Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.

All four of these countries were brought together by Crofters to create an amazing flavor blasting blend of superfruit spreads. These spreads are an antioxidant power house. . . as much as twice the amount as other fruits! Crofters Superfruit Spreads are all organic and have 1/3 less sugar than your regular jams. With only 30 calories and 7g of sugar you are sure to get a great taste without paying for it on your waistline.

Each contains different fruits from the four countries and all four Superfruit spreads are mixed with Morello Cherries and Red Grapes. Here are the four fruit spread blends:

From Europe we have Black Current and Pomegranate Blend.

This combination has been known to lower the risk of age-related diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Asia brings Raspberries and Yumberries Blend.

Evidently Asia use to use this combination to maintain and restore health! Yumberries are known to help treat digestive problems and control blood sugar.

North America brings Wild Blueberries and Cranberries Blend.

This combination blend is loaded with Vitamin C which helps you fight the common cold as well as aiding in preventing cancer, cataracts, and lowers blood pressure.

South America contains Maqui and Passionfruit Blend.

Maqui fruit is known to have as much as twice the amount of antioxidants as acai berries and improve cardiovascular health, stabilizing blood sugar and fight inflammation.

I thought I would try each one out and decide which one was my favorite, but I have to say that I really did enjoy every single one of them. They each had their own unique flavor and what I loved most is the chunks of fruit mixed in. If I absolutely had to choose just one I would have to go with Crofter’s Superfruit spread from South America (Maqui and Passionfruit Blend)

If you are looking for a sweeter fruit spread, I would recommend going with South America’s Maqui and Passionfruit. For a more tart flavor, go with North America’s Wild Blueberries and Cranberries blend. I guess if I absolutely had to choose just one I would have to go with Crofter’s Superfruit spread from South America (Maqui and Passionfruit Blend)

So what are you waiting for, go out and experience these different cultures through Crofter’s SuperFruit Spreads!

Question: Of all four blends, which one do you think you would enjoy the most?

Smoothies are always a great choice during the summer when it’s hot outside and you want something healthy to cool off on. While most smoothies are loaded with rich antioxidants, fiber, vitamins and minerals, beware, most fruit smoothies are loaded with sugar and calories. For instance, Jamba Juice’s Peanut Butter Moo’d is a dazzling 800 calories and 122g of sugar! While the Orange Dream Machine loaded with vitamin C is a whopping 70g of sugar.

The safest route for a healthy smoothie is to bust out that blender and make it yourself. Avoid ingredients like ice cream, whole milk, sugar and cream. There are the culprits in sabotaging your healthy smoothie. Pick ingredients like fat free milk, light yogurt, almond milk, fat free milk, and sugar-free fruit juice.

Unlike most healthy smoothies that are extremely watery and flavorless, adding in frozen fruit to your smoothies will create that creamy and thick texture. No fruit in your recipe? Freezing the liquids in your recipe will work as well, such as coffee, juice, and milk. Just pour them into an ice cube tray and you have several smoothies.

Add a little kick to your drink without the calories by adding in vanilla, almond, coconut, or lemon extracts.

Need a great guilt-free smoothie recipe?

This Orange Dream Machine is still loaded with vitamin C but no where near 70g of sugar and only 85 calories!

Orange Dream Machine

- 3 oz. Diet Orange Juice Concentrate

- 2-3 packets of Splenda

- 1/2 cup light soy milk (regular or vanilla)

- 1/2 cup water

- 4 ice cubes

- 1 tsp. vanilla

Citrus Berry Fruit Smoothie

- 1/2 frozen banana

- 1/4 cup peaches

- 1/4 cup blueberries

- 1/4 cup strawberries

- 1/4 cup Diet Orange Juice Concentrate

- A little bit of lime juice

Share with us some of your favorite healthy smoothie recipes?

Now you can enjoy all the jelly, jams, and fruit spreads that you want without all the added sugar and calories. I recently discovered Walden Farms Calorie Free Fruit Spreads while shopping at Sprouts.

These fruit spreads are made with concentrated fruit extracts, splenda, and natural flavors, but no calorie, fat, carbs, gluten or sugars of any kind. I know there is controversy with splenda, but at least it’s not aspartame! Where do you stand with splenda?

There was a variety of fruit spreads to choose from, including strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and apricot, and orange, but when I saw Apple Butter, I just couldn’t resist. Obviously since it was a fruit spread it didn’t have the rich creamy taste of REAL apple butter, but it did had a great cinnamon apple flavor.

The best part was that you can use this one ingredient to spice up any meal! Here were a few recipes I used with my Walden Farms apple butter:

- Spread on toast  or a biscuit with small amount of butter

- Mixed with low fat yogurt, a small amount of honey, and Fiber One Cereal

- Combine with oatmeal, almond milk, raisins, and chopped up apples and a little bit of cinnamon

- Mixed in with frozen yogurt

- Swirl it into some fat free cottage cheese, raisins, sprinkled with Grapenuts Cereal

- Mixed with fat free cool whip and spread on a rice cake… tasted just like apple pie for only 50 calories!

Here is a pic of one of the many yummy recipes I made durning my afternoon snack