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Green Monkey™ Summer Newsletter
The Green Monkey team wishes you all a very happy New Year. 2009 has started with a hiss and a roar for us with Green Monkey now available in Australia, Hong Kong and we also have a big shipment that has just arrived in the USA and a very strong export lead in Dubai likely to bear fruit. Green Monkey will continue to appear in a greater range of NZ supermarkets this year as we further roll out our domestic distribution. Customers are really putting their foot down when it comes to product integrity and want to know where all their food comes from, this food safety need has been recently accentuated by some concerning large scale food scares. As you already know Green Monkey only ever uses NEW ZEALAND ingredients, to our knowledge we remain the only baby food brand in the world to do this. We provide honest baby food that you can trust with outstanding quality that we will never compromise. We have product traceability from paddock to pouch leaving nothing to chance when it comes to product integrity. So the good news is you will start to see Green Monkey pouches everywhere, if you struggle to find our products make sure you demand them.
Other news:
Green Monkey was announced the winner of three Massey University Food Awards at the end of October for our “Super Premium Organic Baby Food”. We won the AJ Park “Packaging Design Award”, FMCG “Meal Solution Award”, and the Crop and Food “Fruit and Vegetable Award”. A Huge thank you goes out to our entire team behind the adaptation of the existing frozen baby food to the innovative shelf stable pouch which is continually gaining recognition for its innovation and slick product design. We were honoured to get such recognition from NZ’s most prestigious food awards and delighted to promote the merits of organics in the more mainstream food sector.
The following month in November we were also announced winner of the OANZ Organics Aotearoa New Zealand “Enterprise Award”. So now it is not only our satisfied customers and babies who love Green Monkey, additionally our “born naturally in NZ” product is gaining greater respect in the wider food industry – long may this continue!
Prize Draw $255 worth of prizes - How to enter
In celebration of our recent scoop at the food awards we have $180 worth of baby food to give away to the lucky winner. Either keep the prize for yourself or share with your friends. To also add to your win, we have a generous gift voucher from the team at Yum Yum Kids www.yumyumkids.co.nz to the value of $75. Yum Yum Kids is New Zealand's only specialty online retailer of children's feeding products. They only carry items that they as parents have found to be both practical and of the highest quality to help make feeding your children a non-stressful, fun and healthy time for all the family. Proud stockiest of Green Monkey, Yum Yum Kids makes eating fun. For more information visit www.yumyumkids.co.nz . Enter code GREENMONKEY for $10 off your first purchase over $20.00
To Enter:
Email us with your name and contact details to friends@greenmonkey.co.nz with "Award Winning Green Monkey" In the subject line. One entry per person, but please pass on to anyone who likes to win. Entries close on February 20th 2009.
What some parents have to say about Green Monkey
“We just want to say a big thank you to you both! Your vegetable sachets have made such a difference in our house!! We first discovered your products at the Culverden Fete and since then have devoured hundreds of them. Mister nearly 4 will get them on everything and Miss 18 mths loves them and now has them on everything. So thanks:) Meal times were always a battle, but not any more”.
Kind regards
Deanne and Dean Holland
“Hi, we usually make our own organic food for baby, but tonight we used your green monkey with Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and Silverbeet. We wanted to let you know that our little girl LOVED it! She is a food eater anyway, but tonight she ate the whole amount where normally we have been giving her about half that amount. She was very keen on the food and kept opening her mouth for more!
So well done, and thank you”.
K Chapman
This delicious and naturally sweet combination is a perfect first food. Apple and Blueberry is a great option to add to toddlers cereals for breakfast, smoothies, or as a natural treat for the school lunch box. Ingredients: Organic Apple 95%, Organic Blueberry 5% = Total 100%
Cooling fruit smoothie
200ml Milk
100g Pouch of Apple and Blueberry
1 banana
5-6 ice-cubes
Blend!!!
Nutritional advice from Nikki
“Fluid Needs for Littlies – how to keep them hydrated in the summer”
There are many different types of fluids available for children to drink.
Children require approximately 4-6 glasses of fluid per day (1.0 – 1.5 litres). Physically active children need to be reminded to drink as thirst is not a good indicator – the easiest way to tell if your child is hydrated is to check the colour of their urine. It should be pale in colour and plentiful.
If your littlie does not drink enough fluid or loses as little as 3% of their body water then this can lead to exhaustion and dehydration. Early signs of dehydration include:
• Weakness
• Flushed skin
• Headache
• Nausea
Good old-fashioned water is always the best option but be aware that some bottled waters lack the fluoride necessary to protective growing teeth.
Milk is a great beverage because not only does it provide carbohydrate like fruit juice and cordials but it also provides energy, protein and calcium. Making fruit smoothies with frozen yoghurt and ice cubes can really provide a good source of nourishment as well as fluid.
Fruit juice can provide energy, carbohydrate and vitamin C however eating whole fruit does the same thing! Fruit juice should be diluted and limited to once a day as a beverage.
Adding lots of chilled fruit to the diet of a child in warm summer months can help increase their fluid intake. Most children love watermelon and this makes a great snack! In the winter caregivers need to ensure that their littlies fluid intake is also kept up – thin soup can be a sneaky way to get fluid in without filling up small tummies.
Soft drinks and cordials should be kept for special occasions and should not be included as a daily fluid. Sweetened drinks such as cordials, fruit juices and soft drink are often over-consumed by a littlie because they taste nice – this means that a small stomach can feel full and this does not allow for nutritious food to be consumed at meal and snack times.
Golden Rule: Food First, Drink Second!
Tea, coffee, cola and smart drinks are NOT suitable for children. The caffeine contained in these drinks inhibits iron absorption and may lead to anemia.
Make sure drinking fluids is made fun:
• Children need their own drink bottles,
• Make diluted fruit juice ice-cubes to jazz up water in a glass,
• Make diluted juice ice-blocks to suck on a hot summer’s day,
• Serve fruit platters as dessert,
• Have water breaks between games in the park or at sports,
• Try to set a good example by regularly drinking water yourself.
Please remember if you have any questions be sure to email us at info@greenmonkey.co.nz
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