I have not eaten these flavors, but I have snacked on the mango jerky from this brand. It was good; tart and sweet but not cloyingly so. Definitely tasted more authentic than the dried mango where each piece is dusted in sugar.
@wplumleyz I’m in the office today and we have the mango jerky in the break room. I’m eating one now. It looks like the fruit is cut into very small tidbits and then compressed. You can see the variation in darker and light bits. It isn’t wet when touched, so I assume it goes through some sort of drying. Maybe the compression squeezes moisture out as well. Not as “snappy” to eat as a fruit leather.
@troy thought it might be an error.
Though if you want to toss in those two extra boxes that were listed at the time I ordered, I certainly won’t say no…
Hoping these are as good as the mango variety I’ve tried before.
@Lynnerizer No, they are not. They are soft and chewy. Ironically, I just bought some a few days ago at Whole Foods. I got the Pineapple/Coconut. It was very good. I suspect they will outlive their best by date a good while also.
I assume it’s 36+36 for the two flavor packs and not 48+48, right?
What’s Included?
24x Banana with Pecans + 24x Pineapple Coconut Cacao + 24x Pineapple Chili & Salt
OR
48x Banana with Pecans + 48x Pineapple Coconut Cacao
OR
48x Banana with Pecans + 48x Pineapple Chili & Salt
OR
72x Banana with Pecans
OR
72x Pineapple Coconut Cacao
@phendrick@troy@tsigley Nope the number would have gone in the wrong direction. 48 in base 7 is 66. 24 in base 7 is 33. You’d only get 18 in base 7. How did I learn base 7? My cousin’s family engraved all combination lock combinations on the locks in base 7. And so, of course, I had to learn how to do it too, because, well, kid competition and I wanted to open the ones in use.
have had these, well not these flavors. they are pretty dang good and i’m not typically a big fruit eater. also great snacks for toddlers. in for a variety pack!
What’s the deal with Vegan / Vegetarians? Why are they always trying to make their food taste like meat? I never try to make my meat taste like a vegetable or fruit.
@hchavers There are lots of vegans out there who think meat is delicious, but don’t eat it for ethical reasons.
If you miss eating meat but choose to abstain for ethical reasons, that displays a moral fortitude worthy of respect, in my opinion.
@hchavers If I had or chose to give up fun cars, I’d try to make my boring car fun. But why try to make a fun car boring when you can just go out and get a real boring car?
@hchavers Most people do actually try to make their meat taste like a variety of plants, for example pepper, rosemary, parsley, basil, cayenne, cumin, curry powder, mustard, garlic, onion, sage, thyme, hickory…
Maybe you’re an exception.
Anyone with NAFLD or disposed to NAFLD should avoid these and all dried fruits like the plague. Read the nutrition label. While they may be tasty for a person without liver disease, they are concentrated fruit sugars. Just sayin…
@Jackinga Is that any different than if you ate the banana, pineapple, coconut, etc? I’m not sure these are dried or dehydrated anyway. When you look at the images, they look moist inside the plastic wrapper. Could just be the light reflecting off the plastic though.
I don’t see anything in the writeup saying they are dried. In fact, it says, “fruit picked at its peak and compressed to seal in maximum flavor” so it’s compressed, not dried (in my opinion).
@cengland0 These are called “fruit jerky” so, of course the ingredients have been dehydrated and made into a fruit paste in order to be extruded, or “compressed” if you will, and cut into a bar shape for packaging.
How else could you get half a pineapple into that small package? Water must be removed. In other words, it is dried or dehydrated, if you prefer.
@warpedrotors Not sure about margaritas, but I’ve seen trendy Bloody Marys with smoked jerkey used as stir-sticks (why use celery when you can have some meat in your drink?)
But if you don’t want the meat, you could use these as stir-sticks. Or both so you’d get a balanced meal of meat, fruit, vegetables, and the 4th food group, alcohol!
@miniskunk The problem I have with that ingredient is tha5t they aren’t being anywhere near specific enought; there are a great many varieties of “chili pepper” with wildly varying flavors and levels (or lack) of heat. Ancho? Arbol? Guajillo? Ghost? Piquin? Without that critical datum, I have no idea what to expect.
The banana and pecans are pretty nice. You really can’t mess up with just two ingredients and sun-drying (unless you didn’t seal them properly).
The coconut-pineapple one is pretty good too, except the cacao really has a strong coffee taste.
Specs
Product: 72-Pack: Solely Organic Fruit Jerky
Model:
Condition: New
What’s Included?
OR
OR
OR
OR
Price Comparison
$119.94 for 72 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Aug 14 - Wednesday, Aug 16
Where’s the beef?
/giphy where’s the beef
Obviously I just bought this, but now it occurs to me to ask: expiration dates?
/giphy radical-monstrous-wool
@mossygreen If you have to ask, you shouldn’t be buying food products at Meh…
@mossygreen My bad! They’ve been added
I was wondering if the 90-day warranty was all we were gonna get. I can vouch for the pineapple coconut cacao flavor!
@troy Oooh, not next week! Or last week!
@mossygreen @troy At this rate, if Meh offers Halloween candy this October, it might actually be for THIS Halloween!
/giphy I’m shocked.
@mossygreen @troy Don’t know if that giphy is apt, but it IS interesting, so will leave it.
I haven’t posted an order number in a while, but this one might be… interesting:
/giphy wild-lacy-oil
/image wild-lacy-oil
@shahnm Um… nope.
@shahnm
I saw that movie.
Do wrinkly, dried up, chopped up bananas work for scale?
@Kidsandliz They do for old men…
I have not eaten these flavors, but I have snacked on the mango jerky from this brand. It was good; tart and sweet but not cloyingly so. Definitely tasted more authentic than the dried mango where each piece is dusted in sugar.
@wplumleyz I’m in the office today and we have the mango jerky in the break room. I’m eating one now. It looks like the fruit is cut into very small tidbits and then compressed. You can see the variation in darker and light bits. It isn’t wet when touched, so I assume it goes through some sort of drying. Maybe the compression squeezes moisture out as well. Not as “snappy” to eat as a fruit leather.
Are those middle combos really 48 + 48? Or is that supposed to be 36 +36?
@Turken They are 36+36… thanks!
@troy @Turken
/image math is hard
@troy Dang and I only find out once I placed my order, went to bed, then read that it’s not 48 and 48 in the morning.
@troy thought it might be an error.
Though if you want to toss in those two extra boxes that were listed at the time I ordered, I certainly won’t say no…
Hoping these are as good as the mango variety I’ve tried before.
@cengland0 @troy if you wouldn’t have otherwise bought maybe meh will allow you to cancel since that was their mistake.
@cengland0 Yup feel free to cancel, if you wish!
@troy Thanks for the offer to cancel but after seeing the prices they go for on Amazon, I think I’m still getting a good deal and will keep my order.
Okay you got me, in for Banana with Pecans plus Pineapple with Chili & Salt.
/giphy clammy-quirky-church
So chunky thick fruit by the foot?
@Lynnerizer According to the images, it looks more like a bar.
@Lynnerizer No, they are not. They are soft and chewy. Ironically, I just bought some a few days ago at Whole Foods. I got the Pineapple/Coconut. It was very good. I suspect they will outlive their best by date a good while also.
@lseeber Thanks! I got the pineapple coconut w/cacao drizzle and the banana pecan. I’m looking forward to trying something new!
So, I don’t math right sometimes, but…
I assume it’s 36+36 for the two flavor packs and not 48+48, right?
What’s Included?
24x Banana with Pecans + 24x Pineapple Coconut Cacao + 24x Pineapple Chili & Salt
OR
48x Banana with Pecans + 48x Pineapple Coconut Cacao
OR
48x Banana with Pecans + 48x Pineapple Chili & Salt
OR
72x Banana with Pecans
OR
72x Pineapple Coconut Cacao
@tsigley Yep, it’s 36+36. Sometimes I don’t math right either
@troy @tsigley You should have claimed you mysteriously were moved to slip into the arcane base seven for those middle ones.
@phendrick @troy @tsigley Nope the number would have gone in the wrong direction. 48 in base 7 is 66. 24 in base 7 is 33. You’d only get 18 in base 7. How did I learn base 7? My cousin’s family engraved all combination lock combinations on the locks in base 7. And so, of course, I had to learn how to do it too, because, well, kid competition and I wanted to open the ones in use.
@Kidsandliz @troy @tsigley
You misunderstood my intent. I was saying that the 48 could be taken as being in base seven, evaluating to 36 in decimal.
@Kidsandliz @phendrick @troy @tsigley And decimal 54 is 42 in base 13, a factoid that earned a bit of a rant from Douglas Adams.
have had these, well not these flavors. they are pretty dang good and i’m not typically a big fruit eater. also great snacks for toddlers. in for a variety pack!
What’s the deal with Vegan / Vegetarians? Why are they always trying to make their food taste like meat? I never try to make my meat taste like a vegetable or fruit.
@hchavers Pretty sure these are not intended to taste like meat, they’re just called “jerky” because of the texture.
@hchavers First plant-based meat… now plant-based fruit… where will it end??
@hchavers There are lots of vegans out there who think meat is delicious, but don’t eat it for ethical reasons.
If you miss eating meat but choose to abstain for ethical reasons, that displays a moral fortitude worthy of respect, in my opinion.
@hchavers Oh man, wait till you hear about coconut milk.
@Limewater
That’s the category I’m in. I can eat meat but I choose not to because I don’t want to have an animal killed when I could have eaten a fruit instead.
@hchavers If I had or chose to give up fun cars, I’d try to make my boring car fun. But why try to make a fun car boring when you can just go out and get a real boring car?
@hchavers Most people do actually try to make their meat taste like a variety of plants, for example pepper, rosemary, parsley, basil, cayenne, cumin, curry powder, mustard, garlic, onion, sage, thyme, hickory…
Maybe you’re an exception.
I went for it!
/giphy wrecked-splendid-office
That’s the perfect giphy of me blindly going for it!
Anyone with NAFLD or disposed to NAFLD should avoid these and all dried fruits like the plague. Read the nutrition label. While they may be tasty for a person without liver disease, they are concentrated fruit sugars. Just sayin…
@Jackinga Is that any different than if you ate the banana, pineapple, coconut, etc? I’m not sure these are dried or dehydrated anyway. When you look at the images, they look moist inside the plastic wrapper. Could just be the light reflecting off the plastic though.
I don’t see anything in the writeup saying they are dried. In fact, it says, “fruit picked at its peak and compressed to seal in maximum flavor” so it’s compressed, not dried (in my opinion).
@cengland0 These are called “fruit jerky” so, of course the ingredients have been dehydrated and made into a fruit paste in order to be extruded, or “compressed” if you will, and cut into a bar shape for packaging.
How else could you get half a pineapple into that small package? Water must be removed. In other words, it is dried or dehydrated, if you prefer.
Soley Pineapple bar
It isn’t some mysterious process, but rather a typical example of a mass produced factory or industrial food.
Don’t be mislead by some fanciful drawing on a package of a fist squeezing fruit.
No sugar alcohols or weird sweeteners? In for a variety pack…
/giphy obedient-ashamedly-muscle
@kensey were there variety packs?
@kensey Possibly Jane Russell’s finest moment.
Organic fruit jerky?!? A blasphemy against all jerkykind
@chuckf1 Oops, I thought it said Orgasmic so I ordered some. Should have used my reading glasses. Oh well, probably will taste good anyway.
y’know,if you bundled these with the meat stix & a bidet, you might have something here.
@alacrity
/image Bill Murray I wanna party with you cowboy
I’m not eating no damn fruit jerky!
I’m in!
/giphy favorable-sulky-cheese
Crotch Pecans, that’s what makes them organic.
@pcolachiller Dems good size nuts, & not even a banana for scale.
@troy
Why does the pineapple-chili-salt list mango as the main ingredient on the back label?
@2many2no Good catch! We pulled these images from the MFR site… they clearly got it wrong! But I assure you… no Mango in this one
@2many2no @troy Too bad; I like dried mangos; wish that flavor were included as an option.
@phendrick Wish we had it as well! We bought everything that was offered to us… maybe we’ll see more in the future.
@phendrick @troy This sale reminded me I have a bunch of expired mango bars in the freezer. I should go find them. (Those were good, I would buy more.)
I saw these and thought “Oh, I hope I can get all Pineapple Chili.” But I can’t. Meh.
@Potatoboy That’s how the cookie crumbles when you’ve got 1/7th the amount of Pineapple Chili compared to the other two flavors
@troy I get it. I don’t like it, but I get it.
I feel like these actually could make margaritas. Now I don’t know if I can ever trust the margaritability ratings of any products here.
@warpedrotors Not sure about margaritas, but I’ve seen trendy Bloody Marys with smoked jerkey used as stir-sticks (why use celery when you can have some meat in your drink?)
But if you don’t want the meat, you could use these as stir-sticks. Or both so you’d get a balanced meal of meat, fruit, vegetables, and the 4th food group, alcohol!
/giphy pessimistic-shy-lager
/giphy convenient-incidental-brie
Any information about expiration?
@willl
Banana Pecan Best By 10/5/23-10/19/23
Pineapple Coconut Cacao Best By 11/17/23
Pineapple Chili Best By 12/23/23
No pineapple chili? I need to start checking earlier, all thr good stuff is always sold out by the time I get here.
/giphy learned-catty-lamp
Wait. Technically, as a lump of fruit fiber, this CAN be made into a margarita.
/giphy dog qow doq hi
/image dog qow doq hi
Fruit jerky sounds like a 1990s middle school put down.
/giphy comfortable-wounded-parrot
/showme abstracted-papery-badger
@mediocrebot It’s been a while. Badgers need respect too.
/youtube badger badger badger mushroom mushroom
/giphy emotional-dependent-vanilla
I am hungry and too lazy to make a sandwich!!
I was interested until I saw chili in one of the varieties.
Just no…
@miniskunk The problem I have with that ingredient is tha5t they aren’t being anywhere near specific enought; there are a great many varieties of “chili pepper” with wildly varying flavors and levels (or lack) of heat. Ancho? Arbol? Guajillo? Ghost? Piquin? Without that critical datum, I have no idea what to expect.
/buy
@jmrobinett Sorry, this deal contains 5 unique items and I’m not sure which one you want. You can review how to pick one, or just try ordering from the checkout page.
Got these and like them a lot… willing to trade my 23 Pineapple Chili Salt for Banana if anyone is interested
These are fantastic.
Worst thirty dollars I have ever spent, disgusting taste
@undertyme All of them? I’m not much a fan of the Chili variety, but Banana is my #1 (I like ripe bananas with spots), and Pineapple Chocolate #2
The banana and pecans are pretty nice. You really can’t mess up with just two ingredients and sun-drying (unless you didn’t seal them properly).
The coconut-pineapple one is pretty good too, except the cacao really has a strong coffee taste.
Am I the only person still waiting for their order to ship?
@willl Nope, I am too.
Meh, where are my snacks? I can’t eat this $5 off coupon you gave me.
@nardopolo I didn’t even see the $5 coupon – thanks! At this rate, they’ll be SO MUCH closer to their October expiration date…