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Nature’s Path Organic Gingerbread Love Crunch

By Allison Burch, December 10, 2012  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Allison Burch

At Whole Foods Market®, we love sharing good food and drink. Whether it’s peak-of-the-season fruit, a team member creation from our bakery, or a new grocery discovery, we love celebrating great flavors and products. But we don’t just want to tell you about it; we want you to enjoy it too, which is why we’re giving it away!  Read on to find out how you could win some free stuff. UPDATE: Thanks to everyone that entered. Congratulations to our randomly chosen winner, Lisa P. from North Carolina! 

Run, run as fast as you can to catch the new Gingerbread Love Crunch premium organic granola from Nature’s Path. It’s only available during the holidays and Whole Foods Market® is the only place that’s got it.

This limited-edition flavor certainly celebrates the holidays. Gingerbread Love Crunch is packed with a spicy pop in each bite with savory hints of molasses, ginger, cinnamon and cloves that echo the taste of the classic gingersnap cookie.

Like all Nature’s Path products, Gingerbread Love Crunch is organic, which means it doesn’t contain artificial preservatives, synthetic pesticides or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). In fact, all Love Crunch Granolas bear the Non-GMO Project Verified Seal, which helps shoppers recognize products that meet rigorous GMO avoidance practices.

And there’s even more to love about this amazing organic granola. As part of Nature’s Path’s Bite4Bite initiative, for each bag of Gingerbread Love Crunch sold, the equivalent will be donated in cereal or cash (up to $1 million) to food banks.

This is also the first Nature’s Path Fair Trade Certified product, which directly helps improve the lives of farmers and their families in developing countries by enforcing the highest standards of environmentally and socially responsible farming and processing methods. Fair Trade Certified products are sold at a fair price plus a premium, which must be used toward benefiting the local community in projects such as building schools, health care services, bringing water and electricity to villages and assistance with achieving organic certification for farmers. This enables farmers to practice environmentally sustainable farming methods (no harmful agrochemicals or genetically modified seeds), protecting their health and preserving valuable ecosystems.

To top it all off, Love Crunch Granola comes in innovative Eco-Pacs; bags designed to reduce packaging waste.

There certainly is a lot to love about Nature’s Path Organic. You can hear more about this amazing vendor partner of ours -- their initiatives, company philosophy and the sweet inspiration for Love Crunch —  in this slideshow from last January.

Hurry! While the other Love Crunch flavors — Chocolate and Red Berries, Apple Crumble (green apples, pecans and cinnamon), Carrot Cake (carrots, raisins, yogurt, pecans and pineapple) and Aloha Blend (pineapple, coconut, and white chocolate chunks) — are delicious any time of year, the Gingerbread is only available through December.

If you could dream up a special granola flavor what would it be and what would be in it? Tell us in the comments below by Wednesday, December 19  and we’ll pick a lucky winner at random to receive a case of Nature’s Path Organic Gingerbread Love Crunch.

So, what’s your very special granola flavor idea?

The fine print: No purchase necessary. Promotion ends December 19, 2012, 11:59 PM CDT. Must be a legal resident of the US or Canada (except in Quebec, where it is void) age 18 or older to participate. Taxes on prize, if applicable, are the responsibility of the winner. Employees of Whole Foods Market, Inc., are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

 

Category: Contests, Grocery

 

1,710 Comments

Comments

Kimberly Bradish says ...
Love the flavor idea! How about a Peppermint Chocolate Covered Pretzel? Could be gluten free with gluten free pretzels!
12/14/2012 9:33:53 AM CST
Jennifer says ...
Cocoa Covered Cherry
12/14/2012 9:46:06 AM CST
Jennifer Maslowski says ...
Cranberry, cherry, blueberry, pecans, coconut.
12/14/2012 9:58:11 AM CST
Angel O'Neal says ...
Key lime pie flavor would me AaaMaZING!
12/14/2012 10:05:58 AM CST
Karin Fulton says ...
I love that you are supporting local food banks. They need all the help that they can get. Your cereal sounds great too !
12/14/2012 10:06:31 AM CST
Angelina Diaz says ...
My dream flavor would be cinnamon, ginger, raspberry, almonds, and cranberry mix granola!!! Because cranberry is healthy for urinary tract, raspberry as well is my favorite fruit, ginger and cinnamon would be benefical for the stomach and almonds also for energy, and who doesn't love granola!!!
12/14/2012 10:17:38 AM CST
bill lennon says ...
Another Xmas special would be something Red and green. I propose pomagranate (dried red balls) and Green apple or kiwi. thank you.
12/14/2012 10:17:53 AM CST
Margaret Hadam-Hay says ...
My family loves granola and to create something new -- hmm, it would need fruit for chewiness like apricots, dates, and something tart like a cranberry or currant. Definately would need to have coconut, not shredded, actual small dice of dried coconut, and nuts for added crunch - walnuts and hazelnuts are my favorite.
12/14/2012 10:51:46 AM CST
Barbra Tugman says ...
The special granola flavor I would dream up would be a tiramisu flavored granola with expresso flavored chunks, coffee flavor, custard flavor and lots of healthy items.
12/14/2012 11:01:24 AM CST
Martha Kasten says ...
I would LOVE to taste a granola flavored with all-natural peanut butter, maple syrup, cinnamon and crispy bacon. The combination of sweet with salty and a hit of spicy cinnamon would really wake up my tastebuds at breakfast and entice me for another treat when sprinkled over vanilla ice cream for dessert!
12/14/2012 11:02:57 AM CST
therese says ...
Banana Chips, mini dark chocolate malt balls and peanut butter granola!
12/14/2012 11:04:55 AM CST
Stepan says ...
Pine nuts, pecans, walnuts, sesame seeds, cranberries and honey flavour!
12/14/2012 11:11:12 AM CST
Halyna says ...
My special granola flavour would be: dry apricots and plums, almonds, walnuts and honey.
12/14/2012 11:14:01 AM CST
Dena* says ...
Love Crunch...What a Wonderful name. I can't wait to try it. There Is Nothing Greater Than Love!!!
12/14/2012 11:15:42 AM CST
Becky says ...
I would make a strawberry-rhubarb cobbler flavored granola. :)
12/14/2012 11:33:57 AM CST
Ashley says ...
Granola with toasty coconut flakes and buttery Marcona almonds would be delicious with a bowl of honey Greek yogurt!
12/14/2012 11:52:54 AM CST
Jennifer Rodriguez says ...
I'm in LOVE with chocolate red berries Love Crunch. The only way it could be better? Chocolate pretzel yogurt...YUM!!!
12/14/2012 12:20:30 PM CST
Jim Dewey says ...
Granola with a hint of banana and dark chocolate would be cool.
12/14/2012 12:22:29 PM CST
Dihya says ...
pumpkin pie/pumpkin spice! Or fig and almond....
12/14/2012 1:20:20 PM CST
Brigitte L says ...
Love Sarah's idea with the fireside granola and add some roasted spiced nuts
12/14/2012 1:37:15 PM CST
Heidi Jackskon says ...
Coconut Trail Mix: Coconut, chocolate chucks, raisins, granola, mixed nuts
12/14/2012 2:39:32 PM CST
Joan Tuttle says ...
I cannot get to Whole Foods as often as I would like as I live in Battle Creek, MI but I know I would love this Love Crunch flavor as well as the Carrot Cake one. Next time I get to Whole Foods, I will definitely look for Love Crunch. Thanks.
12/14/2012 3:32:52 PM CST
Kathy D says ...
dark chocolate rasberry would be yummy!
12/14/2012 3:44:35 PM CST
Michael S says ...
mmm mmmm good
12/14/2012 3:55:16 PM CST
Cindy says ...
peannut butter, banana and chocolate!
12/14/2012 3:57:54 PM CST

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