IS THIS THE BEST APPLESAUCE EVER? | Musselman’s Honey Cinnamon Review: SUPERCHEF VS SUPERMARKET
Summary
Darnell tackles Musselman's Honey Cinnamon Applesauce to answer the question every parent wonders: is this stuff actually good for your kids? The verdict? The taste and price absolutely crush it, earning solid A's for that real apple flavor and smooth texture that hits nostalgic notes. But then Darnell drops the hammer on nutrition, discovering a shocking 21 grams of added sugar per cup, which is basically 42 percent of your daily limit in one sitting. He can't wrap his head around why they're using both sugar AND honey when one would do the job. Real talk about what's really hiding in those convenient supermarket cups.
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All right, so this episode Superchef vs
Supermarket, I want to tackle something that affects [music] my family, kids
You know, I see people in families buying from this section because it seems healthy
It seems like a good alternative for their kids
So, we're going to try it out
Something that
looks good
This is makes you think it's a family-oriented, [music] so I like that
Some honey cinnamon applesauce
Let's take it to the kitchen, but we're going [music] to judge it harshly, especially nutritionally, because we need to see if this is worth giving to our kids or not
So, I'll meet you in
the kitchen
All right, we're back in the kitchen
Whipping
My kids have already seen this
They already asked me to have one
They love applesauce
Um I don't know if they like applesauce if it was made just with apples
taken into a sauce, but they love applesauce from the grocery stores
I wish this is crazy cuz I don't think I gave my my kids They get it at school, daycare
That's where they get it
I'm like, where did I don't ever remember having applesauce at home.
Uh but, that's where they get it at daycare. [music] Uh so, we have Musselman's I got to be Musselman
I can spell
It doesn't seem like it would say Musselman because it's a Musselman's American Grown Apples
That's the name of the company.
I don't know
Y'all tell me if I'm spelling this saying this wrong
M U S S E L
Muscles
I eat muscles all the time
I cook muscles
And then man's, I just don't know
It seems [music] like I'm not saying it right because it's about apples, not about seafood
But, that's what it's called
This is their
honey cinnamon applesauce
This is for your kids, people
How many times you stop there and get them some applesauce? Not really understanding what's in that applesauce
Not understanding if they should have that applesauce or not
Not everything that looks right is right
But, sometimes it is
So, we're going to
get right into this
This is the show you know
We take products that you may not know, expose you to them, or sometimes we take products you do know, and we put them up and we judge them
Real simple
Taste, price, nutrition, how they talk that talk
Starting off always with
talking that talk
I mean, how do they brag on the packaging? How you going to make me stop and look at this? What makes you different than the one next to you? And let's see what they say
Big cup
They're definitely big cup
Sometimes
that's the issue with buying like little things like applesauce
Sometimes it's always little tiny [music] cups
I mean, that's good for a baby, but once they get over four, they they need a little bit more
So, shout out to your big cup
Um It's a daily serving of fruit
That's
really good
Hand-picked from our family farms
And it's a it's American grown apples
I think I think that's a huge thing
American grown apples in Pennsylvania
I like that
I'm a fan of that
They've been farming for a long time
And
let's get to some judgmental things here
Let's start with Let's start with taste
Cuz sometimes the other things can block your judgment that the nutrition ain't right, the price ain't right
You may already check out
You'll be like, oh, I'm gone
Not in my price range.
Uh but, let's go to taste
We all care about taste
All right
Oh, this is nostalgic
Y'all remember these days back in school? They used to give them to you like this
All right, let's see what this taste is like
Okay, texture's great
Reminds you
of applesauce
There's nothing really new here
Um sometimes it's a little chunky, but this is perfectly smooth
Awesome
Now I remember why I used to love applesauce
Cinnamon-y cinnamon-y
Cinnamon-y
It has a good cinnamon flavor.
It's really cinnamon-y
Um Oh my gosh, this is good
I ain't going to lie
One of the few applesauces that taste like apples, not just sweet
Um good job
Heavy on the cinnamon.
Honey
You can't taste honey
Are you tasting sugar? I mean, I'm being honest with you
But, you do taste [music] apple
Good job
Like most times you've ever had applesauce, you had a little apple
flavoring in there
And you had some sugar
This one apple first and cinnamon
But, sweetness is there, too
So, good job on this
Texture's right
Reminds you of exactly what you had as a kid.
That sugar stayed on the back of that tongue, though
That's all I can On that will say uh sugar stayed on the back of your tongue
Uh flavor-wise, B+
It is what it is
Honey cinnamon applesauce. [music] Straight to the point
Um American apples, I love that
Uh I will support
American products cuz I live in America
I want businesses to do good
I want to make farmers great again
So, um yeah, we're there on that
Good job
Taste is there
I wouldn't expect nothing different from an applesauce. [music] Um all right, so let's say I should say
I don't need nothing more than what I have here
So, I could give it a A because there's really nothing more I desire from applesauce than what I have right here
So, I'll give it A-
Good job, uh Musselman's
Um let's go price next
Price?
What what was we got on these? Musselman's sauce $2.99 for four
I don't know
What do you think about that, Evan? Is that a lot? $2.99 for four of these? They big, though
Yeah, it it ain't it ain't going to kill you. $2.99 for four, I mean, if you got a
family over four, you got to buy at least two of these, [music] so Yeah, the the mods you're going to need to buy you got to buy little little lot of those
This good, though
Uh price $2.99 for four big cups
I mean, I don't know how cheap y'all want food to be.
This is pretty in inexpensive right here, so A-
So far, you got A's
Let's put it out there
You have A's
And I have no need to give them anything [music] good
We have no relationship, no sponsorship, no money, nothing
This is just me just trying out something telling you what I
think of the taste, nutrition, the price, how they packaged it, and if you should buy or not
All right, let's get to nutrition
One cup, 130 calories
Fat zero, cholesterol zero, sodium zero
Carbs [music]
13% of your daily value, which is normal
It's an apple
I I understand that
Um protein zero, but the added sugars 21 g of added sugar is a lot
I'll be honest. [music] It's a lot for one serving of
applesauce
That's a red flag
Um that's 42% of your daily value if you're going off the 2,000 calories
That's 42% of [music] what you're supposed to have in a day
Um
but, my favorite part, as always, the ingredients
What is actually in there? First things first, apples
Huh
Boy, if it would have been something else than apples, I'd told you I'd bite
Uh apples is the first thing, as it
should be
Good job
Then we have sugar
Then we have honey
Now we have natural flavor and cinnamon
Ascorbic acid, [music] which is vitamin C
And that's pretty much it
Okay
Made from real fruit, which may
contain seeds, stems, and other pieces from natural fruit
And uh I do like that it says uh gluten-free
And honey cinnamon applesauce is not genetically [music] engineered, which a lot of apples, a lot of oranges, a lot of things are different than what they should be.
They're genetically [music] engineered to make it simple
This is not
So, that's a good product to have
But, the sugar's killing me
I don't Why do you I don't get I don't know why
I think people need to understand this
Why do you need sugar and honey? Why not
just leave you honey? I'm saying but I I get your body doesn't know the difference
You know what I'm saying? It's not going to break it down
It doesn't really Your body's not made like that
It doesn't know the difference between the two
Um
I'm just a natural person when it comes to sugar
I like natural sugars, like things that come from nature
Uh and I'm not saying like sugarcane that come from nature or anything like that
But, if it's so processed and so stripped that it is totally different
Um it spikes the the glucose
instantaneously
There's a lot of things why you shouldn't like it
Um that would be my only negative on this
Like I told you, one I was once told while this is a product that I could see someone buying and being fine with it
being in their diet every once in a while
I was told by a wise person that if the first and three ingredients [music] have sugar in it, it's a dessert
And I've always lived by that since then.
Uh the first three ingredients, [music] two of the three are are sugar
Um that's not to knock this brand
That's not to say don't buy the brand
That should should [music] be you to know
Now, you have to make a choice based off of what you want out of life
And
if you're not a sugar fanatic, I can eat this every [music] single day if I'm not like really like I don't really get sugar in a lot of places
Actually, I've been pretty much watching out [music] for it
So, if this is all I was going to get in sugar for a day, I'd be totally fine
Um but, no one eats
anything every day
So, you don't have to worry about those kind of things
No one's eating applesauce daily
So, it's not like don't get it because it's apple No, I mean, what what's that saying about applesauce? You know what I'm saying? So, just watch out for that, man
I'm going to tell you
all right now, watch out for your sugars
Um I'm going to tell any product, any brand, I encourage you [music] to use natural sweeteners
I don't encourage you to use um added sugars
I don't encourage you to use artificial
I would say use natural.
Charge a little bit more if you have to for it
Um but, give the people what they need, not always what they want
Uh so, good product
I would definitely approve this for [music] purchase
Just watch out on the sugar
Be very cautious and aware [music] of what's inside of it from that
standpoint
But, taste is great
Price is great
Nutrition is is pretty good, man
Outside of the sugar, which is a big deal
But, you let me know if it's a big deal for you or not
That's your life
This ain't my life, baby
I know I'm doing over here
So, I'll see you next time on Superchef vs
Supermarket.
Uh DM me on social media Superchef_23
I want to know what you want me to see
If you see a new product out there you haven't seen yet, I Let me let [music] me put it to the test
See you next time
Oh.
Episode description
Today we’re diving into the Musselman’s Honey Cinnamon Apple Sauce Big Cups. We all know the classic, but does the addition of honey and extra cinnamon actually make it better—or just more sugary?