Dandy Blend - BULK (2 lb) - Instant Herbal Beverage with Dandelion (Coffee Alternative)
Trying to quit coffee, but haven't found an acceptable alternative? Now you have one! 100% caffeine-free, gluten, bitterness and acid free. It tastes remarkably like a rich, full-bodied cup of coffee
The 2 pound bag makes approximately 450 servings per container
It is caffeine free, and has no acidity or bitterness. It is the only herbal coffee substitute in the US that features both the health benefits of dandelion root and the rich, full-bodied flavor, smoothness and texture of real coffee. Many say that, because it lacks bitterness and acidity, it actually tastes better than coffee.
It is made of water-soluble extracts of roasted roots of dandelion, chicory and beets, and the grains of barley and rye. Nothing else is added. While we make no claims for Dandy Blend other than that it is a delicious herbal beverage with the taste, body, and texture of coffee, the ingredients - dandelion, chicory and beet roots, and barley and rye grains - are all health-promoting foods respected throughout the world.
It contains no gluten. Gluten, which is comprised of proteins that are not water-soluble, is left behind in the grounds to be composted during the extracting process, leaving Dandy Blend gluten-free.
The sweetness some perceive in Dandy Blend is primarily from the fructose that occurs naturally in the roots of dandelion and chicory. Many people require no additional sweeteners.
It contains over 50 trace minerals in each cup, most of which the body uses to help synthesize compounds needed in metabolism.
There are no headaches or other withdrawal symptoms when switching from coffee to Dandy Blend. It is like switching from one brand of coffee to another. Most people generally can't tell that they aren't drinking coffee.
On top of all this, Dandy Blend costs as little as 7 cents a cup - less, on a per cup basis, than coffee, or instant coffee alternatives that do not contain dandelion. To keep Dandy Blend affordable for everyone who already drinks coffee, we keep the price down as low as possible by distributing it directly. Dandy Blend supports Mom and Pop health food stores because they care for their customers personally.
Dandelion root is what makes Dandy Blend unique and so much better that it stands out from all other options available. It is the only instant coffee alternative in the United States that contains dandelion root. To Americans, dandelion may be considered a weed, but to people all over the world it is a valued vegetable and highly respected herbal medicine. It is one of the top six herbs in the Chinese medicine chest.
If your doctor or health practitioner has recommended that you give up coffee, and/or add dandelion to your diet, Dandy Blend is by far the easiest way to do that AND still continue enjoying the flavor and texture of a good "cuppa joe" at the same time.
With Dandy Blend, you are a winner in three ways
it tastes like coffee,
it costs the same or less than coffee,
and it is healthy
FAQ's
* How Can There Be No Gluten if there is Barley and Rye?
Dandy Blend is made of the water-soluble extracts of five ingredients--three roots and two grains. The ingredients are roasted separately and them combined in prescribed proportions, placed into a vat, covered with hot water, and allowed to steep for a prescribed period of time. The water, with the soluble portions of all the components, is separated from the grounds and spray dried. The remaining fine brown powder left after the water is driven off is what becomes Dandy Blend. All the gluten and other water-insoluble substances are left behind in the grounds to be composted.
Hence, there is no gluten in Dandy Blend. Goosefoot Acres periodically submits samples of Dandy Blend to Elisa Technologies Laboratory in Florida, one of the most respected gluten testing labs in the United States for analysis, and so far, every test has come back gluten-free.
Therefore, from the standpoint of containing gluten, Dandy Blend is safe for celiac sufferers and other gluten -intolerant individuals.
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* How can I use DandyBlend to get off coffee?
Many of our customers report that they have gone seamlessly from coffee to Dandy Blend with no headaches or other withdrawal symptoms. However, if you wish, you can mix Dandy Blend half and half with coffee at first, gradually increasing the Dandy Blend until the coffee is eliminated. Other people drink coffee in the morning and DandyBlend the rest of the day.
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* How can DandyBlend be so sweet if the ingredients do not include sugar?
Food produced by dandelion leaves is stored in the roots as the starch inulin, which is just a bunch of fructose molecules tied together by fragile bonds. Roasting breaks these bonds and releases the fructose. The fructose masks the bitterness, making the beverage more palatable.
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* I have allergies to dandelion flowers. Is it OK to drink Dandy Blend?
Yes, there should be no problem. Dandy Blend is made from water soluble extracts of the roots of Dandelion. You are not even getting all the dandelion root--just that part that dissolves in water. That is why Dandy Blend it is totally free of gluten, pesticide residues, and other non-water soluble components that occur even in "organic" products.
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* Is Dandy Blend organic?
The barley, rye and beets are commercially grown. The dandelion and chicory root, however, are grown on farms in Poland that produce medicinal herbs for the Eastern European market, where allopathic medicines are used far less than herbal ones. The fact that Dandy Blend is made only of water-soluble extracts of these five ingredients, with nothing else added in either the product or processing except water, means that only the goodness of these ingredients gets to you. You get none of the bad stuff. And, since dandelions are such effective "miners" of trace minerals from the undepleted subsoils into which the roots extend, you are getting more nutrients than you would get from commercially grown vegetables, probably as many as you would get from crops grown in "organic" soils.
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* How do you make DandyBlend water-soluble?
DandyBlend is made only of extracts created by running hot water through the DandyBlend ingredients, and then spray drying the result and making it into powder. Add the water back (either hot or cold), and those extracts instantly rehydrate, just like freeze-dried vegetables or dried, powdered herbs.
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* Are there calories in Dandy Blend?
A cup of Dandy Blend is like water to Weight Watchers point counters - 0 points! There are only 5 calories in a cup.
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* Whats so special about dandelions?
Dandy Blend is the only instant coffee substitute in the US which contains dandelion root. Why Dandelion root?
Here's what Joyce Wardwell, author of the Herbal Home Remedy Book (Storey Publications), says about it: "If you think you've never used dandelion as medicine, guess again. It's a prime ingredient in many herb blends on the market, including formulas for weight loss, PMS, detoxification, and rejuvenation, along with liver, digestive, kidney and skin ailments!
Dandelion is such a wondrous source of minerals, vitamins, fiber, micronutrients, lecithin and biologically active substances that there is probably no existing condition that would not benefit from regularly consuming dandelions".
Greg Tilford, prominent medical herbalist and herbal veterinarian, author of the Ecoherbalists Guide, Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Rocky Mountains (Mountain Press).
"Dandelion is one of the most complete plant foods on earth. All the vital nutrients are conveniently contained in a single source, in quantities that the body can easily process and fully absorb."
Michael Tierra, world-renown herbalist and formulator of Planetary Herb Formulas, one of which uses Dandy Blend as its base, author of many books on Chinese Herbalism and owner of the East-West Acupuncture Clinic in Santa Cruz, says this:
"Dandelion is regarded in diverse cultures worldwide, both among Western herbalists and in the Chinese Medical tradition as one of the best detoxification herbs that also has potent anti-cancer properties. Dandelion root promotes normal liver function by enhancing biliary detoxification. It also helps regulate insulin levels and it works as an effective aperient promoting normal bowel function and diuretic urinary function. The most advanced research on cardiovascular disease and cancer, two of the major killers in the world, is that these diseases are caused by, or attenuated by, inflammation. Dandelion root is one of the greatest herbs for relieving inflammation and is well known to exert a benefit in the natural treatment of both of these conditions.
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* Doesn’t roasting destroy some of the essential goodness of dandelion?
While some enzymes and vitamins might be affected, roasting at low temperatures has been the way herbalists have prepared dandelion root for centuries. Roasting releases beneficial aromatic products, converts inulin to fructose, and makes trace and major minerals more available.
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* What is the shelf life of DandyBlend?
While DandyBlend officially has a shelf life of two years, in actuality, the compounds in the dandelion, chicory, the grains and the beetroot are so stable when kept in airtight containers that the shelf life is almost indefinite. It is just as invigorating after long storage as it is fresh.
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* What minerals are in DandyBlend?
According to tests done by Chemical Solutions Ltd.,
DandyBlend contains the following minerals on a per cup basis.
Major Minerals:
Potassium 22.2 mg
Sodium 3.2 mg
Phosphorus 2.8 mg
Magnesium 2.0 mg
Calcium 2.1 mg
Iron 0.9 mg
Aluminum 0.05 mg
Manganese 0.03 mg
Trace Minerals:
Rubidium 12.0 mcg
Zinc 8.6 mcg
Barium 6.0 mcg
Boron 4.0 mcg
Copper 1.6 mcg
Strontium 2.0 mcg
Chromium 2.0 mcg
Titanium 2.0 mcg
Trace Minerals that are present but below measurable levels are:
Lithium, Nickel, Germanium, Selenium, Zirconium, Molybdenum, Rhodium, Silver, Indium, Antimony, Cesium, Lanthanium, Prascodymium, Promethium, Europium, Beryllium, Scandium, Vanadium, Cobalt, Gailium, Arsenic, Strontium, Yitrium, Niobium, Ruthenium, Palladium, Cadmium, Tin, Tellurium, Cerium, Neodymium, Samarium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Holmium, Thulium, Lutetium, Tantalium, Iridium, Gold, Rhenium, Thallium, Bismuth, Uranium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Ytterbium, Hafnium, Tungsten, Osmium, Platinum, Mercury, Lead, and Thorium.
Source: Chemical Solutions, Ltd. Ian Milnes, President.
273 Mulberry Drive, Suite 9
Mechanicsburg, PA. 17050
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* Since a hot water extract is used, does this process actually leave behind any pesticides, herbicides and fungicides?
A. Certain substances are soluble in hot water, others are not. Gluten, pesticides, heavy metals, and other high molecular weight toxins aren't. Hence they stay back in the grounds (mash, whatever you want to call it) and are disposed of after the extract is made. We have no medicinal mushrooms in our blend, nor anything other than the five ingredients--- chicory, dandelion and beet roots and barley and rye grains-- indicated on the label and on the website.
Because we use only extracts, the resultant beverage is more organic than those products that claim to be organic but use the whole plant part. A farmer can still have pesticides and other toxins on his products even though he doesn't apply them, because these substances travel through the air from neighboring farms as well as for long distances on air currents, and wash out of the atmosphere in precipitation. Water soluble extracts do not contain these contaminants at all.
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* What if I am pregnant or breastfeeding? Can I drink Dandy Blend?
We get a lot of questions from those carrying babies, either inside or attached to their breasts, about whether Dandy Blend could create any problems.
Just the opposite is true- Dandelion is the beverage of choice in China and Japan for pregnancy. Dandelion root has long been revered as a liver tonic and blood purifier, as well as a diuretic. Women using dandelion root during pregnancy have often surprised their doctors with the purity of their blood.
After birth, it is prescribed to them to increase lactation. The combination of root and grain extracts in Dandy Blend enhances the effect of the dandelion, and makes Dandy Blend especially beneficial in this application.
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