Peanuts start growing as a ground flower that, due to its heavy weight, bends towards the ground and eventually burrows underground where the peanut matures.

The veined brown shell or pod of the peanut contains two or three peanut kernels. Each oval-shaped kernel or seed is comprised of two off-white lobes that are covered by a brownish-red skin.

The hard outer shell of the peanut acts as a protective layer keeping the nut safe from scarring in the handling process and also keeping intact the valuable nutrients that are often damaged when exposed to light.

Peanuts and peanut butter contain high quality plant protein. When comparing peanuts to similar foods, peanuts have more protein than any other legume or nut. This is especially important for children, vegetarians and those who enjoy meatless meals.

Peanuts and peanut butter contain mostly beneficial monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. These fats, as compared to saturated fats, have been shown to help lower blood cholesterol levels. Lowering your blood cholesterol level may reduce your risk of coronary heart disease.

One small handful of peanuts contains 2 big grams of fiber. This is 9% of the fiber you need each day

One small handful of peanuts provide 16% of your daily need of vitamin E. Vitamin E has been shown to act as an antioxidant which may reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.

Peanuts are an important source of essential minerals such as magnesium, copper, phosphorus, potassium and zinc. Some of these “hard to find” minerals such as copper and magnesium may protect against coronary heart disease.

B vitamins such as folate can help prevent birth defects. They also reduce the level of homocysteine in the blood (a known heart disease risk factor). Peanuts are a good source of folate.

Phytochemicals are natural substances in plants which may provide a wide range of health benefits such as reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. Peanuts contain resveratrol which is one of the many phytochemicals found in plant foods.

Usage:  Enjoy as a snack or sprinkle on salads. Peanuts give a distinctive peanut flavour to cooked and baked dishes.

Vegetarian Burger Mix is a quick and easy mix that makes great vegan burgers; plus it can be browned and substituted for ground beef in many recipes.

Preparation:  Add equal weights of mixture in a bowl and allow to stand for 10 to 15 minutes.  Shape into balls and flatten to make patty shapes. 

Cook in frying pan with a little bit of a Nature’s Choice superior oil that is heat stable (e.g. Grapeseed Oil, Coconut Oil or Sesame Oil) for 5 to 10 minutes at moderate heat.  Spices or garnish may also be added and mixed in before cooking.

Ingredients:  Extruded soy meal, wheat gluten, wheat flour, starch, spices, flavouring, fructose and natural colouring.

Usage:  Seasoned to have a “beef-like” taste, this mix can be used in family favorites like homemade burgers, spaghetti with “meat” sauce

Nature’s Choice Ultimate Soup & Stew Mixes are convenient and will turn any average soup into a gourmet treat.

Nature’s Choice Ultimate Soup & Stew Mixes include the kind of ingredients that granny loved to add to her soups. Granny knew, by instinct, that these great ingredients belonged in any soup or stew.

Nature’s Choice Ultimate Soup & Stew Mixes add taste, fiber, and essential nutrients to your favorite soup or stew.

Nature’s Choice Ultimate Soup & Stew Mixes will help to warm and to nourish, will more than satisfy hungry tummies, and will do wonders to boost the immune system against the winter chill.

Nature’s Choice Ultimate Soup & Stew Mix includes sundried tomato pieces and vegetable stock – both of which are not included in our Superior Soup Mix.

Ingredients:

Split peas (rich in fibre / protein / thiamine (B1) / pantothenic acid (B5) / folate (B9) / Iron

Pearled barley (rich in fibre / protein / Vit B1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 / iron / calcium / zinc / phospherous

Red lentils (rich in fibre / protein / thiamine (B1) / folate (B9) / iron

Spelt grain (rich in fibre / protein / vitamins / minerals / tolerable gluten

Whole wheat pasta (rich in fibre and many good-for-you components)

Sundried Tomato (rich in fibre / vitamins A and C / calcium / iron

Vegetable stock (full of wonderful flavours)

Preparation: Add this mix to your favorite soup or stew ingredients, with sufficient water for desired thickness, and simmer for at least 1 hour.

Nature’s Choice Superior Soup & Stew Mixes are convenient and will turn any average soup into a gourmet treat.

Nature’s Choice Superior Soup & Stew Mixes include the kind of ingredients that granny loved to add to her soups. Granny knew, by instinct, that these great ingredients belonged in any soup or stew.

Nature’s Choice Superior Soup & Stew Mixes add taste, fiber, and essential nutrients to your favorite soup or stew.

Nature’s Choice Superior Soup & Stew Mixes will help to warm and to nourish, will more than satisfy hungry tummies, and will do wonders to boost the immune system against the winter chill.

Nature’s Choice Superior Soup Mix includes sundried tomato pieces and vegetable stock – both of which are not included in our Superior Soup Mix.

Ingredients:

Split peas (rich in fibre / protein / thiamine (B1) / pantothenic acid (B5) / folate (B9) / Iron

Pearled barley (rich in fibre / protein / Vit B1, 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 / iron / calcium / zinc / phospherous

Red lentils (rich in fibre / protein / thiamine (B1) / folate (B9) / iron

Whole wheat pasta (rich in fibre and many good-for-you components)

Preparation: Add this mix to your favorite soup or stew ingredients, with sufficient water for desired thickness, and simmer for at least 1 hour.

Ingredients:  Agave Nectar, Carob powder, Natural vanilla seeds, Filtered Water

Usage:  Sticky Choccy Sauce is the ultimate in guilt-free decadence because it is a low GI, fat-free, sucrose-free sauce.

Can be used as a dessert sauce

Create your own chocolate shakes and smoothies

Use in baking cakes, tarts and bars

Drizzle over chopped tropical fruits for a calorie free desert treat – especially good with raspberries

The “fat” source is spray dried palm oil which may be more acceptable to some than vegetable fat.

A great tasting cholesterol free and lactose free powerhouse of nutrition, vitamins and other good-for-you ingredients. SoyLicious Milk delivers soy’s health benefits in a deliciously rich and creamy non-dairy beverage. It has as much calcium as dairy milk, and is a good source of iron, phosphorous and potassium.

SoyLicious Milk is rich in isoflavones, which are the naturally occurring plant compounds in soy that have been shown in studies to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, menopausal symptoms, and certain types of cancers.

With disease in animals on the increase, and because almost all commercially available milk is homogenized (a process that reduces the size of the fat particle in milk to such an extent that it can pass through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream), more and more discerning consumers are looking for tasty alternatives.

High in Calcium

Lactose Free

Cholesterol Free

Sucrose Free

GM Free

Gluten Free

Preservative Free

Usage:  Use as a healthier alternative to cows milk in coffee and tea.

Use as a milk alternative in recipes when baking and cooking.

Makes delicious shakes and smoothies when combined with fresh fruit.

To add to breakfast cereals and porridges.

Enjoy as is for a nutritious beverage.

Ingredients

Soy Protein, Spray Dried Palm Oil, Fructose, Maltodextrin, Stabilizer (CMC E461), Natural Flavour, Sea Salt

Mixing

For best results SoyLicious should be mixed in a blender

Lactose Free / Sucrose Free

Ingredients:  Unsalted brown rice cakes, Vegetable Fats, Carob Powder, Lecithin, Emulsifier, Natural Orange flavouring and Fructose

Usage:  Ideal for home, office and school snacks

It’s quick and easy to prepare – just add boiling water.

It is well known that excess sugar and saturated fat restrict the ability of the immune system to protect the body against infection. Instant Sorghum Cereal provides a balanced protein to fat ratio and is sweetened with fructose rather than sugar.  

Sorghum is an alkaline grain. The use of this product will result in a slow but steady release of sugar into the bloodstream. This will keep your energy levels constant throughout the morning and will prevent tiredness and light-headed feelings.

Sucrose free, dairy free and made from the whole sorghum grain.

Ingredients:  Cooked whole sorghum, fructose, soy milk, salt, citric acid

Usage:  For a porridge/cereal, simply add boiling water and mix to the consistency you prefer. Makes a great breakfast.

For extra fiber and energy, add a tablespoonful of the following Nature’s Choice products:

Miracles Plus Plus

Goji Berries

Pumpkin seeds

Quick and easy to prepare – just add boiling water.

Maize is a reasonably balanced, nutritious way of giving your day a kick-start.  It is loaded with carbohydrates, protein, fibre, the B vitamins niacin, thiamin and riboflavin, and minerals potassium, magnesium and iron, and it contains very little fat and almost zero sodium.

This unique product is not just a low-fat, zero-cholesterol meal, but is also good for healthy body cells, for the metabolism, for good kidney, muscle and heart function, for healthy bones and nerves, and to combat fatigue and high blood pressure.

Gluten-free, Sucrose free, dairy free and made from whole maize.

Ingredients:  Cooked whole maize, fructose, vegetable oil, phosphate, salt

Usage:  Simply add boiling water and mix to the consistency you prefer and use at breakfast or at any other time in the day

For an added fiber and energy boost, add a tablespoonful of the following Nature’s Choice products:

Miracles Plus Plus

Goji Berries

Pumpkin seeds

Agave Nectar & Crystals contains minerals such as Iron, Calcuim, Potassuim and Magnesuim.

It’s composition is 95% Oligofructose and 5% Sucrose/Glucose, but this fructose is in its natural form (unlike high fructose corn syrup).

Agave Nectar & Crystals contains no harmful toxins such as sulphur dioxide or hydrochloric acid and is processed below 60 degrees C to protect the natural plant enzymes and pure flavour and is therefore raw. 

Due to the low G.I. value, Agave Nectar & Crystals is safe for use as a sugar substitute by Diabetics and by persons with other related illnesses.

Agave Nectar will not crystallize, is high and stable in composition, and is easy to store due to it’s long shelf life (approximately two years). 

Agave Nectar & Crystals is a moisture retainer and enhances product freshness in bread and baked goods due to it’s hygroscopic properties which act as humidifying agents, thus increasing the shelf life of such products.

Usage:  Agave Nectar & Crystals is “flavour neutral,” enhances but does not alter the natural flavours of coffee, tea, fruit beverages, baked goods, fresh fruits, fruit smoothies and protein drinks, salad dressings, jams and jellies, ice-cream, yoghurts, sugar-free sweets and cold drinks, and various other pre-prepared foods. This is in marked contrast to bee honey, syrup and other natural sugar substitutes. All of which alter the flavour of the products they sweeten.