Review & Giveaway: Sinchies Reusable Snack Pouches

Being the mother of two young children, I am quite familiar with the concept of pouched pureed snackies. They are convenient and, seeing how quickly Mischief downs them and then begs for another, a novel and tasty approach to snack. When he was younger, I couldn't even walk past them in the grocery stores without him crying for them.

Thing is, though, when I'd look at the labels I'd feel a little queasy, seeing the artificial flavors and ingredients, not to mention how much they cost for just one little pouch that was only going to last 30 seconds. And let's not get started on what could be hiding in that opaque packaging. To me, I knew there had to be a better way!

Enter Sinchies and their reusable food pouches! Sinchies is an Australian based company that offers reusable food pouches in various sizes and various accoutrements to go with them.

The have 5 different sizes of spouted pouches, ranging from 80 ml to 1 L, as well as pops (for the making of frozen treats), snack, and sandwich bags. Also offered are kits, lids, accessories, recipe books, yoghurt cultures, and specials.

On the website, you can find a handy little tips and tricks section to help you get the most out of your Sinchies pouches. They also have a fun recipe section with recipes for all sorts of occasions, and not just ones that utilize the spouted pouches!

Imagine all the possibilities whizzing in my brain after browsing their site when I got my envelope of goodies in the mail! Inside held four spouted pouches (80 ml, 140 ml, 200 ml, and a large 1 l) and two regular zip top pouches, one snack and one sandwich size. Also included was a fun informational pamphlet that even included a recipe for chocolate pudding!

First of, let's talk about the construction of these pouches. They are double zip top pouches with a free flowing spout on the side. What does that mean? That means that, unlike other reusable pouches I've tried, they actually stay closed, instead of popping open to create gigantic messes (ask me how I know).

The free flowing spout means that you don't have to squeeze to get the yummy stuff out. Squeezing also means that you kind of have to be careful when opening it or handing it to small children, because that also has to possibility of creating a gigantic mess (again, ask me how I know).

The pouches also feature a contents label so you can always know what is in them, as well as an extremely helpful max fill line. Don't ignore that, it ends in, you guessed it, another gigantic mess when you try to close it.

The next question I had (after all these messes!) was: how easy are they to clean? Surprisingly easy is the happy answer!

Other brands I've tried have been difficult to get at all of the corners of the pouch because of the small openings, but the zip top is extremely generous in size, which aids in not just the filling, but also the cleaning, as you can get your scrubbie down in there to get at all the little nooks and crannies.

I used a combination of a bottle brush for the main container and a straw brush for the nozzle. Simply put them to air dry completely before closing them up. They are also dishwasher safe, but my dishmonster doesn't like to get things like this clean (also, it refuses to completely clean bottles, so I'm pretty sure it's jut my monster).

My family very much likes these Sinchies pouches, using the non spouted ones for park snacks and lunches for the Mister, while the spouted pouches have become the staple for homemade baby food, applesauce, and pudding.

I'm looking forward to using these again and again!

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Sinchies is offering one of their Mixed Bag Samplers to one of our readers worldwide!  This $11.00 package includes 7 pouches: 2 x 80ml, 2 x 140ml, 2 x 200ml, 1 x 1 Litre Reusable Food Pouches.

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This giveaway is open WORLDWIDE
and will end just before midnight ET on 4-21-15. 

The winner will be notified by email within 24 hours after the end of the giveaway.  In order to claim the giveaway prize, the winner will need to respond within 24 hours of notification, or an alternate winner will be selected.

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