Yogi Surprise Subscription Box Review + Coupon – April 2016

I have been receiving the box since November and the first few boxes were great but I’ve been so disappointed in the last couple. What happened to full sized products? I’m giving it one more month- too many samples and not enough yoga themed items. I will say I loved the dosha bar and hope to see more in the future

Terrible box, the worst of all since I began subscribing in August last year. The only thing that redeemed it was the Bach flower remedy lozenges, that was lovely, and I hope to get it again, in my neck of the woods. At least I’m glad I’ve been introduced to it. Otherwise, it is a really disappointing box. Come on, Yogi Surprise, you could do much better!!!

Hi! Thanks for your comments. We understand your disappointment about seeing organic brown rice syrup in our ingredients list and wanted to respond so you can appreciate how we landed on our ingredients and how we looked at the challenge of making we believe is one of the cleanest bars out there, despite a nominal amount of added sweetener to help bind the bar together.

At Dosha Bar, we really don’t like sugars, especially added sugars. So, we worked very hard to design a wholesome bar that tastes good and has as little added sweetener as we felt was possible to bind the bar together. Based on what most people tell us, we think we got there.

First, nearly all dried fruit on the market commercially available as an ingredient and within most bars is sadly and literally 50% sugar–either in apple juice concentrate or sugar form. We drew a hard line and pay a premium to source high quality, 100% organic, UNsweetened fruit that actually tastes like the fruit, not sugar.

Second, you probably know that all food products list their ingredients in the order of quantity contained within it. Many bars mascarade as healthy or have a “healthy brand” but have “first ingredient syrup.” Syrup is always one of our last ingredients on our list.

Third, FDA nutritional panels on the back of products do not currently discriminate between added and natural sugars (like the ones in the fresh fruit produce or unsweetened dried fruits we use in our bars). There is a proposal to change this but approximately half of the sugars on our nutritional panel are from unsweetened fruit, not added sugars.

Finally, we want you to know that a bar needs something to “bind.” Dates are a great binder but we didn’t want to be another Lara Bar lookalike. There are enough of those. 😉 And while tapioca is en vogue, we aren’t fond of the taste. On the other hand, organic brown rice syrup has a mild flavor, which will believes still allow consumers to taste the fruits and seeds in our blueberry and cherry bar. We use honey in our apple-cranberry bar to stay true to our inspiration with Ayurveda, since that bar is made with ingredient combinations that balance kapha dosha (each of our bars balances one of the doshas–Learn more and find your dosha at doshabar.com)

Anyhow, sorry for the long reply but we appreciate what you do and wanted you to appreciate our perspective, as well.

If you tasted your Blueberry Balance Dosha Bar, what did you think of it? Above, you just commented on the sweetener, not the other ingredients or taste.

In gratitude,

Dosha Bar Customer Service

I received my box yesterday and it was even more disappointing than I expected from the spoilers. The tea is terrible. I tried making a cup but tossed it because it smelled like Johnson’s baby aspirin. I received the tangerine flavor. Everything else is tiny sample/trial sizes. I thought they’d at least be a little bigger because they looked bigger in photos. They truly are samples. I’m very glad I was able to cancel in time before being billed for the next box. Too bad because I was really looking forward to my box. I purchased the earth box and now I’m wishing I hadn’t.

Man, I like the varieties you got more than the ones I got! Rather than Hibiscus Berry tea, I got Tangerine Ginger (I don’t like ginger), and instead of the chocolate cookies I got a spirulina snack (and I love chocolate!! that’s what I was hoping for most.) I personally would’ve been happy with your box because I prefer the varieties in it, although I understand your disappointment. I haven’t posted my review yet and I’m waiting to do a full analysis before I come to my decision of the items, but none particularly stood out to me except the Rescue lozenges, which I appreciated.

The box is a big disappointment. A box basically full of samples and random items. The tea did not include a tea bag. The towelettes 1 use size. The bamboo towel sample. Food and msc items. Looks like the items are randomly chosen for this box. Out of all the Yogi Surprise boxes this is my least favorite box. Reminds me of a healthy snack box.

This box was a fail for me. I literally opened it and it looked like someone just threw a whole box for samples together. Most of the stuff was okay and the rest I could barely give away
Not happy. I just sent an email to cancel this subscription

This is my first yogi surprise box and I cancelled after seeing the contents. I agree that it’s mostly single use and food items and doesn’t seem worth the cost. If I wasn’t getting the free body oil for signing up I’d be REALLY disappointed. I like natural remedies, but I thought there’d be more yoga related items. It really needed something fun in it – like a piece of jewelry or something cute that lasts!

This month’s curation seems more like a food box than a lifestyle box. Furthermore, the majority of this box seems single-use. For the price of this subscription, I’d prefer to receive items that will last. After all, we’re promised full-size products right? The Zaps and elixirs are clearly samples, and the bath powder and snacks can only be used/eaten once. As for the tea, I haven’t even finished the tea we received in February’s box. I’ll reserve final judgment until I actually receive the box. I’ve only been with Yogi Surprise since February, and I really enjoy the incredibly unique items I received the past two months – the Dive In Deck, heirloom seeds, mat cleaner, The Little Red Book of Yogi Wisdom. Those items are definitely more what I hope for from this box.

I don’t think you can really add $5 for that tin. I have a million like that that came with other teas where the tea & tin cost $5!

This box was kind of a miss for me. There is just no science to support homeopathy and I prefer pharmaceuticals where the concentrations of active ingredients are known to plant extracts produced by variable processes (most homeopathic remedies are so diluted they don’t even contain any detectable amount of the purported active ingredient).

And there were too many things in little tiny packets. I’m wondering if it is time for me to give this subscription a rest. I kind of want to go out and eat some GMOs and use a sheet mask with parabens or something on purpose now, just on principle. Yeah, definitely quitting this one.