Rooibos Tea

We were introduced to Rooibos tea just last week.  I have seen Rooibos in cosway's catalogues many years ago. when my hub told me that he wanted to try this tea for health purpose, I quickly told him that he could buy it at Cosway.  I am not a Cosway's member but my colleague is, we bought a box of this new product Nn Green Rooibos tea.  20 sachets of 12g each in a box cost RM19+ for members.  

For its benefits, you could read about it here as well.  The taste of the Rooibos tea is just like the ordinary Chinese tea which is just nice.

Greenmax Golden Germ Vegetables Flavors E

Bought a box of Greenmax Golden Germ Vegetables Flavors E, yet another Greenmax produced flavored & health soup mix.

If you like the savoury soup from Heinz or Campbell, bet you will like this one too. I reckon that besides having it on its own, we can also prepare it as one of the dish (soup) for our meals. If your are the adventurous type, you may want to treat this as soup base, simply add on other vegetable of your choice.

The ingredients are more or less like the rest of Greenmax savoury drink/soup. This one consists of : Yam, Tomato, Pumpkin Seeds, Green Tea, Job's Tear, Wild Rice, Flat Red Bean, Black Bean, Black Sesame, White Sesame, Wheat Germ, Oat, Buck Wheat, Wheat (Cereals containing Gluten), Sea Weed, Pea, Carrot, Cabbage, Celery, and Sea Salt.

It provides Vitamins B1, B2, B12, B6, C & E, niacin, Folic Acid, Calcium Phosphorous & iron and it is Trans Fat Free. No mention of whether the ingredients are organic, so I guess it is not.

No cooking is needed, simply pour boiling water, stir and let it stands for 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Marigold 0% fat strawberry yogurt drink

I bought a bottle of Marigold 0% fat Strawberry Yogurt Drink this evening. My daughter must have attracted to the cute packaging of the 250ml container in the chiller at the 7-Eleven outlet. Honestly I like the design and the cute handy container too.

I usually make my own yogurt at home but my daughters do not like its sourly taste, since she picked this one I thought it would be nice for her to drink some yogurt.

It says on the packaging that it contains live and active cultures, 0% cholesterol, calcium and fruit juice. It is a delicious fermented milk drink specially created to assist the everyday well being of you and your family.

Packed with the goodness of of Live And Active Cultures and blended together with the taste of fruit juice. It is a delicious and convenient way to get your daily boost of Live And Active Cultures.

The ingredients are water, sugar, milk solids, strawberry concentrate, calcium, and Live Cultures namely, Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Lactobacillus acidophilus & Streptococcus thermophilus. Contains permitted food conditioners, flavouring and colouring.

Nutritional information for the 250ml container as stated are:

• Energy : 118kcal (493kj)
• Protein : 1.8g
• Total Fat : 0g
• Cholesterol : 0mg
• Carbohydrate : 25.8g
• Total sugars : 24.8g
• Dietary Fiber : 1.8g
• Sodium : 155mg
• Calcium : 168mg

My daughter took a few sips and said she doesn't like it probably because it was not chilled, it should be kept refrigerated below 7 degree C. I drank some and left the rest in the fridge . Hope she will drink it when it is cold.

It suppose to be a healthy drink but I find the taste of this drink is a bit artificial, glad that it is light pink in colour and not dark pink like the packaging. It is sold at RM2.80 per container at 7-Eleven.