Are you looking for the convenience of packaged foods without all the nutritional loss or chemicals that comes with it?
The THRIVE food line provided through Shelf Reliance is essentially a freezer dried food preservation system that protects the nutrients in grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, and meats (all the basic food groups) without any added chemicals, additives or preservatives. Ingredients are flash frozen and then vacuum dried and finally sealed in moisture proof cans. Both dehydration and freeze drying remove the moisture from the food. Freeze drying gives the food an even longer shelf life than dehydration because it also preserves the cell structure and nutrients.
This method of preservation extends the shelf life of these basic foods, making it extremely convenient to have on hand to add to your everyday recipes without having to rush to the store for a missing ingredient. Most THRIVE products have an optimal sealed shelf life of 10-20 years (some are as high as 30+ years) and an opened shelf life of 6-18 months. When you replace the water, the foods regain their original fresh flavor, aroma, nutrients, texture and appearance.
The fruits are so versatile to throw in kid’s backpacks or diaper bags. Pure fruits with no added sugars or preservatives that can be taken on the go! The vegetables are great too as they are already cleaned and chopped for you, not to mention no waste of rotten fruits and vegetables at the bottom of your fridge. Saves time and money!
THRIVE fruits and vegetables can also be rehydrated and blended to create fabulous smoothies and baby foods that are all-natural, healthy, and bursting with flavor.
Tracy Babcock is an independent consultant with Shelf Reliance. Today she would like to offer a special giveaway to our readers! She is offering a #10 can of freeze dried blueberries (50 servings), a retail value of $36, to one of our readers. These blueberries are awesome to add to your favorite pancakes or muffins without the added liquid from its fresh state making the texture perfect!
To Enter:
1. Visit Shelf Reliance and check out the line of THRIVE freeze dried products. Select your favorite item and come back and tell us why you selected it in the comments below.
2. For a second optional entry, select the facebook ‘like’ button on Tracy’s home page, and then go to her ‘contact’ tab and send her an email saying you liked her page for an opportunity to win a #10 Can of Freeze Dried Mushrooms – Retail $20.50!
Shelf Reliance is having a special grand opening sale in celebration of their new store front in Utah. Most products on the website are 25% off until Monday, September 5th!
Giveaway Closed.
And the winner is…
Noelle – dnhounshell@c…
I would choose the blueberries – they would be easy to add to pancakes, muffins, oatmeal.
Too many to choose! But, since it is required, I think any of the frozen fruits would be great to have around! Now, that really narrows it down, doesn’t it? LOL.
I didn’t mean frozen, I just meant fruits. lol
Any berries. My husband loves berries.
Well it all looks amazing!! I think I would have to pick he freeze dried onions though! No more tears!!
I picked the mushrooms! YUMMY!
The blueberries would be wonderfully convenient for muffins, pancakes, etc.
I absolutely love adding dried fruit to my morning oatmeal, so a package of dried blueberries would be just what I need!
The freeze dried mangos would be awesome. Mangos are a pain to peel and it is almost impossible to find dried mangos with out sugar. The garden vegetable seeds is a great idea too!
I’d love to try their apple chips. I’m always on the look out for them!
Mangos are one of my favorite fruits, I would love to try them!
The shredded cheddar cheese sounds interesting. I wonder how it would taste? Thanks for the giveaway.
What an assortment! The freeze dried onions would come in handy for adding to casseroles and such.
I’d love to try to blueberries
Mangos are my favorite. Fresh fruit is hard to keep on hand year round and mangos are always a favorite treat around here!
blueberries and mangos sound good!
Our family is always on the go, we carry snacks with us all the time. Having dried fruit with us in the minivan would be awesome! the kids love fruit, and we are trying to eat healthier.
Wow! I’d sure like to try the blueberries as well as any other fruit or vegetable that contains only the fruit or vegetable! Now if they only used organic, … .
tough choice – blueberries, maybe the butter or some form of dessert for emergencies. : )
I like the fruits. They seems so versatile. Thanks for the opportunity.
any of the fruits. . . fun way to send fruit to school
the peanut butter fascinates me….the seeds would be wonderful too!
Wow! this is so cool. Love all the fruits. And I can imagine how handy the onions and celery would be as those I’m always running out of.
I’ll go with the blueberries! would love to win the giveaway because we bought a bunch while they were in season and froze them with the intention of using them throughout the year. but we’re almost out now! and our blueberry budget is maxed for the year, so i’d love to have some more!
Love the fruit , but would prob use the spinach for smoothies
I want to try the freeze dried mango!
Do I have to choose just one? My husband says he blueberries because they are yummy. I’d be very interested in trying the butter because it would be useful in our emergency pantry (for breadmaking, among other things). I think the spinach looks like an easy way to pack nutrition in to a variety of meals.
I love the fruits, but I think I’d most love the freeze dried chicken…how convenient!
Blueberries always on hand! Sounds great!
Definately blueberries, although I’d be happy with any of the fruits or veggies they all look great : )
Although I know I’d need to say veggies or something like that, honestly wouldn’t an emergency would be less dire with 10 # of fudge brownies?
Love the pineapple and raspberries… so yummy, and I have to mention the instant milk… and their whole dairy line really. Fabulous.
Definitely the fruits product! Healthy and tasty, too.
I love the apples! Apples are historically great for a quick energy boost and are loaded with fiber! And as the saying goes, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Yum, blueberries! They are my daughters’ favorite berries. I also like the shredded cheese canisters. Frozen shredded cheese at the store here is full of additives and includes potato starch, which I can’t eat due to arthritis. Great website!
Blueberries, blueberries, blueberries… Can you tell I have blueberries on the brain. Around here they seemed to be high priced this summer and I haven’t seemed to indulge in them at all, except for the odd local artisan bake goods or if other people have them around and where I use to grow up it was all about wild blueberries which I still dream about, where I live now it’s all about the Saskatoon berries, which I love, but just not the same. Everything else looks neat and I’m also on a raspberry kick or even blackberries. But I would have to go with blueberries.
I like the seeds too!
I had a hard time deciding, there are so many different things I could use. I think I just want those blueberries, so handy! I’ll definitely be going back to buy.
Teehee…I couldn’t help but notice the desserts…freeze dried icecream! Sounds interesting
But in practicality, the dried fruits all look wonderful. And I was intrigued by the entrees too. So interesting.
The vegetable seeds would be great to have – Always on the lookout for high quality ones, sometimes difficult to come by. Thanks!
I like the butter powder. It would be nice to have in our emergency supplies. I also like the fruits.
I love the garden Vegetable Seeds! I sometimes have difficulty finding good quality seeds to plant in my garden each year. I love the variety and that the seeds are so fresh!