We share dairy-free recipes, product reviews, news, recommendations and health guides to aide those with milk allergies, lactose intolerance or a general need or desire to live without dairy. He believes that the company’s unique product can teach the world how to enjoy coconut milk and coconut water in different forms and more importantly raise the awareness of what goodness that superfood coconut can offer. Current market offerings are all syrup solutions with artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives. With no preservatives, Cholesterol or trans fats, Smooze natural fruit ice lollies are certainly a worthy contender.

While these icy poles are mainly fruit juice, they still have added colours, flavours, thickeners and preservatives. Summer is almost upon us and it wouldn’t be an Aussie summer without sitting on the trampoline with an icy pole.Bromelain also has anti-inflammatory, anti-clotting and anti-cancer properties and studies have shown that regular consumption of pineapple may help with the symptoms of arthritis and indigestion. Ingredients: 50% pineapple juice, 38% coconut milk, 12% other ingredients (natural cane sugar, fruit pectin, taro gum, natural flavors, citric acid, ascorbic acid). It’s great that they have moved from artificial to natural sweeteners, colours and flavours (especially if you have allergies or intolerances to additives in your household). Of all the packaged supermarket icy poles, these are my pick (the original sticks, not the coconut pops). Furthermore coconut trees do not require any nasty pesticides or herbicides to thrive, so they are often naturally organic.

Smooze popsicles uses coconut water as its base and come in a variety of flavours, including, Calamansi, pink guava, Pine-passion (pineapple and passionfruit), and coconut each one sounding more delish and refreshing than the last. It is assuring to know that each flavour is made with REAL fruit juice and contains no artificial flavours or colours. Pineapple Smooze is quite distinct from the other Smooze varieties because it has an icy texture rather than creamy.Blending whole fruit for home made icy poles means you get all the fibre from the fruit too so the sugars are truly natural (in their natural form) and won’t contribute to your added sugar allowance. Due to the hot weather at this time of year, our strawberries will not last very long even when kept in a fridge. ounce ice treat): 60 calories, 2g fat, 11g carbs, 0g fiber, 11g sugars (includes 7g added sugars), 0g protein. A regular sized Proud and Punch icy pole will add 2 teaspoons towards your intake, but you are still getting some benefit (vitamins and minerals) from the fruit juices and a tiny bit of fibre from the puree. Smooze treats are made using ONLY natural plant-based ingredients, like coconut water, coconut flesh and real fruit juice, with no preservatives or artificial colours or flavours.