair no more! The urbanmoms.ca testing panel has found some amazing ways to get two (or more!) servings of fruits AND vegetables (yes, we said vegetables!) into your child’s diet – and your picky eater will even ask for more. Try urbanmoms.ca tested and approved products from Sun-Rype on your picky eater and rest assured they’re getting the goodness of 100% fruit (and vegetables in certain products) while enjoying a tasty snack.

Sun-Rype Products Ltd. is a Canadian juice and fruit snack company based in Kelowna, BC, in the heart of the Okanagan Valley. Since 1946, they’ve been providing families with delicious, wholesome juices and fruit snacks. They are committed to providing simple, nutritious products that make it easier for today’s busy families to incorporate healthy eating into their active lives. Although best known for their 100% Pure Not From Concentrate Apple Juice and Canada’s #1 fruit snack: Fruit to Go, that’s just the beginning of Sun-Rype’s product line.

Our testers with picky eaters particularly recommended Sun-Rype’s 100% fruit juices and Fruit Plus Veggie juices. Quick and delicious, this is one way to get the goodness of real fruit (and vegetables) into your finicky little one. But because children cannot live by juice alone, our panel also recommended Sun-Rype’s 100% fruit snacks: Fruit to Go, Squiggles and FruitSource bars; all made from 100% fruit (and certain FruitSource bars also include vegetables).

Here’s what some of our panel members (and, more importantly their picky eaters!) had to say about Sun-Rype’s 100% fruit snacks & juices:

“When my son asked for another FruitSource bar I almost cried – when was the last time he willingly ate something that even had the word “fruit” in it? I don’t honestly remember. Thank you!” Sandra, urbanmoms.ca Research Panel member and Sun-Rype tester

  “100% fruit, very important for my kids…also it was gluten free, suitable for people with Celiac disease” Natasha, urbanmoms.ca Research Panel member and Sun-Rype tester

“An easy and fun way to entice the picky eaters to eat a greater variety of fruits and vegetables.” Anissa, urbanmoms.ca Research Panel member and Sun-Rype tester

“The only downfall? The words “fruit” or  “vegetable” on the packaging! My son can read and was less willing to try once he knew what it was. Once we got over that hurdle, though, the Squiggles, bars & juices were a hit!” Teresa, urbanmoms.ca Research Panel member and Sun-Rype tester

Don’t forget to vote on your favourite entry in the Sun-Rype Healthy Eating Contest here!