Stretch Island Original Fruit Leather, Strawberry, 0.5 Ounce Leathers, 30 Count

I used to buy 100% natural fruit roll-ups at a local fruit market down the street from me. They were sold individually for like 65 cents apiece and were AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS. They were nothing like the fruit roll ups for kids you find in the grocery stores today. Those things are gross and have no resemblance whatsoever to a real fruit roll up. I used to literally buy like $50 worth at a time and would just eat one after another after another. In particular the Apricot and Strawberry flavors were just outstanding. Anyways, I went to the market one day and they had gone out of business. That was about 8-9 years ago. I tried finding a different store that carried them and to this day I have been unsuccessful. I tried finding them using the internet but unfortunately I just cant remember the name of the company to save my life. I just remember they were sold individually, were round and actually quite large in diameter, and they came attached to a piece of cellophane.I came across Stretch Island Leathers on Amazon just a few weeks ago and got extremely excited after reading the description as it sounded exactly like a fruit roll up, just presented differently. While a Fruit Roll-up is large and thin, The Fruit leather is small and thick. Anyways I immediately order a box of the strawberry and anxiously awaited its arrival. I received my shipment 2 days later and immediately ripped open the box and dug in. They were exactly what I was looking for and they were just as delicious as I remembered them to be. I would up eating one after another after another, just like I used to do, until I had a fairly large pile of wrappers sitting in front of me. I honestly cant even express how excited I really am. Not only did I find what I was looking for, I found it on Amazon which means I can buy them in large quantities for a very reasonable price. On top of that Amazon offers them on a subscription based service so I don't even have to trouble myself with re-ordering more.The bottom line - Stretch Island Leathers are OUTSTANDING and my hunt is finally over. If you are a big fruit lover than you simply have to give these a try. Of course these are not just for adults, in fact these are absolutely perfect for kids especially if your trying to cut down on the amount of junk food your kids eat. They are all natural and have no added sugar. For those that have dietary restrictions, they are also gluten free and dairy free. I honestly cannot give a higher recommendation!!5 Stars!!!

This is the first time I have tried this product and must say, I love it!The all-natural fruit strip states that it contains 1/2 serving of fruit in each strip. Each serving is 1 strip (30 in the container) and has : 45 calories, 0 Fat, 0 Cholesterol, 0 Sodium, 95mg Potassium, 12g Carbohydrates (1g fiber, 9g sugar) and 0 Protein [Two strips would then contain: 90 calories, 190mg Potassium, and 24 Carbs (2g fiber, 18g sugar].The Ingredients are simple: apple, pear, and strawberry puree, natural strawberry flavor, and lemon juice concentrate.For comparison, I looked up the Nutritional Facts for a cup of strawberries: 49 calories, 0.5 Fat, 0 Cholersterol, 1mg Sodium, 232.22mg Potassium, 11.7 Carbohydrates (11.7 fiber, 7.4 sugar), and 1g Protein.The Fruit Leather is not just a bunch of strawberries so it cannot accurately be compared to a serving of Strawberries one-to-one. But it does provide a bit more data to help me make informed choices on what I am choosing as a snack (real raw fruit versa a processed pre-packaged fruit containing snack). Because it is a pre-packaged food, it also loses the additional nutrients of what we would get from eating the Raw fruit, such as a bunch of Vitamin C (per label data found, the strip has 4% where as a cup of strawberries contains about 149%) .As far as a quick portable snack goes, however, this works great for me. It has a pleasant not-too-sweet taste and can go where ever I go. I realize that eating an apple or a serving of strawberries might be overall more healthy for me, but frankly for the convenience [these will not bruise or spoil and fit nicely in my purse] this is an alternative when eating raw fruit is not an option or, in place of grabbing a cookie or two. The price is also okay as I paid about $15 for 30, which is about $1 per two strips.Each individually wrapped strip is stamped with a "best used by" date. Mine arrived 3/26/2014 and are stamped Best Used By 20 Feb 2015.This is not a fruit substitute or a meal-replacement. If you are looking for "Super Healthy" All Raw and Natural snack/food, this is not for you. This is a commercial product with a shelf-life. If you want all natural and raw: buy local fresh foods and/or grow your own, make your own, and avoid pre-packaged and processed foods.

I love this stuff! I'd eat it every day if I could. This is not a fruit rollup! It's not like any of the "fruit snacks" you can buy. They only contain real apple and pear puree and fruit juices to flavor. The texture is a lot like leather, hence the name, but it's still soft. Best of all, NO HFCS or sugar added. Just fruit and its juices. It won't stick to your teeth like fruit rollups do either, they dissolve nicely if you choose to suck on them instead of chewing but still last a while.Once you have one, good luck stopping! Luckily you get quite a few in a box. I got the strawberry here, and it is quite good, but honestly the grape is to die for! I've had other flavors as well and they all are great. You don't taste the apple and pear, you only taste the flavor of the juices used to flavor them.I can't really think of a negative. Well the plastic wrappers a a bit of a pain and since they are a tiny bit sticky in them, it can be hard to get them out unless you open it from stem to stern.