Good morning! It's that time once again where we bring you news of the latest and greatest products to grace our shelves (as well as our latest and greatest advertised specials). And this week, we have something for everybody! Here's hoping that everyone enjoyed plenty of turkey and stuffing, pumpkin pie, baseball, football, hockey, (insert any additional sport here) and everything else associated with the Thanksgiving holiday long weekend! So loosten your belt and start reading!
Let's jump right in by telling you about a really unique and healthy product called P-nuff Crunch Puffs. These are baked puffs made of ground navy beans, rice and peanuts (as well as numerous other all-natural ingredients) that are the first puff snacks with 5g of “complete” vegan protein (per 1oz serving). They provide all 9 essential amino acids necessary for building and repairing muscle tissue, providing energy, and performing other essential body functions. Available in Original, Cocoa and Cinnamon, they contain no soy, corn, preservatives or gluten and are a good source of fibre.
Another similar product is Hippie Snacks Cauliflower Crisps and Hippie Snacks Avocado Crisps. Guess what the number one ingredient is in each type of crisp, respectively? That's right: cauliflower and avocado! It's plant-based nutrition in a delicious, seedy and savoury snack. And there ain't no junk in there, either. Just simple, certified gluten-free whole food ingredients. Oh, and did we mention this comes from Burnaby?
While we're on the topic of gluten-free, we should mention that we have something to compliment our traditional Sigdal Bakeri (not a typo) Crispbreads line-up. We've added Sigdal Gluten-Free Sunflower Seeds & Quinoa Crispbread and Sigdal Gluten-Free Oats Crispbread! These are the finest crispbreads from Norway with no additives or anything else artificial. Dense and hearty, they make the perfect breakfast, lunch or snack! Norway: it's not just for stave churches anymore!
Entomophagy is the human use of insects as food. Yes, insects such as crickets are no longer being strictly raised as food for your pet gecko anymore. In fact, the consumption of crickets by human beings is a fairly common practice around the world. It's just that North Americans are a little late to the party. But not for long. Because farming crickets as a safe and environmentally sustainable protein source is turning into a big business with the U.S. market alone expected to exceed $50 million by 2023 (Forbes.com). Why? Because farming crickets as a protein source uses 2000 times less water, 100 times less greenhouse gases and 12 times less feed than beef (for the same amount of protein).
But people aren't just sitting down and pouring themselves a big bowl of crickets for breakfast. Instead, crickets are ground into a fine powder (no legs to get stuck in your teeth) and added to products. And one such product is Bite Energy Bar. Available in Peanut Better, Jiminy Ginger and Chocolate Chirp, each bar contains approximately 20-30 crickets as well as ingredients like organic dates, organic gluten-free whole grain oats and organic sunflower seed butter. Each bar also contains at least 5 grams of protein, is high in fibre the best part is that they really do taste good! No foolin'!
If you'd prefer to get your protein from a more conventional source then Vega Protein Nutritional Shake might be the better bet. Available in good old Vanilla and Chocolate flavours, you're getting a vegan, gluten-free nutritional shake composed of 20 grams of pea, hemp and pumpkin seed proteins, vitamins, minerals, greens and fibre! It's not the elixir of life but it's an elixir for living a healthy one! And the best part is that they're available this week in our ad for the awesome price of $2.76 each! Plus, you can also purchase in a convenient 4-pack!
Yaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhh!!!!! That's the primal scream one might make if they were, say, making the perfect sandwich only to open the fridge and find the mayonnaise jar empty. Don't let that be you. Instead, make sure to have a jar of Primal Kitchen Mayo or Primal Kitchen Garlic Aioli (both made with avocado oil) at the ready at all times. This is the real deal, thick, rich and creamy and made with cage-free eggs.
And what's a sandwich without the mustard? French's Organic Classic Yellow Mustard is what's been missing from yours. Made with 100% Canadian organic mustard seeds. Fun fact: did you know that the use of yellow mustard as a hot dog condiment was first seen in the United States at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair by the R.T. French Company?
And finally, at a customer's request, we've added Rolling Meadow Grass-Fed Sour Cream to our Dairy Dept. Made with 100% Canadian milk, this is premium quality sour cream. And the cows that produce the milk that it's made from are allowed to graze in the pastures as long as the Canadian weather allows. And when it doesn't, they're fed grass sprouts in the winter to ensure that they get to eat grass all year long! There's a different taste to dairy products made from the milk of cows that are primarily grasses as opposed to those that eat only silage and grains. It's a bit more money but as the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
That's all she wrote for this week. We hope you enjoyed our newsletter. Stay tuned for another one next Tuesday. Until then, take good care and have a great week!
Pepper's Foods