Get Your Kids to Snack Healthy with Navel Oranges

Healthy snacks for your kids, like navel oranges, can be a hard sell when they’re used to eating chips, candy, or microwave sandwiches. But if you want your kids to eat healthy you’re going to have to stand your ground and insist on healthy snacks. Navel oranges are sweet and delicious and they are also very low in calories. Most navel oranges have under one hundred calories per fruit, which makes it a sweet snack you can feel good about giving them. Try replacing candy or chocolate snacks with navel oranges or tangerines for just one week and you will see a huge difference in your kids. They will have more energy, be more mentally alert, and they will probably be healthier. The Vitamin C contained in an orange is a great daily immune system boost to help them fight off all the germs they come into contact with at school.

At first they probably won’t like the idea of giving up their salt and sugar filled snacks for oranges or tangerines. But you can give them juicy navel oranges, super sweet Honeybells when they are in season, or other varieties of oranges like the Valencia in order to keep them interested in fruit. Because oranges are sweet the kids will still get that burst of sweetness they are craving but they will get it in a healthy way packed with vitamins and minerals. The natural sugar in an orange is much easier for the body to break down than all the artificial sweeteners in soda and candy so your kids won’t have a sugar rush and then a sugar crash as their bodies try to process the artificial sweetener. And you will notice as time goes by that they will crave sugar less because the natural sugar in navel oranges and other citrus fruits isn’t addictive like the artificial sweeteners in many snack foods can be.

Think your kid’s favorite snack doesn’t contain sugar? Think again. Most commercially prepared foods, even pizza dough, have sugar in them to sweeten the taste and to act as a preservative. Snack foods are notorious for being loaded with sugar, fat and empty calories that will not help your child stay energized and focused. Natural navel oranges are the ideal snack for kids because they are easy to eat, easy to carry around, and naturally sweet, delicious and healthy.

Taste the Sunshine with Hale Groves

At Hale Groves, we believe the best gifts come from the land, not a factory. For generations, our fruit has been grown slowly under the Florida sun, picked at its peak, and delivered fresh to your door. From sweet Navel Oranges to rare Honeybells, every gift shares the simple joy of real flavor—perfect for holidays, milestones, or everyday moments worth celebrating.

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