With over 40,000 products in the average supermarket, people don't have time (or the money) to test every product on the shelves – so we do it for you!

Each week we will post the latest reviews and I hope you will log in to see what’s hot…and what’s not!

Each product is judged and taste-tested based on the following seven criteria:

1. (30 points) Taste: The most important attribute of any food

2. (20 points) Value: Is it worth it?

3. (15 points) Health: Based off the nutritional information, is it nutritionally balanced?

4. (15 points) Ingredients: What's in it, how natural is it?

5. (10 points) Preparation: When applicable, how accurate or good are the directions?*

6. (5 points) Appearance: Is it appetizing and does it resemble its photo or description?

7. (5 points) Packaging: Is it appropriate for the product and does it have any benefits such as reseal ability, added freshness, better storage, etc?

*Products that do not require any preparation will have the full value of these points included in their total score.

Annie's Homegrown Honey Bunnies Toasted Oat and Corn Cereal

Dollar sales of the cereal category have experienced ups and downs in the last four years, falling 0.2% in the last year, according to data from The Nielsen Company. And we have been seeing many companies creating healthier versions of cereal to attract shoppers, by making them all natural and eliminating high fructose corn syrup. Another trend has been enriching cereals with whole grains, which in this case packs 9 g and that's great! This cereal tastes wholesome and satisfying. But there's that 75% organic labeling again that we've recently seen pop up on products. Yes, we're glad it's 75% organic, but the green circle logo is misleading since it looks so similar to the 100% organic label. How about trying a different color, just to make sure shoppers aren't being misled? Retails for $3.99/9-oz box.

Annie's Homegrown, Inc., Napa, California
1-800-288-1089
www.annies.com

Warm Delights Minis Chocolate Raspberry Decadence

This warm little dessert with only 150 calories per serving takes about 2 minutes preparation time, only 30 seconds of that in the microwave. The technology of this product is great and meeting the needs of Americans needing to save time. It's a delicious little snack and easy to make, but we wish it had more nutritional value. There's trans fats and a whole lot of artificial ingredients in this snack, and that is not meeting the needs of modern shoppers. Retails for $2.49/two 1.23-oz bowls.

General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1-800-446-1898
www.bettycrocker.com

Generation Max Milk Chocolate M&M's Cookies

If you have children that attend school, you might be seeing your counties, school systems, or even states taking steps to improve the nutrition of their students and to tackle the widespread child obesity issue. By creating new wellness and higher nutrition standards, schools have put into effect rules that ban food and beverages that contain high levels of sugar and fat. Good news for parents, but bad news for candy companies that have been kicked out of school. To offset the loss of sales, Mars, Incorporated has created lower sugar, lower fat candy products that meet the new standards for most states. This package of M&M's cookies contains 150 calories and 5 g of fat. That's a step, but it still isn't teaching kids about eating healthier and saving treats like candy and sweets for special moments and not every day at school. There's also still a lot of artificial ingredients, so it's still junk food. Retails for $0.85-$1.00/1.15-oz bag.

Masterfoods USA, Hackettstown, New Jersey
1-866-767-2253
www.mars.com

Crayons All Natural Fruit Juice Drink Wild Watermelon & Berries

This is clearly a beverage marketed for kids, but with school systems creating stricter standards on sugary beverages, we wonder if this one will pass ... if so, just barely. We find it a bit misleading that this company has labeled this product as having "SugarGuard Protection" and yet, in an 8-oz can, there's 19 g of sugar and 31 g of carbs. On a positive note, they did leave out the high fructose corn syrup and used all natural ingredients. Oh ... and why did they name it Crayons? Does anyone really want to drink a crayon? Retails for $1.24-$1.45/8-oz can. Also available 12-fl oz bottles and in Tickled Pink Lemonade, Kiwi Strawberry, Outrageous Orange Mango, and Redder Than Ever Fruitpunch.

Crayons Inc., Clyde Hill, Washington
(425) 881-7208
www.crayonsinc.com

Gnu Foods Flavor & Fiber Chocolate Brownie Bar

Here is what Sharon S., from Phoenix, Arizona, has to say about this product: "Super high fiber, healthy bar that actually tastes good. My husband thinks the chocolate flavor is desert!" Retails for $1.99/1.40-oz bar.

Gnu Foods, LLC
1-877-703-1085
www.gnufoods.com

Lipton Brisk Apple Flavored Green Tea

Here is what Joyce K, from La Salle, Illinois, has to say about this product: "Tastes like bottled apple juice with no green tea taste at all!" Retails for approximately $2.30/6-pack of 12-fl oz cans.

Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
1-888-LiptonT (1-888-547-8668)
www.liptonbrisk.com