I first encountered Organic Burst when I started using maca. I had some maca from a finnish company which tasted awful and caused me headaches. I started researching superfoods and found Organic Burst. First I noticed the pretty packaging (yes, I'm such a geek) and then Pixie from Plant-based Pixie told me about how much she likes the Organic Burst maca - that's how my Organic Burst journey began.
But back to the beginning. What are maca and Co. ... to wrap it up, what are superfoods? Well, the term "superfood" is used to describe foods with very dense health benefits. Those benefits are mostly being rich in antioxidants (such as beta-carotene, vitamins A, C, E, flavanoids and selenium) and omega-3 fatty acids - they're good for your immune system, anti-ageing etc. etc. etc. Superfoods are entirely at their natural state and contain no chemicals - as suggested in Organic Burst's name, they're organic too. That's why many people (like me!!) change pills from the pharmacy into superfoods - for example maca is high in iron and magnesium which I used to consume as pills before!
Pancakes. That's the next hint. Because right after I got my maca, Organic Burst started their #OBpancakeweek competition, where they asked customers to take pictures of pancakes that included their superfoods (read more here). Perfect for me, the pancake princess and maca-pancake-lover. I whipped up several pancake stacks and (drumroll) WON (yippee, lucky me!)! That's how my superfood journey continued - the prize were three superfood granules from Organic Burst.
Their range of superfood powders consists of
- maca
- baobab
- spirulina
- chlorella (powder and tablets)
- wheatgrass (powder and tablets)
- acai capsules.
One more thing that I absolutely LOVE about the company: Organic Burst has ethical partnerships with their farmers - for example the baobab farmers in the local area are provided jobs and a stable and especially fair income! Furthermore Organic Burst makes sure that the growing of the baobab trees is sustainable! The knowledge that my purchase is also helping people in development countries (which I'm incredibly interested in, especially after living in Asia for several years) convinced me - and should convince you to give them a go too! (Usually I prefer using local products because of environmental issues and the high CO2-footprint of global transport, but this fair trade of local farmers is something I definitely want to support!)
Now let's come to the products themselves:
Read more and order here!
Read more and order here!
Read more and order here!
To sum it up: Organic Burst products are organic, super healthy and good for you, environmentally friendly and support farmers in development countries, and FURTHERMORE the packages are super pretty and the company's homepage and facebook page are full of interesting health information and all that is what makes it my favourite company ever! The team are very active on instagram too and they are all so personal and interested in their customers, which I love. And I had the pleasure to meat the founders Katya and Dimi at the October Plant-based Picnic and they were so lovely people that there are only positive things I can say about this brand!