Sakata

Having started the New Year with the best possible intentions, I’m embarrassed to admit that the inevitable has happened and as predicted, the cold weather and January blues have completely overridden all my saintly resolutions. After boasting to the girls at the Amazing PR office that I would be hitting the gym religiously, eating healthily with no snacking in between my well-balanced meals, minimising my alcohol consumption and drinking gallons of water I am feeling incredibly discouraged at my failure to keep to any of these promises past the three week mark.

Knowing that my habit of snacking in between meals would be the hardest to tackle (as demonstrated by the chocolate wrappers and crisp packets routinely cluttering up my desk) I was not surprised that this was my first failure, however thanks to some recommendations on healthier alternatives from the girls in the office I am feeling decidedly less guilty about my lack of will-power.

Already a huge hit in health conscious Australia, Sakata Japanese rice crackers are the first flavoured crackers to launch in the UK. Available in four flavours: Original, Classic Cheddar, Sizzling Barbecue and Sour Cream & Chive they are perfect for satisfying my craving for crisps and at only 9 calories or less per cracker and gluten-free they have quickly become my guilt-free snack of choice. Now all I need to do is find a guilt-free cocktail…suggestions are welcome!

Sakata rice crackers are available from Waitrose and Ocado.

Peter Popple's Popcorn

Here at Amazing PR we’re pretty smug that our office ‘snacks’ consist of healthy oat cakes and fruit and our office drink of choice is green tea (with the occasional box of chocolates thrown in when we’re lucky). However, as much as we like to tell ourselves that oatcakes are all we need to munch on when hunger strikes it’s fair to say a little variation wouldn’t go amiss. That’s why this afternoon the Amazing team are happy to have a healthy alternative to reach for when the 3 o’clock hunger pangs strike.

Peter Popple’s Popcorn is a new range of popcorn made with 100% natural flavours and ingredients. Designed to be a healthy and tasty snack for adults and children the popcorn has been ‘air popped’ meaning it has been popped without using any greasy oil. It’s naturally low in fat and each 20g serving contains less than 100 calories. What’s more, it’s also a good source of wholegrain and B vitamins to boost drooping energy levels. There are four flavours to choose from; Cheddar Cheese, Salt & Vinegar, Fruit Chutney and Golden Syrup so that you can get all the flavour from your favourite crisps or curb your sugar cravings without any of the guilt. It’s also perfect for snacking in front of the T.V. or if you want to be really smug you could bring a packet to the cinema while your friends wolf down their butter drenched extra large popcorn buckets!

Peter Popple’s popcorn is available to buy from good independent retailers and deli’s or online via the ‘popshop’ here.