Review: Dole Live Right Healthy Snacks & GIVEAWAY [Closed]

Not too long ago, I was kindly invited to attend a small get together to find out about the new Dole Live Right range of healthy snacks which has recently launched in the UK. If you’ve seen my Weekly Eats posts, then you’ll know that I eat five times a day, (sometimes six!) and I love to snack, so I was excited to find out more. Attending the event were fellow foodie & healthy bloggers and TV nutritionist Amanda Hamilton who gave her take on where we often go wrong when it comes to eating and snacking. She has also recently launched a book, “Eat, Fast, Slim” and we had a good old natter about that too.

On arrival, I was handed a glass of prosecco and encouraged to dig in to the snacks that were laid out for us. I did not need telling twice! Making sure I had at least one several bites of each snack, I told myself that I couldn’t give an honest review to you guys if I hadn’t thoroughly tested the snacks! After getting to know Amanda and the other bloggers, we talked about the common pitfalls in dieting and snacking, especially when living a busy lifestyle. For example, not drinking enough water, snacking on unhealthy foods and eating at our desks or infront of the telly. Something we found we’ve all been guilty of!

The Dole Live Right range is made up mainly of fruit, nuts and seeds and is 100% natural. The range is low in saturated fat and helps to reduce cholesterol.They are crunchy, chewy and sweet and honestly taste really nice. The snacks come in bars (Dole Live Right Trio Bars) and ‘bites’ which come in portion sized packets (Dole Live Right Mini Crunch). The Trio Bars and Mini Crunch both come in Cranberry, Strawberry and Blueberry flavours and are perfect for keeping in your bag for when you’re on the go. You can also get bigger packets of the bites (Dole Live Right Crunch) and rice sticks (Dole Live Right Stix). The Dole Live Right Crunch comes in Cranberry, Pomegranate, Almond and Cashew flavours- the cashew is my favourite! The Stix are made up of almonds, toasted sweet rice, sesame seeds, dried fruit and a little natural rice syrup and comes in Mango and Strawberry, Cranberry and Blueberry and Cinnamon Cranberry flavours. Be careful with the bigger packets of the Stix and Crunch though, as it can be quite easy to finish the whole thing when it is actually 2 servings!

I honestly really enjoyed the snacks and was happy when we were given goody bags with some to take home. I shared the snacks with my housemates and work folk and they enjoyed them too. My least favourite were the Stix, simply because they were extra crunchy- I tried to eat them at work but I felt like the whole office could hear me crunching away! The only criticism I would give them is that they do contain sugar. But bear in mind that sugar is around the 5th ingredient, whereas a chocolate bar or a packet of sweets will have sugar as the first ingredient most of the time. If you are trying to be very healthy, then reach for a piece of fruit or a handful of nuts as a snack. If you don’t care about being healthy, then you’ll probably grab a chocolate bar. If you’re somewhere in between and want to be healthy but don’t quite like the taste of raw nuts and seeds, then the Dole Live Right will be perfect for you. Although I am trying to be very healthy, I do occasionally reach for Nakd bars and now I’ll be reaching for the Dole Live Right snacks sometimes too. I have great news too, you can win a bunch of goodies from the Dole Live Right Team!

All you have to do is fill in the form below to be in with a chance of winning. I’m sorry, but this giveaway is open to UK residents only. Please only enter if you consent to me passing on your details to the Dole Live Right team so that they can send the goodies directly to you. Good luck and enjoy!!

This giveaway is now closed.