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Blue Diamond Natural Roasted Almonds: Vanilla Bean Flavor
Thankfully, these vanilla infused nuts do not stray too far from their raw counterparts. Each 1 ounce serving ( approximately 24 nuts) provides 160 calories, 14 grams of total fat (21% of the RDA) but only 1 gram is saturated fat (5% of the RDA), 25 mg of sodium (1% of the RDA), 7 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 3 grams of fiber (12% of the RDA) and a mere 3 grams of sugar plus 6 grams of protein. They are also packed with a variety of vitamins and minerals including 35% of vitamin E. Almonds and other nuts have a lot of unsaturated fat, which is healthy, but you still need to control your portions. The vanilla bean flavor comes about from tossing almonds in a mixture of evaporated cane juice, natural French vanilla flavor, sea salt, corn maltodextrin and vanilla bean seeds. Some things you will not find in Blue Diamond's nutty product are artificial ingredients, cholesterol and added oil. The fact that my favorite nut has just been kicked up a notch is fantastic. I purchased an 8 ounce container for $2.33 (on sale), and I can guarantee that once the clear strip on my blue topped container no longer reveals an array of tempting almonds, I will be back at the store in a flash.
Comments
Mon: June 9, 2008
Red said: Blue Diamond's smoked almonds are amazing. I wish that I had the portion control on the side of those. This is a very intriguing flavor for almonds. Sounds delicious!
Wed: June 11, 2008
Jackie said: I love them...but still had a problem with my own personal portion control! But that just means this was a good product.
Wed: June 11, 2008
Jackie said: I love them...but still had a problem with my own personal portion control! But that just means this was a good product.
Thu: June 26, 2008
Laur said: I bought oven-roasted almonds with sea salt, in the portion-marked container, yesterday after reading about this great idea here. I have no control but I really like the container and have kept myself in line, so far. I'm going to keep the container and fill with BD smoked almonds when empty. Thanks for this great info.! |
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keyalus said:
I tried the cinnamon flavor and I really liked these - so much so that I found myself popping them like candy. :) I appreciate the portion size guidelines though because who knows what an ounce of nuts looks like without breaking out a scale?