Spring Clean Your Snacking Routine with Sargento Cheese!

Sargento Foods Inc. is encouraging Americans to “spring clean” their snacking regimes to develop healthier habits in time for summer.According to a National Healthy Snack Survey sponsored by Sargento, more than 75 percent of adults consider quite a few to all of their snack choices to be unhealthy. Furthermore, the survey found that where snacks are placed matters. Half of consumers say they’re encouraged to eat healthier by being able to easily spot a healthy snack.

Simply by replacing chips and cookies with nutrient-rich snacks like fruits, vegetables, and cheeses, we can spring-clean our eating habits. This spring, Sargento helps us make healthier snacking choices with its new Fridge Pack line.

While other cheese snacks get lost and forgotten in the cheese drawer, the Sargento Fridge Pack places healthier snacks front and center on your refrigerator shelf or door - making the right choice a little bit easier. Available in Light String Cheese, Colby-Jack Cheese and Mild Cheddar Cheese, these cheese snacks hold true to the 100% natural and never processed standards of all Sargento cheese.

The Sargento Fridge Pack is available in three popular Sargento natural cheese varieties: Light String Cheese, Colby-Jack Cheese and Mild Cheddar Cheese. And like all Sargento cheese snacks, these are 100% natural and never processed.

Here are my Sargento Fridge Packs in my Fridge!

My husband and I love grabbing these Sargento cheese snacks at snack time because they are easy to eat, taste great, and are great to eat on the go! They fit great in my husband's lunch and they fit great in my busy schedule with a 19 month old tugging on my leg!

Here are some great snacking tips from Sargento:

• Refresh your snacking habits. The annual spring cleaning ritual can also pertain to your snacking habits. While you’re spring cleaning your kitchen this year, transform your snacking routine, too. Keep healthy choices front and center to make smart snacking a cinch. Fill a bowl with fresh whole fruit and set it on the counter, keep whole grain crackers and rolls in your desk or purse, and place a Sargento Fridge Pack in an easy-to-reach place in your fridge.

• Pack portable snacks. When the clock strikes 3:00 p.m., we know you’re looking for a snack to tide you over. Take food with you to munch on when you’re at work or on the road to prevent unexpected trips to the vending machine or drive through.

• Turn over a new snacking leaf. Chips, cookies and candy can often wreak havoc on our diets. Stock up on nutrient-rich foods such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, eggs and cheese to obtain that necessary boost in energy.

• Pay attention to portions. American portion sizes continue to increase everywhere we go and, consequently, so do our waistlines. Healthy snacks should fit into your calorie budget, not be additions that you don’t account for. Aim for 100 to 200 calories per snack, and count snack calories as part of your daily energy allowance to avoid this common mistake.

• Protein + fiber = The best snacks. We know it can be a challenge to find satisfying snacks that are both nutritious and pack a punch of flavor. Try pairing foods with protein, such as eggs, cheese and nuts, with fiber-filled fare, including fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Foods rich in protein and fiber help you to feel fuller for longer, and they pack other vital nutrients to support good health.

* I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of Sargento and received product samples and a promotional item to thank me for taking the time to participate. All opinions are 100% mine!*