Shopping Around

Vegetarian Times, May, 1999 by Andrea Mather

Saving Face

This daily moisturizer from Alba Botanica Advanced Facial Care Complex ($12.95/1 oz.) not only hydrates your skin and helps reduce redness, it also contains a combination of sunscreens that blocks both UVA and UVB rays (many block only UVA). For more info, contact (800) 347-5211; www.albabotanica.com.

All Lit Up

Unlike most candles, which are made with petroleum-based products like paraffin and artificial fragrances, Indigo Wild's Beeswax Candles ($15/8 oz.) are crafted with pure beeswax and essential oils. Favorites around here are the grapefruit/lavender and sweet orange. Expect each to burn about 30 hours. To order, call (800) 361-5686.

Rinse Cycle

Thanks to pesticides and bacteria like E. coil and salmonella, it's never been more important to do a good job cleaning the produce you and your family eat. Nature Clean's Natural Fruit and Veggie Wash ($3.99/24 oz.) helps remove bacteria and chemical residue without adding a soapy taste. For more info, call (416) 282-1107.

Berry Good for You

Wyman's frozen Wild Blueberries ($2.39/12 oz.) are loaded with vitamin C, potassium and magnesium and are bursting with flavor. Here's a nifty bit of trivia: Blueberries contain more antioxidants--which neutralize the free radicals associated with disease and aging--than any other fruit or vegetable. For info, contact (800) 341-1758; www.wymans.com.

Using Your Noodle

Even if you don't have a wheat sensitivity, you'll love this gluten-free pasta from Adrienne's Gourmet Foods. Made with lentil flour, a 2-oz. serving of Papadini (8 oz./$2.49) contains 11 more grams of protein than its wheat counterparts. Papadini pasta has a mildly nutty flavor and comes in four styles: small shells, rice-shaped orzo, mini-lasagna noodles and ruffled macaroni. For more info, contact (800) 937-7010; www.adrienne.com.

Sprout Clout

Make your veggie sandwich even healthier with Fresh Alternatives' BroccoSprouts ($2.99/4 oz.). One ounce of these tasty sprouts contains the same amount of cancer-fighting sulforaphane glucosinolate as 1 1/4 pounds of cooked broccoli. For more info, call (888) 551-8989.