Florida Grapefruit

By Jen on February 4, 2009 12:34 PM | 19 Comments
Florida Grapefruit
 It’s a weekday morning and you’re in the kitchen pondering breakfast. What are the options? Cereal? Sure. Toasted bagel? Okay. Florida orange juice? Always. There are tons of options out there for a healthy breakfast, and our Go2Girlz panel of product testers recently had the pleasure of trying one of them: Florida grapefruit. According to Canada’s Food Guide, a half-grapefruit equals one full serving of fruit, which makes it an excellent way to start off your day. Some of our testers were surprised to receive fresh fruit in a box in the mail, but in the end every single... More »
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Vaseline Clinical Therapy

By Jen on December 8, 2008 10:43 PM | 41 Comments
Vaseline Clinical Therapy
The Go2Girlz have been busy in the lead-up to this year’s Holiday Season, and we’re thrilled to bring you the latest from their product testing efforts. As you know, we never endorse a product until it has been tested and approved by our panel of expert testers – moms like us! This time, our panel of experts tested New Vaseline® Clinical Therapy™ lotion. New Vaseline® Clinical Therapy™ is an advanced formula clinically proven to moisturize severely dry skin. Most moms know that healthy skin will naturally repair itself.  But extremely dry skin becomes chapped, flaky, red, and itchy.  These signs... More »
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Campbell's Healthy Request Microwavable Bowls

By Jen on November 26, 2008 1:53 AM | 23 Comments
Campbell's Healthy Request Microwavable Bowls
As you know, we never feature a product on urbanmoms.ca unless it’s been given the seal of approval by our Go2Girlz product testing panel. And we’re thrilled to be able to bring you another innovative product that will help you – as a busy mom – make your life a little bit easier. Campbell’s Canada recently sent 25 lucky testers and their families samples of Campbell’s® Healthy Request® Microwavable Bowls and Pepperidge Farm® Goldfish® Made with Whole Grain Crackers to try out in their homes. The verdict? They loved them! Why? Well, first and foremost, our mom testers loved the... More »
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Oasis 100% Pure Fruit Juice Blends with Nutrients

By Jen on November 4, 2008 11:59 PM | 23 Comments
Oasis 100% Pure Fruit Juice Blends with Nutrients
Our Go2Girlz product testing panel have been at it again, this time testing Oasis 100% Juice Blend Wild Berries Pomegranate Antioxia and Oasis 100% Juice Blend Cranberry with fibre pure fruit juices. The lucky testers received samples of both juices, which they were asked to try out themselves and with their families. The verdict? They loved both products! Overwhelmingly, our Go2Girlz reported that both juices were great tasting and popular with the rest of their families. In particular, our testers loved that Oasis with fibre provided them and their children an additional tasty and easy source of this important... More »
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Five Alive Juice Boxes

By Jen on September 30, 2008 11:45 PM | 54 Comments
Five Alive Juice Boxes
The urbanmoms.ca Go2Girlz team of product reviewers has been busy lately – their most recent assignment was testing Five Alive® juice boxes. Each of the 100 testers received a sampling of Five Alive® juice boxes in both Citrus and Tropical Citrus flavours to try out with their families.  Their response? Five Alive® is a big hit all around! Five Alive® real fruit beverage is an excellent source of Vitamin C and has no artificial colours and flavours added. The Citrus flavour has over 40% real juice and is a delicious blend of orange, lemon, lime, tangerine and grapefruit.  Five Alive®... More »
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IMPRŪV Cream: Go2Girlz Tested and Approved

By Jen on September 16, 2008 11:51 PM | 17 Comments
IMPRŪV Cream: Go2Girlz Tested and Approved
If you’ve ever suffered from acute dry skin or a skin condition such as eczema or psoriasis you know the importance of maintaining your skin’s natural moisture. We asked a group of our Go2Girlz who suffer (or have a family member who does) from a skin condition to try new IMPRŪV Cream, a highly effective new generation moisturizer developed by dermatology researchers in Europe and now sold here in Canada by a top dermatology company, Stiefel Canada. The advanced scientific formulation of IMPRŪV Cream not only moisturizes and soothes dry, sensitive skin, it also restores, regenerates and repairs skin's natural... More »
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Oasis Fruit Zoo: Go2Girlz Tested and Approved

By Jen on July 15, 2008 10:42 PM | 8 Comments
Oasis Fruit Zoo: Go2Girlz Tested and Approved
Last month the Go2Girlz got together with Oasis Team Urban Moms to sample Oasis Fruit Zoo 100% fruit juice. The verdict? The results were unanimous: Oasis Fruit Zoo 100% fruit juice gets the Go2Girlz seal of approval. Our testers were treated to 1L containers of Oasis Fruit Zoo Strawberry-Banana, Peach-Clementine and Grape-Wildberry juices along with juice boxes in all these flavours as well as apple with Calcium. What stood out most about Oasis Fruit Zoo 100% fruit juices with added vitamins & minerals with our testers? By far the most important feature was how much the kids loved all... More »
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Featured Review: Astro BioBest Maximmunité

By Jen on May 30, 2008 12:19 PM | 20 Comments
Featured Review: Astro BioBest Maximmunité
A lucky group of our Go2Girlz recently had the opportunity to try samples of Astro BioBest Maximmunité probiotic drink. As you know, we never give any product the urbanmoms.ca seal of approval until it has been tested and approved by our Go2Girlz product testers. And Astro BioBest Maximmunité was a resounding hit! Astro BioBest Maximmunité is a concentrated probiotic drink, containing the exclusive Immunofit blend of two unique probiotic cultures.  Maximmunité specifically targets your body's natural defences in your digestive tract, where 70 per cent of the immune system is located.  Each 94 mL bottle contains 10 billion active... More »
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Go2Girlz Tested and Approved: Smart Growth Milk & Cheese Snacks!

By Jen on February 26, 2008 3:27 PM | 2 Comments
Go2Girlz Tested and Approved: Smart Growth Milk & Cheese Snacks!
As always, we at urbanmoms.ca don't endorse a product unless it has been tested by our members and given the Go2Girlz seal of approval. This means any product we do feature has always been tried by other moms and their families with a degree of satisfaction that they would confidently recommend it to friends and family. Our most recent product testing assignment was for Beatrice Smart Growth Milk and Black Diamond Ficello Smart Growth cheese snacks from Parmalat . These dairy products are DHA-enriched, but unlike some other DHA-enriched products, which have the DHA added to the milk (usually in... More »
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Featured Review: Sun-Rype 100% Fruit Juices and Snacks

By Jen on February 18, 2008 12:20 PM | 39 Comments
Featured Review: Sun-Rype 100% Fruit Juices and Snacks
  The Go2Girlz have been busy lately, and a group of them recently received samples of Sun-Rype fruit juices and fruit snacks to enjoy with their families. They received a package that was bursting at the seams with two different types of juices and four different kinds of fruit snacks. The verdict? A definite hit. Sun-Rype is proud that their 100% fruit snacks and 100% juice products contain nothing artificial and naturally occurring fruit sugar. The great taste of Sun-Rype also comes with no artificial flavours and no artificial colours because they know that what's not in their juices and... More »
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