Monday, March 2, 2015

Natural Products Expo West: Out of Element Snacks



Leave it to the Italians to slap chocolate frosting on corn cakes. That’s what Element Snacks are—frosting on top, corn or rice cake on bottom. Kind of like a S’more. Without the cookie being good.



I’m not used to corn cakes. I’m not in favor of corn cakes because of Monsanto. That’s the great thing about Element Cakes being made in Italy. I guess Monsanto hasn’t corrupted the ecosystem in Europe. All the products are non-GMO, all natural and Gluten Free. There are traces of milk and soy in the products. Some of the flavors do utilize milk so perhaps the company uses the same manufacturing plant for their whole line. The milk content in the Milk Chocolate Rice Cakes and the Strawberry n Cream Rice Cakes were enough to cause a slight reaction in my mouth.

The corn cakes are actually more flavorful than Element’s rice cakes. Similar result though. Frosting is good, the bottom is not. The rice cakes were dry and like cardboard, everything that people don’t want to eat rice cakes. Each cake is approximately 80 calories and 5 grams of sugar.

It’s a novel idea to bathe rice cakes to mask that they’re not very tasty. I would have completely coated the cakes in frosting. And refined the cake recipe.

I wanted to be an advocate for the product. Dedicated to delivering Non GMO and Gluten free, all natural products, Element is where a company should be. 

I just wish the food tasted better.

At the Natural Products Expo West, you’ll find a slew of products that don’t compromise on taste. Those are the ones I want to load up on. And I will.

No comments:

Post a Comment