Dole Mandarin Oranges Fruit Cups - 16 Count (Pack of 1)

I've purchased these quite a few times and have always loved them. We live in rural Alaska and we rarely get fresh fruit shipped into our grocery store. Atop of that, we never get mandarin oranges. Yet, they are by far, one of my foster kiddos FAVORITE foods! We love healthy snacks and every day after school my kiddos come home starving. When it's available, fresh fruit is our snack. But when it's not, we have fruit cups!These delicious mandarin oranges are packaged in little plastic cups with easily removable plastic wrapper tops. Plastic plastic plastic. I know that it's virtually impossible to create eco-friendly and efficient packaging for canned foods, but I do find it such a shame to add to our landfill with every serving of these yummy fruit packs. If only they could find biodegradable packaging for fruit cups! But until the day comes when such a thing exists, I won't dock this product points for their lack of eco-friendliness. They are packaged in a cardboard box- which is biodegradable!As for the fruit themselves, we've never had a problem with this product. The fruit is always delicious, sweet, and with the perfectly soft yet yummy texture. For people not familiar with mandarin oranges, they are essentially small miniature slightly-less-sour oranges. Very yummy- and very kid-friendly too! My kiddos LOVE these and eat them up without one complaint. In fact- it's one of the few foods they'll beg for when they get home from school! "Can I have a fruit cup?" "Can I have another fruit cup?" "Can I have one more fruit cup?" Needless to say I'll happily hand my kids as many of these healthy treats as I can. These oranges are packed in water (which is actually more of a sweet orangey juice that the kids love sipping up), and have no preservatives added- so they truly are natural, yummy treats for my kids. If only they were organic, I'd be in healthy-parenting heaven!The packages are always very full, you get the serving size you'd expect. The quality is great. The packaging may be a bit harsh on mother nature, and they aren't organic- but aside from those two downfalls, these fruit cups are fantastic products! And the kiddos love them!

I think these are so delicious and refreshing; I have one every night. I buy them all the time.

Good flavor. I like to add cinnamon powder and a little sugar after drinking the juice. For added fun I would add whipped cream. Dump peaches in regular bowl if using whipped cream on top. I also place a cherry on top! Quick delicious desert.

Omg it was nice and cold and such a fresh taset

It's always good to have an unsweetened can or pack of fruit that's sweet all by itself. It tasted good as well. Why 4 stars and not 5? Well... I would have liked to see a couple little grapes in there. But more, not every little cup had that many cherries; more like what the regular mixed fruit used to be. It might just be this batch, though, in all fairness.

She liked it

Good

It's good and worth it! Cheaper than the market

Excellent choice. Thankyou

The box I received had a BB date of 20220602. Very unimpressed.