Whether you’re prepping lunches for your little one to take to the cafeteria (cheers to back-to-school season!) or simply are in need of quick-and-easy afternoon options with nutritional value, we have a direct-to-consumer brand we need to put on your radar.
Enter Little Spoon. It’s the online baby and kids’ food brand that has been revolutionizing the mealtime and snack-time space — creating healthy, well-balanced food options.
“Little Spoon is the leading direct-to-consumer brand on a mission to make parents’ lives easier and kids healthier by reinventing kids food for the modern parent,” Angela Vranich, chief product officer and co-founder of Little Spoon, told the New York Post. “As the first end-to-end platform for kids food and nutrition, Little Spoon delivers healthy, convenient meal and snack time offerings for every eating stage from baby to big kid right to your door.”
In addition to its signature offerings, Little Spoon recently stirred up a new offering to make the lives of parents and caregivers that much easier. Lunchers, the build-your-own, on-the-go lunchtime option, is perfectly seasoned for back-to-school time as well.
Consider this, “lunchtime, reinvented” (or, a modern-day, healthy Lunchables). All options are GMO-free, contain hidden veggies — to ensure they’re getting in their daily value of broccoli, spinach and others — and are tasty enough for kids to enjoy.
“At Little Spoon, we thoughtfully develop all of our products using the highest quality ingredients and clean, balanced recipes,” Vranich highlights. “Our aim is to make food that kid’s love and that parents feel good about feeding them. Little Spoon is entirely direct-to-consumer meaning we conveniently deliver right to your door. We make it easy to pause, shift or skip deliveries at any time.”
Little Spoon Lunchers and Snacks
These bento box-style meals are easy for your little one to hold, are refrigerated and fully customizable. Impressively, each meal is packed with more than 10 grams of protein and — the best part — requires no heating.
“Little Spoon has recently launched 15 new products across five categories we’re calling Lunchers and snacks,” Vranich explains. “These products have rounded out the Little Spoon end-to-end platform, enabling parents to start with us as early as 6 months and stick with Little Spoon through to grade school years.”
The best part? Lunchers and snacks take on the nostalgic classic kids food that today’s parents grew up on.
“Little Spoon offers a wide variety of options for customers with specific diets and allergies,” she adds. “We make it easy to filter on our site so you can shop for items specific to your needs. Our Child Nutrition certified Care Team is always standing by ready to answer questions about any of our products.”
Little Spoon’s site is conveniently user-friendly as well. You can sort by dietary need — including no gluten, no dairy, no peanuts, no soy, no coconut, no sesame, no meat, no fish and no egg, if so desired — and can see each well-balanced meal before ordering. How great is that?
Ahead, find Little Spoon’s current Lunchers options:
Little Spoon Chicken Dunkers
Key Ingredients:
Chicken Super Nuggets, Probiotic Ranch Dressing
Key Allergens:
Contains Milk, Gluten, Wheat, Eggs
Nutrition Facts:
3g of Fiber, 15g of Protein
Named a “big kid favorite” by Little Spoon, the Chicken Dunkers comes with chicken super nuggets, yogurt ranch (made from hormone-free dairy), pizza-seasoned pretzels and a brownie bite (a healthier alternative to your traditional dessert, as it’s sweetened with applesauce).
As your child eats its five included nuggets, you’ll appreciate how each one is packed with antibiotic-free chicken, cauliflower, kale, carrots and chia seeds.
Little Spoon Easy Cheesy Pizza
Key Ingredients:
Veggie Marinara Sauce, Unreal Candy Milk Chocolate Gems
Key Allergens:
Contains Wheat, Milk, Soy, Gluten
Nutrition Facts:
3g of Fiber, 12g of Protein
Your little one can have a pizza party all to themself with Little Spoon’s Easy Cheesy Pizza. This tasty personal pie soiree includes three mini flatbreads; hidden veggie marinara sauce with apple, zucchini, spinach and carrots; shredded hormone-free mozzarella from certified B-corp Tillamook and patented Unreal milk chocolate gems for a sweet addition, the latter naturally colored from vegetables like beets and spirulina.
Little Spoon Brunch Lunch
Key Ingredients:
Antibiotic-Free Chicken Maple Sausage, Hemp Hearts + Flaxseed Granola, Pitaya
Key Allergens:
Contains Soy, Wheat, Gluten
Nutrition Facts:
3g of Fiber, 13g of Protein
Spin lunch into brunch with the Little Spoon Brunch Lunch (say that ten times fast). Inside, you’ll find a blended organic smoothie bowl of pitaya, banana, strawberries, chia seed and hidden purple sweet potato; crunchy, organic hemp hearts and flaxseed granola; antibiotic-free chicken maple sausage and a tasty mini zucchini muffin.
Little Spoon PB Jammies
Key Ingredients:
Hidden Veggie Strawberry Jam, 100% Natural Peanut Butter, Whole Wheat Bread
Key Allergens:
Contains Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten
Nutrition Facts:
5g of Fiber, 14g of Protein
The Little Spoon PB Jammies is a protein-packed option your little one will want to turn to. Specifically, it includes eight bread slices that include, collectively, one whole serving of whole grains baked into mini whole wheat bread yumminess.
Additionally, its peanut butter is palm-oil free with no added sugar, while its jelly is sourced from organic strawberry jam with hidden kale, broccoli, spinach and chia. The sprinkles are colored with plants and spices so they’re each artificial-free as well.
Little Spoon is also debuting a new Lunchers soon — Chicken Nacho Dips — that includes mini whole grain tortilla chips, a hormone-free four-cheese blend, antibiotic-free and lightly seasoned shredded chicken and organic guacamole for dipping.
What are some popular Little Spoon offerings?
For Little Spoon’s Babyblends line, the brand curates limited-edition seasonal blends for every season that its customers love and look forward to. “Our Pumpkin Pie Babyblend, Gingerbread Cookie Babyblend and Peach Cobbler Babyblend are just a few examples of our limited edition products that sell out very quickly every year,” Vranich says.
For its Plates line, the Mac and Cheese with hidden butternut squash and carrots is a huge hit. “Plus, our Pancake Puffs with mini chicken kale breakfast sausage is a massive crowd pleaser,” she adds.
Fan favorites of Little Spoon’s new Lunchers line include Easy Cheesy Pizza, a pizza kit complete with hidden veggie marinara sauce and low-sugar chocolate gems for dessert, as well as its Chicken Dunkers which come with our hidden veggie Chicken Super Nuggets with a side of probiotic ranch for dipping.
“For our snacks, Dipsters have been a run-away hit,” she adds. “We’ve formulated these with pretzels and vanilla cookies that dip into healthy oat-based Confetti Cake and Brownie Batter flavored dips that are super clean and crave-able; they’re a must-try.”
On the more savory side, Little Spoon customers have been loving the Mac and Cheesy Veggie Loops, which are a crunchy baked chickpea based snack in a fun loop shape.
How to pack Little Spoon Lunchers for your child
“To maintain the freshness of Lunchers, it’s best to store them in the fridge until it’s time to pack up,” according to Little Spoon’s site. “For optimal results, use an insulated lunch box or bag along with frozen gel packs to keep the food cold and safe until lunchtime.”
Pro tip: Include a frozen Smoothie in the box to serve as both an ice pack and a snack!
Can I heat up Lunchers?
If you’d like to heat any items in your Lunchers, Little Spoon recommends transferring them to a microwave-safe dish before heating.
Once heated, you can then return the food contents to an airtight container and pack them inside an insulated lunchbox.
The bottom line
Little Spoon makes lunchtime both exciting and delicious for any age. With portioned-off food in a portioned container, rest assured this new launch is quintessential for back to school, especially.
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