Navigation

Friday, October 21, 2011

If You Care Review and {Giveaway!} Ends 11/18 (CLOSED)



It has been a few years now since I have been trying to be Environmental Friendly. I feel this is a very important subject, and even more important we do this for our kids. I use as many green products as I can, and I recycle everything that my city facilitates for and allows. It makes me feel good that I am doing my part. So anyway, I was ecstatic when I found out about If You Care Environmental Friendly Products.

Our Products (from their website)

If You Care is committed to protecting the environment by producing high-quality alternatives to conventional kitchen and household products. The materials we use are specially chosen to reduce their impact on our environment. We use unbleached paper, recycled materials and wood and paper coming from sustainably managed forests. We replace petroleum based ingredients with natural and renewable resources. We use paper from pulp and paper mills practicing the highest levels of clean water management. Every care is taken to ensure that each step– from factory to store shelf – conforms to strict standards for the conservation and protection of our greatest asset – the environment. 

 


If You Care has many different products to choose from, just look at the picture above! Now that won't leave a Carbon Footprint!

The very nice people over at If You Care sent me quite a few of their products to review. I must say, I absolutely loved all of them, and I'm so happy I had the opportunity to do so. Here is what they sent me.




100% Soybean Wax All Natrual Waxed Paper- Just like your mom's old favorite – only better! Made from unbleached paper and coated with 100% natural soybean wax, it's ideal for wrapping foods without affecting flavor. Conventional waxed paper is coated with paraffin wax – a petroleum based product. Soybean wax is clean, safe, non-toxic, biodegradable, and comes from a renewable and sustainable resource grown by American farmers, giving them an economical use for their soybean surplus.

Unbleached Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) Large Baking Cups- Made from the same material as our parchment papers, If You Care Baking Cups use premium quality unbleached greaseproof paper. Our baking cups use no chlorine in their production. And that means no chlorine is dumped into our lakes, rivers and streams. Available in three sizes – Mini (90 cups; 1.625in/4.14cm), Large (60 cups; 2.5in/6.35cm), and Jumbo (24 cups; 3.5in/8.89cm)

100% Recycled Aluminum Foil- If You Care Aluminum Foil is made with 100% recycled aluminum. While traditional foil manufacturing is a power-intensive process, ours uses 95% less energy to produce. Because there is no need to mine, our production creates less waste, while reusing a precious resource. If You Care 100% Recycled Aluminum Foil can be recycled again, providing your local recycling center accepts aluminum foil.*

100% Unbleached Paper Snack & Sandwich Bags- Made in Sweden from the unbleached pulp of Scandinavian spruce trees – a natural, renewable resource – If You Care Snack and Sandwich Bags are greaseproof, and provide a natural barrier which prevents grease or fat from penetrating. They are not treated with petroleum based paraffin wax or any other wax. Like all of our If You Care paper products, these snack and sandwich bags are totally chlorine-free, as a result of which, no chlorine is dumped into our lakes, rivers and streams. Perfect for snacks, cookies, muffins, nuts, chips, sandwiches and much more.

FSC Certified Parchment Paper- These premium quality FSC certified unbleached, greaseproof papers are perfect for a wide variety of baking and cooking needs. While some baking papers are coated with Quilon, which contains heavy metals like chromium that can be toxic when incinerated, If You Care Parchment Paper uses Silicone, derived from a natural element. It’s a much more expensive process, but one we feel is worth it for everyone. But perhaps most importantly, our baking papers use no chlorine in their production. And that means no chlorine is dumped into our lakes and streams.

Now, like I said before, I loved all of the products I reviewed, but the Baking Cups were my favorites! I decided to try them out first. These baking cups were really like no other baking cups I have ever tried before. I mixed up some muffins, and put the mixture into the cups, and I usually always spray cooking spray onto "normal" baking cups, but something told me not to bother with it this time. Wow! It was amazing, my muffins didn't stick to the baking cups at all. Now that is something new for me.
And here is the outcome....

Connect with If You Care
Website 

 

Ready for some awesome news!?! Okay I know you are :)
The very generous folks over at If You Care are being so kind and are going to give one of my readers the same products I reviewed, which was......  100% Soybean Wax All Natrual Waxed Paper, Unbleached Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) Large Baking Cups, 100% Recycled Aluminum Foil, 100% Unbleached Paper Snack & Sandwich Bags, FSC Certified Parchment Paper, and a If You Care T-Shirt, available in M, L, and XL. (just in case you had forgotten) Awesome right? I think so!!!

All you have to do is fill out the Rafflecopter Form below with the MANDATORY Entries filled out. If you choose to do the extra entries, that's great too! Remember if you Click, I DID THIS! Please make sure you really did, because I verify all entries.


Good Luck! 

Disclaimer: If You Care was provided to me, at my request, free of charge for review purposes. These were my honest opinions and I was not monetary compensated for this review.




38 comments:

  1. I am most excited about the snack and sandwich bags because I used those daily

    ReplyDelete
  2. I like the baking cups, we use those a lot!
    ~Wendy

    ReplyDelete
  3. I'm most excited about the Snack and Sandwich Bags ヅ *Thanks* for the giveaway!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Totally psyched about them all. The sandwich bags for sure and oh yeah, the baking cups. The one thing I really want to see is the aluminum foil. I wonder if it will be very thin like the generic store brand or strong like most name brands.

    Thanks for this amazing contest,

    Val Pearson
    lastnerve2000 at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  5. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Certified Compostable Trash Bags!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. I am excited about the recycled aluminum foil

    ReplyDelete
  8. I'm most excited about the waxed paper. It has so many uses!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I want to try the Cupcake papers!
    mmjohnson555@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. The snack and sandwich bags because I use those all the time and always feel bad about throwing them away.

    ReplyDelete
  11. I'm excited about the parchment paper for baking
    bethelderton59 at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  12. The firelighters babyjamesfound@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  13. excited about the parchment paper I love using it..
    hebb dot julie at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  14. I'm excited about the parchment paper. I've never actually used parchment paper. I've always bought the wax paper.
    tropicaljello1988(at)yahoo(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  15. I am excited about the Unbleached Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) Large Baking Cups

    larkspurpurple (at) gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  16. A product I really like is the Certified Compostable Trash Bags because they are better for the environment.


    serenap95(at)hotmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  17. I'm most excited about the Parchment Baking Sheets

    Moniquebbon at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  18. I like the houshold gloves. spottedjagiwar at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete
  19. I'm most excited about the Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil.

    AndreaH
    davandihamilton (at) gmail (dot) com

    ReplyDelete
  20. I am most excited about the parchment paper!
    sbuttercup{at}roadrunner{dot}com

    ReplyDelete
  21. I like the Basket Filters

    Thank you for hosting this giveaway

    Louis
    pumuckler {at} gmail {dot} com

    ReplyDelete
  22. Recycled aluminum foil so we're not taking virgin aluminum!

    ReplyDelete
  23. I'd love to try their parchment baking sheets.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com

    ReplyDelete
  24. I love to try many of their products what a good company the aluminum foil would be one of the things I would love to try
    vickie
    vmorgan456 (at) yahoo (dot) com

    ReplyDelete
  25. I'm most excited about the sponge cloths.

    sreis1987@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  26. I like the Paper Snack & Sandwitch Bags!

    ReplyDelete
  27. I'm most excited about the Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil.

    ReplyDelete
  28. I'm most excited about the trash bags!

    ReplyDelete
  29. I am most excited about trying the Cheesecloth. Thanks!

    romapup at gmail dot com

    ReplyDelete
  30. I'm most excited about the baking cups! Thank you for the chance at this contest! goldilocssweeps (at) gmail (dot) com

    ReplyDelete
  31. Most excited about the aluminum foil.

    ReplyDelete
  32. the waxed paper...I've always been really freaked out by the chemicals hidden in traditional wax paper!
    dangchristine[at]hotmail[dot]com

    ReplyDelete
  33. I am most excited about the Parchment Baking Sheets. They are so great to use when baking cookies.

    Kathy Davis
    kdavis1@centurytel.net

    ReplyDelete
  34. I'm most excited about the baking cups! During the winter, I bake almost on a daily basis!

    Shannon Foust
    shannybakes@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
  35. I've been turning more and more toward green products. I did not know about this company. Thank you for the review and giveaway. And I am most excited about the baggies.

    ReplyDelete