I can't believe this place exists let alone survives in Carlsbad!
They have your typical health food supplements, pills, powders, oils, essences, and such that I wouldn't really be into, but surprisingly the store is much more diverse than that.
A lot of their stuff is gluten free, including a whole fridge full of gluten free frozen things like pizza and pasta and dumplings and stuff, but I'm also not into GF.
What I was really amazed by was the amount of stuff that I have been missing from living in a larger city and having access to a Whole Foods or a Trader Joe's. They sell Lundberg rice and Lundberg rice chips, which I love because they are delicious but I also love the company. Some classmates of mine in CA visited their farm and saw that Lundberg's farm performs a lot of their operations as sustainably as possible, such as using renewable energy. I love to support them.
More products I was excited about:
Lifeway Kefir, which is a type of probiotic yogurt, and they have it in more flavors than Wal-Mart carries. Albertsons doesn't even stock kefir. More probiotics include an organic raw milk cheddar and kombucha in the cold drink area.
Arrowhead Mills flours - this company is also known for their sustainable practices and their dedication to human health, and their wheat is stone ground instead of going through the industrial machine that most flours of the grocery store do.
Sunflower seed butter and almond butter! I thought only Trader Joes has a sunflower seed butter!
Skincare, haircare, and cosmetics (makeup, nail polish) - lotions, aloe vera, creams, shampoos, conditioners, etc, many of which are organic and are free of harmful chemicals like phthalates and parabens
Natural goat milk soap made right here in NM.
Short grain white sushi rice -- So Wal-Mart has Kokuho rose, I think. Albertsons only has Nishiki brown and some generic "medium grain" rices, but I couldn't find short grain anywhere in Albertsons. The one here at Healthy Choices is organic and USA grown.
There is also a small cooler that looks like the one people normally put ice cream novelties in at a convenience store, but its filled with a few healthier meat choices like nitrate free hot dogs.
Finally, I was so excited to find the brand Alo aloe drinks. I discovered these in Hawaii and couldn't even find them sold in Northern California, even though the back of them said they were made in San Francisco! I am going to be shopping here a lot more!
The staff is super friendly and will even order things for you if they don't have them. I only wish I had gone in earlier. read more