Natural Products Expo West is the leading trade show in the natural, organic and healthy products industry. That means food, skin care, drinks, supplements, ingredients and way, way, way more. We were two of over 60,000 attendees visiting over 3,000 exhibitors.
We’ve only been home a few hours, but we wanted to share a few pictures from the event.
You know you’re in for a good experience when the first thing you see in the Press Room is a Gifting Suite!
Top Left: Alpina USA Greek Yogurt with Granola (We went to an Alpina test kitchen event. More on that in a future post)
Top Right: Debbie from Premium Gold Flax
Middle Right: Curtain at the Stonyfield Farm booth made from yogurt lids
Bottom Right & Bottom Left: Extremely unique chocolate from Lilie Belle Artisan Chocolates (yes, that really is bacon in the chocolate, and yes, you should NOT eat this bar unless you like super spicy)
Bottom Center: Daisy from Carmela’s Food Company (her marinara recipe comes straight from her Italian emigrant grandmother, Nana Carmela)
Left: Silk Soy Vanilla Iced Latte
Center: Lotus Aroma is a French-Canadian company that makes skin care products that are devoid of crap (and the owner has a great sense of humor)
Right: Organic Valley has come out with even more yummy items in their grass-fed line (sisters not included). They put on a rockin’ 25th anniversary party too!
Left: Sandy Todd Webster is the editor in chief of IDEA Fitness Journal. She knows food and fitness, oh yes!
Top Right: We met our FitFluential friend Jody of Truth2BeingFit. She is super fit and super fun.
Bottom Right: That is my former UCSB student Will. He now works for CORE Foods. Buy their stuff.
Left: Artists from Hugo Naturals creating soap
Center: We like balance so that’s what we did with Chandra, founder of Drink Chia. We support woman-owned businesses like crazy.
Right: Someone has to win this beehive from Attune Foods, and Alexandra wants to be that someone.
Photo Credits: Alexandra and Kymberly’s Instagrams.
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SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much fun! I am so happy I got to meet you two in person! You got a much better take on the shoe than me in pics so I will relive it here!
That gifting suite was awesome! It is interesting how we both geared toward different things & I will share more of my in another post but a few were on the blog today. 
Jody – Fit at 55 recently posted..Gratitude Monday & Blogging Friends!
I read your post late last night and thought your recap and photos were excellent. Interesting how we all find different, yet totally fantastic brands, isn’t it?
AlexandraFunFit recently posted..Healthy Heart: Improve Your Circulation and Flexibility
It looks like you both had a blast! I am hoping I can make it to the expo next year – fingers crossed!!
Sarah Jane @Fit Betty recently posted..Fit Gear Review: Ellie Clothing
You should go Sarah Jane! Just apply for a press pass. Your blog qualifies you. This is our 3rd year and we find some truly excellent products. And it’s a great way to discover the upcoming food trends.
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I LOVED seeing all the pics you posted on Instagram this weekend! I felt like I was right there with you {except my belly knew I wasn’t enjoying all the samples}!
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PLeeeeeeeeeze plan to come next year. Then we can put up pics of YOU! And we’ll make you do crazy poses, just like we did to good sport Jody Goldenfield!
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I’ve been following your pics this past weekend on Facebook and it looks like you had a blast! Love that you included a link to a Canadian company; I hate paying all the postage to order from the states…
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Thanks Tamara. We also visited Holy Crap cereal in your honor, and tried the cereal. There were a number of Canadian companies, so we hope we get a few more in future posts for you! We had a total blast! And the Lotus Aroma products were really lovely. They use essential oils, not chemicals, and the smells were subtle, not overwhelming. We spent about 45 minutes learning all about their products. Now all you need is a groovy French-Canadian accent!
AlexandraFunFit recently posted..Healthy Heart: Improve Your Circulation and Flexibility
Looks like so much fun! And all that goodness yum yum.
Angie @ Losing It and Loving It recently posted..This Weeks Healthy Meal Plans
Yes to both comments Angie. It was a lot of fun. We love to find the new companies and the latest trends. And the food is good AND good for you. So Blam – 2 things covered at once.
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Hi Ladies!
I hope you are doing well. It would have been nice to see you…
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SO SAD RIGHT NOW!!! I couldn’t go but I wanted to SOOO BADLY!!
Looks like so much fun!
GiGi Eats Celebrities recently posted..The Bachelor: Here Come The Crazies!
Please come next year Gigi, so we can talk you into doing fun pics with us! Oh, and the expo is pretty fabulous too!
It looks very nice exhibition from different natural organic health products which keeps you more and more healthy its like an awareness to the people who organizes well ! Excellent work……
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That sounds like so much fun! Someday, I will go.I know that a lot of new vegan stuff gets introduced at the expo (including Daiya slices I believe!).
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