Evolve Kefir Review and Giveaway

Great for your body! Enriched with fiber, protein, potassium and calcium, one cup of Evolve Kefir is considered an “excellent source” of each of these important and essential ingredients.  Ingredients that I don't get enough of and should be. Evolve kefir is made with 11 hand selected premium live & active Kefir cultures/probiotics. All Evolve products also come with a milk pledge from its farmers that all Evolve milk is produced from cows not treated with rBST. Because of those reasons, I was so happy I actually liked them-all of them!  Do I sound surprised?  Well, I was!

They come in four different flavors-peach, strawberry, blueberry, pomegranate and plain. I used the plain to make our own homemade smoothies. They have a smooth, easy-to-drink taste. Just like a yogurt smoothie.  They appealed to our entire family. Even Gracie, who has all of a sudden become quite the picky eater enjoyed sipping from my straw. These are great for those times you need something quick to just get you by until you have the time to eat. For me,  as soon as I wake up, I am hungry and if I wait too long I end up getting a headache and even light headed. Having a cup of Kefir  made it easy to make through until I could actually enjoy my breakfast. It even helped me at dinner time when I would be in a rush to get dinner started. Usually that is a time when I am munching on whatever I can while cooking (bad, I know). Thank you Evolve :)   Now I have something that not only tastes good but is good for me and my family! 

BONUS-Not just for drinking! You can use them in recipes as well! View a sampling of some of their favorite recipes by clicking here.

Kefir is a cultured milk beverage that contains live and active cultures that clean and strengthen the intestines and help the body with healing and maintenance functions. The health and therapeutic benefits of Kefir trace their roots back over 2000 years, to the Caucasus Mountains of Russia. Literally “feel good” in Turkish, Kefir was considered a gift from the gods due to its health-promoting properties.  Kefir is prepared by culturing fresh milk, with kefir grains, which are basically groups of bacteria that have been proven to be beneficial to the human digestive system.  The end product is a creamy, slightly sour, refreshing milky beverage that is filled with these ‘friendly bacteria’. The fermentation process takes about 24 hours at room temperature which is much shorter than other cultured products such as yogurt.

The Healing Benefits of Kefir

Kefir is full of beneficial bacteria and thus can be labelled as a probiotic, which is to say that it contributes, enhances, and stabilizes the micro-organisms of the intestines. Since kefir is cultured mainly using live, active grains in a medium that is thick and coating, and because of the variety of ‘friendly bacteria’ found within, kefir seems to be a much better probiotic than many of the commercially available dried capsule products. These microbes are part of an essential team of around 400 types of bacteria found in the intestines that assist digestion and promote good health.

ABOUT-As a family owned and operated dairy company based in the New York area, we are committed to offering you healthy, great-tasting and good-for-you products. Our roots trace back 90 years, when we started Elmhurst Dairy, which is still family-owned and operated.

We’ve grown over the years, and so has our product line. In addition to providing an Ultra Pure® line of milks under the Mountainside Farms® brand, it was our desire to expand our line to include kefir, which is a centuries-old beverage packed with a wide array of health benefits from promoting digestive health to reducing cholesterol and even improving immunity.

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Two winners! will receive coupons to redeem for a free case of Evolve Kefir-$21

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