Subscription boxes have never really appealed to me particularly now as there seems to be a steady decline in the quality of the majority of boxes. Despite the lack of appeal, I have always been a little intrigued by the Degusta box. The idea of having food sent directly to my door once a month makes me rather happy and, as you could purchase February’s box for £5.99, I decided to give my stomach a present.
The box arrived of February 24th via DPD and I couldn’t wait to get stuck in. I was pleasantly surprised to find a lot of items hiding in the rather larger box. I knew there was typically 10-14 items in each box but I didn’t realise you would receive duplicates of most items.
When I opened the box I was immediately met with the Ritz Crisp & Thins in sea salt and vinegar and also a pack of The London Crisp Company crisps in prawn cocktail. I’ve already tried the Ritz Crisp & Thins in the Thai sweet chilli flavour and I was not impressed with them. My gripe with them is the fact there’s a lot of air within the actual crisp thing (seriously, what would you actually describe them as) which left me a little disappointed. Fortunately I am sucker for salt and vinegar so I will be devouring these regardless.
The prawn cocktail crisps will probably be consumed by my other half due to my love/hate relationship with prawn cocktail flavourings. The only prawn cocktail I like at the moment comes in the form of Skips.
The next snacks in packs were the Nothing But range which are freeze dried fruit that are very low in calories. I received the apple and fig pack and the sliced beetroot and parsnip pack. I’m not entirely sure if I’m going to get on with either of these but I guess there’s no harm in trying them.
I also received a box of 24 bars of Nutribix; a wholegrain cereal flavoured with honey and coconut. Again, like the dried fruit I’m not sure I’m going to get on with these as I’m not a fan of coconut. I’m sure I could just smother them in chocolate and completely ruin their healthiness though.
Keeping with the bar theme are the 2 Beloved Bars. I received a date and seed bar and also a date and berry bar. Something tells me that I’m going to feel like a little rabbit when I’m chomping on these bars but they’ll be convenient for hungry moments when it’s not appropriate to eat pizza.
The liquids are what I’m really excited about in the box. I haven’t had J20 in years so I was rather surprised and happy to find 2 bottles of the J20 Spritz range. I received the apple and watermelon flavour and the pear and raspberry flavour. Let’s just completely ignore the fact I said a few weeks ago that I was going to try and give up sugary drinks.
I also got a bottle of Vit Hit in apple and elderflower. This has 100% of the recommended allowance of 8 different vitamins and it’s less than 35 calories a bottle. I’m rather tempted into trying this juice as I write this but I shall refrain from doing so as I’ll spill it all over my laptop.
Ah Mr Kipling, it’s been a while since I had any of your products. The cranberry, orange and oat slices sound delicious and hopefully they will be. Annoyingly there’s coconut in these slices as well so again, I might just smother them in chocolate.
The Sarson’s malt vinegar appears to be in the box as it has a new label; an odd reason to put a bottle of vinegar in but I’ll roll with it. As much as I like the smell of salt and vinegar, I don’t actually like vinegar so this will be given either to my parents or my other half.
Hello chocolate! I’m fairly certain you used to be able to buy the Divine bars from my high school and I remember them to be absolutely amazing (although beyond unaffordable when you only get £2 for your lunch from your mum). Dark chocolate isn’t really my thing but I think I can eat it for the sake of the caramel. Fortunately there’s a milk chocolate version too so win!
The last lot of items in my box amused me the most. Hartley's jelly is something you can easily pick up in any supermarket so I’m a little surprised to see 4 tubs of the stuff in this box. I guess the reason they’re in this month’s Degusta box is due to the new fruit in jelly pots. The flavours I received were peach in strawberry jelly and also cranberry and raspberry.
From what I can gather, the peach in strawberry pots are totally vegetarian friendly but I’m not entirely sure about the cranberry and raspberry. I’m sure there is gelatine in the regular jelly pots so they’ll be handed over to my other half to consume.
Considering the fact I only paid £5.99 for all of this, I’m quite pleased with Degusta. I’m still on the fence as to whether I want to get March’s box but knowing me, I’ll forget to cancel my next payment and get it regardless. These companies rely on forgetful people like me don’t they? Oh well! My first subscription box was a success, now to find one that will send me copious amounts of crisps.
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