July iHerb Haul

Note: This is not a sponsored post, I have purchased everything myself.

I managed to eat my way through everything I had bought from iHerb last month, so I did another order for July. I ended up reordering a number of things that I loved last time, and also added a few new things so my cart that were on my wish list. 

For those who haven't heard of iHerb before, its just an online store that sells things like health foods, supplements, skin care etc... The pricing of bulk foods is better than I've seen locally and even compared to other online stores, which I why I purchase from there. You can check it out here: iHerb

The loot:

I reordered the Cookie Dough Quest Bars as these were great. I'm too scared to try another flavour in case I don't like them as much haha. I also purchased some Chocolate Raspberry Truffle bars by Raw Revolution, and some Chia Squeeze in Blackberry by Mamma Chia to try. I've been looking for some healthy snacks that I can just grab and keep in my bag for when I'm out and about and these looked like pretty good options. This lot will probably last me longer than a month as there is quite a bit!

Another repurchase, I bought two packs of these Granny Smith Apple Chips by Bare Fruits, as P also loved these.

And also two of these Dried Mangoes by Made in Nature. This was one of my favourite things from last month's order.

Again another repurchase. 

Last month I bought the vanilla flavour of this protein powder, and loved it so much I wanted to try another flavour, so I also added the Chocolate Fudge Brownie flavour. There is only 11 serves per pack of this powder, so 2 packs is probably a good amount to last a month for me.

Finally some new purchases this month: honey dijon rice chips, peanut butter filled pretzels, and aged white cheddar half pops (half popped popcorn). All of these look pretty awesome, can't wait to try!

 

And this tea by Yogi tea. I have been on some medication to help with my milk supply, but as a side effect it is wreaking havoc on my stomach resulting in a bit of pain, so thought i'd give this a go.

Like before, once I have tried some of the new things, I will do a review in case you want to know more about anything/what they are like.

Riette

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iHerb reviews

Last week I received my first iHerb order which I blogged about here: http://fromheelstobooties.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/iherb-haul.html

I've had a chance to try quite a few of the things already so thought I'd do a review post in case anyone was thinking about trying any of the items. I'll give everything a rating out of 5 as well.

Bare Fruits Dried Granny Smith Apples

Although these had a weird smell when first opening the packet, these tasted great. not too sweet with tangy bite to them and were still crunchy. P liked these as well. The price is a bit steep at $2.92 per packet, so I would only buy them occasionally, but I think I will try making these in the oven as its just dried apple. I'll let you know how it goes when I get around to it...

Rating: 5!

Food Should Taste Good All Natural Jalapeno Tortilla Chips

 These were disappointing. They didn't have much flavour to them and could have done with a bit more salt. The jalapeno flavour did not come through too much either, although after eating a few I could start to feel the heat. I wouldn't repurchase these.

Rating: 1 :(

Made in Nature Dried Pineapple

I quite liked this one,  however it is very sweet so can't eat too much at a time (not necessarily a bad thing). All the pieces were stuck together in the bag which is due to the dried fruit still being quite moist/sticky. I think I have in fact have a slight allergy to pineapple as my hands started to itch when I was eating it, this started happening when I ate pineapple during pregnancy so I may give these a miss next time.

Rating: 3

 

Made in Nature Dried Mangoes

 This was one of my favourite purchases. Dried mango is very expensive to buy here in Perth (the one I like is $99 per kilo) so I seldom buy it, but this is a great alternative at only $5.44 per bag (equivalent to $64 per kilo). Due to the differences in mangoes, some pieces were sweet and some more tangy but I liked that about it. I will definitely repurchase this.

Rating 5!

 

 

ChocoLite French Vanilla Protein Powder

This is again another item which I loved. I had been needing a new protein powder for my smoothies and thought i'd try this one as it was only a small bag. The french vanilla flavour is lovely and tastes just like a good milkshake. I have it in a smoothie with 1 frozen banana, a handful of frozen raspberries and milk blended until smooth. I would like to try the chocolate flavour as well, and maybe the peanut butter flavour. The only downside is the price at $16.60 per bag which only has 11 serves in it. 

Rating: 4 (due to price)

Summersaults Sunflower Seed Snacks

These I didn't particularly like. They had a funny aftertaste that I couldn't pinpoint but it may have been the sunflower seeds, although I've had seeds before with no issues. They were slightly salty as expected which was fine and a good size serving for a snack, however I will not be buying these again.

Rating: 2

 

Woodstock Farms Organic Dark Chocolate Almonds

I forgot to take a picture of these, but these are AMAZING! The dark chocolate was the perfect combination of bitterness and sweetness, and I only needed about 4 at a time to satisfy my chocolate craving. I will be repurchasing these next time for sure.

Rating: 5

Overall I was really pleased with the order and will be repurchasing a number of items in my next order. The things I didn't like was more due to my personal taste rather than the actual items themselves. I've already got my cart full ready to checkout next time, but I'm going to wait until July to place my next order.

iHerb haul

I have jumped on the iHerb bandwagon after reading about it on the Vogue forums recently. Considering I wanted to buy some quest bars, I thought I would do a big order as an excuse to try a bunch of new things. After spending a copious number of hours scanning through the pages and pages of snackfoods available, I managed to narrow my cart down to a respectable amount.

All the goodies in the box:

Organised shot of everything:

Chocolite protein powder in French Vanilla flavour. I needed a replacement protein powder for smoothies so thought I'd give this a try:

Box of 12 Quest bars in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. I have found having a newborn I often go without having proper meals during the day, so wanted some bars to have handy for when I'm out an about:

Bare Fruits dried granny smith apples, fuji apples, and mango pieces:

Made in Nature dried pineapples and mangoes:

 Organic coconut flakes and Crunchies dried strawberries:

Organic dark chocolate almonds (I tried some of these already...yum!):

A few savoury ones: Somersaults pacific sea salt bites, Annies 5 grain mac & cheese and Food Should Taste Good Jalapeno tortilla chips:

Once I've tried them all, I will do a review blog post. So far I've only tried the quest bars and the chocolate almonds, both of which were great.

Overall experience with iHerb
I am very pleased with my experience buying from iHerb. I place the order on the 5th June and received it on the 9th, which considering it came from the US and a weekend occurred in the middle, I would consider reasonable delivery time. The shipping is not very expensive at all by Australian standards. The pricing is also pretty good value for money compared to alternates available both online and in store, the quest bars were cheaper than anywhere else I could find. There is a10% off your first order code with a simple google search which makes it even better value.

I will definitely be purchasing from iHerb again once I finish this lot, it will probably become a monthly occurrence.