Love with Food Deluxe Box Review + Coupon – July 2017

Love with Food is a monthly snack and food sampling subscription box. They send only natural and organic snacks and donate a meal to charity for each box sold. They offer a smaller “tasting” box with 8+ snacks per month, a “deluxe” box with 16-20 snacks per month, and a gluten free box with 10-15 gluten free snacks per month.

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This review is of the Deluxe, $19.95 a month, box.

The Subscription Box: Love with Food Deluxe Box

The Cost: $9.99 a month for the Tasting box, $19.95 a month for the Deluxe box, and $24.99 a month for the Gluten-free box. Save with longer subscriptions. Free U.S. shipping. $3.99 International shipping.

ACTIVE DEAL: Get your first Tasting box for $5.99 No coupon needed - just use this link.

OR

Save 50% off your first box with code DELUXE10

The Products: 16-20 snacks that are organic, natural, and/or free from artificial ingredients.

Ships to: U.S., U.S. territories and APO/FPO/DPO addresses, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom

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The box came with this information card, which basically directs you to their website. I have to admit, I liked the old brochures more – you could instantly tell which snacks were vegan, gluten free, etc. Now you have to read the tiny print of the ingredients lists, instead…Anyway, there are also usually some coupons and/or product literature.

Cosmos Creations Premium Puffed Corn in Salted Caramel (0.5 oz) – Value $0.60 (buy a box of 12, 1.25-ounce bags for $17.88)

I liked this a lot. It was sweet and relatively low in calories. More caramel than salt, but I’m OK with that. I would’ve used some Love with Food points to get more of this – it stands up to the heat well and is more pleasant than rice cakes, which have otherwise similar nutritional value – but it doesn’t seem to be available in their shop.

Bandar Garlic Naan Chips (1 oz) – Value $1.50 (buy a pack of 12 for $18)

I’ve had these several times before. They are tasty but I would not eat them in public. The garlic stays with you. And stays with you. And stays with you. (And I don’t usually have a problem with garlic.) These would be good with hummus, too.

The Daily Crave Veggie Chips (0.6 oz x 2) – Value $1.70 (buy a pack of 20 for $16.99)

I’ve also had these before. They are basically potato flour and potato starch with a tiny, tiny bit of vegetable-based food coloring (think spinach, etc.). They are quite plain and really need a dip or spread.

Emmy’s Organics Dark Cacao Organic Coconut Cookie (0.67 oz) – Value $0.83 (buy a case of 12, 3-count bags for $29.95)

I’ve also had these before. But I am OK with that because they are made from coconut and are chocolate flavored and it is hard to go wrong with that combination.  I wish there had been more.

Watusee Foods Organic Chickpeatos in Tomato Basil (1 oz) – Value $0.72 (buy a 5-ounce bag for $3.59)

I’ve had these from food subscriptions 2 or 3 times in the past year. They are decent although I think they could stand to have more salt to really bring out the flavors. The texture is good, but I tend to prefer the chickpea snacks from Saffron Road for flavor reasons.

Ocean’s Halo Almond Seaweed Strips (0.88 oz) – Value $3 (buy a case of 10 for $29.99)

Aha, yet another thing I’ve had before. If you are thinking of getting into seaweed snacks, Ocean’s Halo is where to start. The almond/seaweed combination works better than expected and gives these a more substantial feel than just eating those paper-thin seaweed snacks.

Aloha Peanut Butter and Jelly Protein Bar (1.9 oz) – Value $2.50 (buy a box of 12 bars for $30)

I am a regular consumer of protein bars but I actually hadn’t tried these before. They are vegan and do include pea protein, which is not usually my favorite. However, the texture of this was better than a lot of vegan protein bars, and you could actually taste both nuts and fruit in it. I will probably stick to dairy-based protein bars but would be just fine with receiving this in a different flavor in some other month.

Nabisco Teddy Soft Bakes (1 count) – Value $0.50

This came in a box that said “free sample inside” but if you want to buy them, they appear to cost about fifty cents. I noticed these when I was haunting Amazon during Prime Day. They are kind of what I imagine Twinkies would be like with chocolate filling (but I haven’t eaten a Twinkie for like 30 years so I might be off a bit in that assessment). I found them kind of dry, honestly, and (surprisingly) they were vegetarian.

Dick & Jane Educational Snacks States & Capitals (1 oz) – Value $0.87 (buy a box of 16 for $13.99)

We received the Presidents version of these a few months back and they were really hard to tell apart. The states are much easier to identify. At any rate, these are basically plain vanilla cookies. You would have to eat a LOT of bags of these to get all 50 states.

Belgian Boys Mini Cookie Stash (1 oz) – Value $1.20 (buy a box of 5 bags for $5.99)

This is another repeat item. These have a similar flavor to the states and capitals cookies but I like the texture a lot better, at least as far as packaged cookies go.

Nothing but the Fruit Raspberry Chia Fruit Bites (0.9 oz) – Value $1 (buy a box of 5 bags for $4.99)

Despite the label, these don’t have much raspberry in them. The first three ingredients are apple puree, grape juice concentrate, and apple juice concentrate. While they are vegan and they taste pretty good, they really have more sugar than I would like to eat on a regular basis.

Nothing but the Fruit Concord Grape Fruit Bites (0.9 oz) – Value $1 (buy a box of 5 bags for $4.99)

These were not super distinguishable from the raspberry ones (which were maybe a little more tart). I’m not always a fan of the Concord grape flavor, but it wasn’t too strong or artificial here. These were also super high in sugar; I know fruit naturally has a lot of sugar but the juice adds so much more.

Yummy Earth Organic Blueberry Lollipops (2 count) – Value $0.31 (buy a half pound bag for $5.05)

You’ll always get a few small candies in Love with Food. I’m pretty sure we’ve had these before as well. I feel like you can tell the flavors of these lollipops apart more than with some other brands, though of course, the ones I received are both the same flavor.

Verdict: I calculated a value of about $15.73 for the July 2017 Love with Food Deluxe Box. That is definitely below the month-to-month cost of the box. However, like usual, I will remind you to (1) buy a multi-month deal and use our MSA20 or DELUXE10 coupon and (2) write your reviews and use your points to get free snacks for the shop.  If you do both of those, you will get a better deal. (Don’t forget they donate meals, as well.)

Once again, there were a LOT of repeats this month (mustache cookies, veggie chips, Chickpeatos, macaroon, naan chips, lollipops), which is a little disappointing. On the other hand, I did learn about a few new products (e.g., the Aloha bar), and everything was vegetarian this month (you can’t count on that; sometimes you will get jerky/cured meats, gelatin-containing gummies, or pork rinds). For what it’s worth, they did a good job of sending things that won’t melt in the heat. (I had a liquefied chocolate bar a few months back and they were really gracious about it when I emailed them.)

What do you think of the July 2017 Love with Food Deluxe Box? What’s your favorite snack subscription?