Vitalicious
Vitalicious Overview
Rather than a diet plan, Vitalicious is a range of baked goods that are all low fat and 100 calories per serving.
The Vitalicious website contains comprehensive and extensive information on all its products but also provides sections for diet and exercise tips, links to health-related articles and video clips of shows that have featured the company.
The website is very easy to navigate, clearly labelled and professionally laid out. It has a cutely titled ‘Tastymonials’ section plus product and nutritional information and related recipes.
Vitalicious – Product Description
Vitalicious produces five products; VitaTops (i.e. muffin tops), VitaMuffins, VitaBrownies, VitaCake and VitaMix. The mix is particularly useful as it can be used to make regular muffins, cakes or even as a base to add a variety of healthy ingredients, as demonstrated on the recipes page.
Each product contains 100 calories, is low fat, high protein and fortified with vitamins and minerals (including calcium, niacin, folic acid, vitamins A, B, C and E). The muffins, tops and mixes come in a variety of flavours such as banana, corn, apple, bran and chocolate, the brownies in two chocolate varieties and the cake in chocolate. All products show the complete ingredient lists, which are 100% natural.
Although the products can be purchased online, the Vitalicious site provides a locator for finding a retailer in the consumer’s area. Buying from the site requires buying the products in bulk but since everything can be frozen, this should not be a problem, and actually saves the consumer money on shipping costs. Individually, the price per muffin works out to be in the range of $1.50-$1.75.
Vitalicious Advantage
- All products are 100 calories each
- The website provides health calculators and related articles
- The company has won several food industry awards
- The products are fortified with vitamins and minerals
- The products have received positive customer reviews
- The muffins and tops are able to be frozen
- The mixes can be used as the base for other recipes
- All the ingredients are listed
- The products have a 15-day money back guarantee
Vitalicious – Drawbacks
- The consumer could alternatively snack on 100 calories worth of fruits or vegetables
- The online store only sells the products in multiples
Vitalicious – The Bottom Line
Often the danger with low-fat products is that the sugar level is high but this is certainly not the case with Vitalicious. There is no reason why any dieter cannot enjoy this product as a healthy snack knowing that it is good for them, low in calories and most importantly, delicious.
Using the mixes as a base is an excellent idea as a variety of healthy ingredients can be added, making them even more nutritious than they are already.
