Hey there lovelies,
I am currently visiting my family in Sweden
for a few weeks so of course I had to use this opportunity and check out what
the supermarkets here have to offer in terms of health food products.
And yes I may have gone a little crazy and
bought just a touch too much. But hey you need to try everything once, right?
That’s what I kept telling myself as I was
putting more and more random ‘health’ foods into my shopping cart. From low
carb pasta to pre-workout drinks I grabbed everything that sounded remotely
interesting to me, and to be honest I was a little overwhelmed with how much
exists here. Coming from Switzerland where they are JUST starting to sell
almond milk in normal supermarkets this was a whole new world. My mum even
suggested I should move here just so I could eat all these things on a regular
basis, but I’m not too sure what things would look like if protein ice cream
was available to me on a daily basis.
So let me show you all the goodies I found.
Some of them I have already tasted others not at all yet. But if you are super
curious about a specific product I can write a little review about them after I
have tried them properly.
So this is all I got (on my first day here
may I add):
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Sugar free & low fat Quark
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Celsius Vitamin Drink
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Black Bean Pasta
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Soya Pasta
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Low Carb Pasta
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NOCCO BCAA Drink
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Frozen Mango
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Protein Ice Cream
-
Stevia Kexbar
The first thing I knew I wanted to try was
the sugar free & low fat quark. We have quark/curd cheese in Switzerland
but if it’s low fat & sugar free you can only have one without flavouring
while here they had loads of different flavours. I ended up going for
raspberry, peach & passion fruit, chocolate & nuts. Each of them have
0,2% fat and just under 3g of sugar per 100g. I’ve tried the peach &
passion fruit one before and already know it tastes delicious. Looking forward
to trying the other ones.
Next I got the Celsius Vitamin Drinks. You
can use these as a pre-workout or an energy kick as they have vitamins &
caffeine in them. I think that’s what most people use them for. I had tried one
or two of these before, but never had a whole can at once because I am quite
sensitive to caffeine and just don’t need this much. Each can has 4kcal and no
fat, carbs or protein just loads of vitamins & caffeine. I think I will
probably still only be drinking half a can at once before a workout.
Next I was walking down the pasta aisle
when I spotted something I was vaguely aware of but had never really seen
before which was bean pasta. They had two different kinds soya bean pasta and
black bean pasta, and as I mentioned before I just had to try, right? So I
grabbed one of each, of course. As if that wasn’t enough alternative pasta
products for one shopping trip I spotted something called Low Carb pasta, which
was basically pasta that had added soya & pea protein in them – they landed
in my shopping cart too.
As I was heading to the frozen foods part
of the shop my brother showed me the NOCCO BCAA Drinks and we thought meh why
not try it. It’s basically a pre-made BCAA amino acids drinks that you should
drink before/during a workout. Usually one buys BCAA powder and just mixes it
with water but here someone has done that for you and put it in a can. Making
life simple. We got a few different flavours just because we couldn’t decide,
plus he didn’t want to share with his older sister – typical.
Then I finally made it to the frozen foods
part, which is where I was looking for frozen mango. Yes, in Switzerland you
cannot buy frozen pieces of mango – I know it’s crazy. So I had to buy a pack
here. I’m so excited to make some delicious mango bases smoothie. FINALLY.
The next thing next to the frozen fruit was
ice cream, and yes I got a little distracted again. They had protein ice cream
– what what? I had to get one of every flavour: chocolate, salted caramel,
coconut and lime & aloe vera. I was not so keen on the aloe vera flavoured
one but hey it all ties back to the main theme of this post – I just had to
give it a try. I have tried the chocolate one already and I must say it tasted
wayyy better than I expected – quite delicious actually.
And just before heading to the check out I
got distracted one last time by the Stevia Kexbar. A chocolate & biscuit
bar sweetened with stevia. I just had to try. Quite excited for this one – I
must say.
And yes, don’t worry – that is all. For
now. Haha.
I hope you enjoyed reading this food haul,
it’s a bit of a different post. But I usually like reading haul posts so I
thought I would just GIVE IT A TRY myself.
Stay healthy & happy.
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