Litehouse Dips: Product Review

Like many parents, I am always looking for ways to get more veggies into my kids. Neither of my kids are vegetable lovers, and they are extremely fickle. One day the one vegetable they are willing to eat and the next they scream at the sight of it. It can be a wee bit frustrating!

Salad is almost always a hard sell. They have each gone through brief periods of enjoying specific types of salad, but generally, plain raw veggies are the safest bet. So when Litehouse asked me to review their products, the first thing I went for was one of their dips.

I choose the light ranch variety and presented it to the girls with a plate of their favorite raw veggies (which right now is baby carrots, sweet peppers and celery).

Little A informed me that she doesn't like dip, and refused to even try it. Sigh! Big A was happy to sample and even happier with the product. She gave it a 12 out of 10 and proceeded to gobble down a record amount of veggies. Raw veggies and the dip has now become a daily routine for her, either as an after school snack, or part of dinner. She even packed veggies and dip for her day long track meet last week. Wow, I am loving this!

My only complaint with the product is that it contains caraggeenan as a thickener, and stuff like maltodextrin, etc. A lot of people avoid caraggeenan because it is believed to contribute to gut inflammation. They seem to all contain some sugar, but compared to many commercially made dressings and dips, its much lower down on the ingredient list, at least.

Litehouse also makes a wide variety of salad dressings, and seasonings. If you want to avoid caraggeenan, their vinaigrettes and organic dressings are free of it, and could be used as a dip alternative.

So from a taste perspective the dip gets top marks. From a nutrition perspective, its not perfect, so if you are concerned with minimizing your intake of additives, maybe stick with Litehouse dressings over the dips.

Disclosure: The company sent us complimentary samples of the product but all opinions on the blog are our own.

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