Farmer's Market Foods Canned Organic Pumpkin Puree

Our dog gets pumpkin in every meal -- if yours does too, you know why. You also know that one can only stash so many cans of pumpkin, and that somewhere in the spring most supermarkets start running out of canned pumpkin and can't get more or stop ordering it (understandably). So, I was happy to see this product on Amazon. Unfortunately, as other reviewers experienced, many of the cans arrived dented. In fact ALL 12 CANS were dented, most severely so. Thing is, unless Amazon wrapped the cans to the case flats, this was not an Amazon issue. The case pack was well buffered in a larger box that was completely undamaged; neither the shrink-wrap nor the flat were damaged; and even the inner cans in the case were bashed up. This clearly indicates that the manufacturer -- or whomever wrapped the cases -- shipped already and obviously damaged cans. I checked the product listing and there is no mention of these being seconds. My message to manufacturer, distributor and/or Amazon: check the product or change the description so people know they are taking their chances. Thankfully, Amazon customer service came through with an offer to replace or refund. I'm giving this one more shot for my dog's sake, and will hope for the best

I have been buying these on Amazon subscribe and save for a few years now. I have two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and one of them has a problem with leaking anal glands, yes, probably TMI, sorry. But just have to get the word out that a tablespoon in her dinner every night has got rid of that problem. How do I know? Because a couple of months last year Amazon didn't have any to ship, so I ran out for about a month. In that month I had to take her to the vets twice for her icky bum problem. Once Amazon started to ship it again, her problem went away. My other dog has never had that problem, but all in all I think this has probably helped him stay free of that complaint :) Highly recommend feeding pure pumpkin to dogs. I think it has great health benefits to them

I ordered this organic pumpkin through Amazon's Subscribe & Save. I have used it to make pumpkin pie, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin ice cream, and pumpkin cookies. It is delicious and has a very smooth texture. The pricing is superb as well--cheaper than non-organic. I would definitely buy this product again. I have included photos of the pumpkin cookies I made with this canned pumpkin as well as my recipe, in case it might be of interest to fellow Amazon customers. These cookies are vegan, meaning they contain no dairy or eggs. This recipe can also be made gluten-free by using a flour substitute instead of the whole wheat pastry flour. The cashews and dates in this recipe give the cookies a rich texture and add a delicious undertone of flavor that compliments the taste of pumpkin. VEGAN, PUMPKIN-CASHEW-RAISIN COOKIES Ingredients •1-1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (504 calories) •1/2 cup raisins (187 calories) •1/2 cup coconut oil (960 calories) •1/2 of a 15 oz. can of organic pumpkin puree (45 calories) •3/4 cup raw sugar (585 calories) •2 tablespoons maple syrup (81 calories) •1/2 cup (75 gm) raw cashews •60 gm dates (147 calories) •1 tablespoon stevia (optional if you like your cookies less sweet) •1 tablespoon vanilla •1 tablespoon arrowroot powder (egg substitute) •1/2 teaspoon baking soda •1/4 teaspoon salt •1 teaspoon cinnamon •1/4 teaspoon ginger •1/4 teaspoon nutmeg Directions •Preheat oven to 350º. Grease cookie sheets. (For convenience, I bake these in my toaster oven.) •Place the flour and raisins in a large bowl and set aside. •Place all of the other ingredients in a food processor. Puree these ingredients until the mixture resembles a very thick, sticky syrup. Don't worry if there are a few small chunks of cashews or dates. They will add interesting texture to the cookies. •Scrape the entire pureed mixture on top of the flour. Stir with a large, strong spoon or knead the flour into the pureed mixture by hand until the flour is fully blended into it. The result is a very thick, sticky dough. •Use a melon-ball scoop or spoon to dip 1 tablespoon balls onto a greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. Press down flat into a disc. (I put water into a small dish and dip my fingers into it between pressing each cookie in order to keep the dough from sticking to my fingers.) •Bake cookies 6-8 minutes, depending on how gooey you want them. I baked them 8 minutes, which leaves them soft and chewy. Do NOT overbake. They should be pale and only slightly golden brown on the edges. They may be slightly shiny on the top with the center still a little soft. Let the cookies sit on the hot cookie sheet until they solidify. If you try to move them immediately, they will break apart. •Note: These cookies freeze well and stay very fresh. I eat them straight out of the freezer, barely thawed, which increases the chewy texture

I have been satisfied with the consistency and quality of the product. I have been ordering organic pumpkin for many months now and have NEVER had a canned as so much dented. Today a received my monthly shipment and not only were the cans dented, the were CRUSHED! There is no way I can open these with a can opener. According to my invoice I could only return them yesterday. Which, for someone that lives in rural America, and getting home from work after 6 PM, there was no way I could have returned these the same day they arrived. The odds were against me on thus one. I'm back to buying from the grocery store

Overall I adore this organic canned pumpkin. I use it in muffins as well as a special tea, my version of a Pumpkin Latte I guess. ;) It's great to freeze into little cubes too! Here's my recipe for using it in tea: Frothy Pumpkin Spice Tea (or Coffee) Vegan (w/o the whip cream), about 48 calories. 1 can organic pumpkin 1 can organic coconut milk 2 clean and empty ice trays 2 spoons 1 glass or plastic container for the coconut milk Rinse off tops of cans. Shake can of coconut milk well before opening. Open. Pour/scrape contents into plastic or glass container. Crush empty can completely flat to prevent animals getting stuck in can. Stir contents in container with a spoon and smash any coconut milk solids with the spoon to return it to its completely liquid state. Pour coconut milk into one empty ice tray and freeze. Should yield about 16 cubes, depending on how big/small your ice tray slots are. Open can of pumpkin. Spoon pumpkin into second empty ice tray. Should yield about 11 cubes of pumpkin, depending on how big/small your ice tray slots are. Crush empty can completely flat to prevent animals getting stuck in can. Freeze. 1 cup (regular mug) of warm organic coffee/tea* 1 cube frozen coconut milk 1 cube frozen pumpkin** Organic ground nutmeg, I do two dashes Ground Saigon cinnamon, I do five dashes Ground organic Stevia*** (I use SweetLeaf brand cuz no fillers), 4-5 dashes, or sweetener of your choice 1 Nutribullet machine or blender of choice Pull out 1 cube of frozen coconut milk and 1 cube of frozen pumpkin and allow to thaw naturally. Fix one cup of tea or coffee, allow to cool to warm. Do not put super hot coffee or tea into your blender! If you drink your coffee/tea super hot, reheat it after it's mixed! Put thawed coconut and pumpkin cubes into blender. Pour in warm tea/coffee. Add cinnamon and nutmeg to your personal preference. Put the top on blender. Pulse blender for 10-15 seconds. Pour mixture back into mug. Enjoy! *I've used both coffee and tea. If I use tea, Jasmine Green tea and Roobios Chai are my favorite combination. Jasmine Green also pairs well with Honeybush, Roobios, and Green Roobios. **Please note, the pumpkin will naturally settle (because of its weight) at the bottom of your mug/coffee cup. In order to help prevent this, if it bothers you, stir the mixture occasionally in-between sips. *** I use stevia. Be careful with stevia, if you add too much it becomes bitter

When I first opened one of these cans, I spooned some of it into a bowl I was going to be adding Greek yogurt to, licked the spoon and said to myself, "what the heck? Butternut squash!" I love me my veg enough that I personally can recognize the difference in flavor, especially since my grandmother grew her own pumpkins and they did appear in her cooking. And I was going to write one of those, "Hey maybe this isn't what it seems reviews," but fortunately for everybody involved I read an article around the same time about how many producers of products for canned pumpkin grow a variety of pumpkin that is closely related to and has a similar taste to the butternut squash. And I thought, ah. This clearly must be a company who uses that variety. Personally, I'm not bothered by it because I honestly dump so much pumpkin spice in whatever I put this in that you can't really tell if it started out tasting more like a traditional pumpkin or a butternut squash. And most recipes that call for pumpkin have enough herbs or seasonings in them that really, I don't think it would matter there. For us, I didn't have any problem with the condition or the durability of the product. I only give my take on the butternut squash taste of the batch we got so that you can be aware, in case you do have a very strong preference on the matter. I do not

I purchased this canned pumpkin for my dog who has a touchy stomach remedied by a bit of pumpkin in his food every day. I have a hard time finding canned pumpkin year round in the grocery store so Amazon to the rescue. I was pleasantly surprised at how much better in quality this was than the pumpkin I have found in the grocery store in the past. It is bright in color, smells fresh, and has the texture of a freshly picked pumpkin. I will certainly be ordering this product again

I ORDERED MY 3RD CASE OF THIS PUMPKIN WHEN I WAS ALMOST OUTâ€"MAYBE ONE OR TWO CANS LEFT. THE FIRST CAN OF THE NEW CASE HAD BLACK MOLD GROWING ON TOP WHEN I OPENED IT. VERY OBVIOUS BLACK MOLD. IT WENT DIRECTLY INTO THE DISPOSAL. THE 2ND CAN, HAD A DARK AREAâ€"LOOKED LIKE THE MOLD WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GROW. NOT QUITE AS OBVIOUS AS THE FIRST ONE. IT TOO WENT INTO THE DISPOSAL AFTER A FEW MINUTES OF QUESTIONING IT. I DIDNT OPEN A 3RD CAN. I FINISHED PREPARING THE GIRLS MEAL AND FED THEM-- WITHOUT ANY PUMPKIN. I CONTACTED AMAZON NOT KNOWING IF THEY'D WANT ME TO OPEN MORE CANS TO SEE IF THEY TOO SHOWED SIGNS OF MOLD. NO. NOT NECESSARY. THEY ORDERED A UPS PICK-UP FOR THE PARTIAL CASE OF 10 CANS. I MADE IT A POINT THAT I WANTED THEM TO MAKE SURE CANS OF THIS PUMPKIN FROM THIS CASE, DID NOT GET SENT OUT TO ANYONE ELSE. THEY OFFERED TO SEND ME A NEW CASE. I SAID “NO THANK YOU”. I WAS AFRAID THE CANNING COMPANY HAD A PROBLEM AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THEY WERE EVEN AWARE OF IT OR NOT BUT I DIDN'T WANT ANY MORE OF THEIR PUMPKIN. AMAZON ISSUED A REFUND. THEY WERE WONDERFUL TO DEAL WITH. NOW THE REST OF THE STORY….. I HAVE TWO LITTLE HAVANESE. ONE OF MY GIRLS IS ON HER 2ND. 10 DAY ROUND OF ANTIBIOTICS AND ALSO IS GETTING A TOPICAL PRESCRIPTION SPRAY. WHY? SHE HAD BLACK AREAS SHOW UP ON HER SKIN THAT GOT LARGER AND LARGER. VERY UGLY AND ANGRY LOOKING AS THEY GET BIGGER AND MORE PRONOUNCED. THE VET SAID IT WAS AN INFECTION. WHAT THE CAUSE WAS HE DIDN'T KNOW. IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SOMETHING EXTERNAL BECAUSE IT HASN'T SPREAD TO MY OTHER DOG. DID SHE EAT SOMETHING SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE---LIKE A BAD SPOONFUL OF PUMPKIN, THAT MY OTHER DOG MISSED. OR, IS SHE ALLERGIC TO SOMETHING? WE COULD FIND OUT IF I WANT TO SPEND $500 ON ALLERGY TESTS. IS SOMETHING ELSE THE CAUSE? THERE WAS APPROX. 1 WEEK AFTER I RETURNED THE PUMPKIN TO AMAZON WHEN THE GIRLS DIDNT GET ANY. I DIDN'T SEE ANY NEW BLACK AREAS DURING THIS TIME AND WHAT WAS THERE APPEARED TO BEGIN TO FADE. AFTER THIS 5-7 DAYS, WE PICKED UP A COUPLE CANS OF ORGANIC PUMPKIN FROM THE GROCERY STORE. WITHIN ABOUT 2 OR 3 MEALS MORE BLACK AREAS BEGAN TO APPEAR ALL OVER HER BODY. FORTUNATELY, I GAVE THEM A BATH AT THIS TIME, WHICH, WHEN HER FUR WAS WET, MADE THEM REALLY STAND OUT. SO NOT ONLY WERE THERE MORE, NEW SPOTS, THE ONES SHE ALREADY HAD, HAD GOTTEN WORSE AGAIN. SHE HAS TWO AREAS ON HER LEG, WHICH WERE THE FIRST I ORIGINALLY SAW, THAT MADE ME LOOK TO SEE IF THERE WAS MORE AT THAT TIME. HOWEVER, NOW, SHE HAS ABOUT 4 ALL AROUND THAT LEG; SHE HAS THEM ON HER STOMACH, HER SIDE, HER UPPER CHEST, HER BACK AND HER NECK. WE ARE NOW ON OUR 2ND. BOTTLE OF TOPICAL SPRAY MEDICATION AND SHE'S ONLY GOT ABOUT 2.5 DAYS OUT OF 20 FOR THE ANTIBIOTIC LEFT. SHE HAS HAD NO NEW AREAS BREAK OUT SINCE I QUIT FEEDING THEM PUMPKIN AGAIN â€" I DONT THINK. SHE HAD BEEN SHAVED, WHICH MADE IT EASIER TO SEE. NOW HER HAIR IS BEGINNING TO GROW OUT AND IT'S MUCH HARDER WITH FUR COVERING IT. I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN IT'S THE PUMPKIN. I DON'T KNOW: 1) IF SHE'S ALLERGIC TO IT 2) IF IT'S SOMETHING IN ORGANIC PUREED PUMPKIN THAT ISN'T KILLED IN PROCESSING. 3) IF BOTH KINDS WERE PROCESSED IN THE SAME PLANT, JUST LABELED DIFFERENTLY, AND THEY HAVE A CANNING/PROCESSING PROBLEM. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THIS HAS COST ME HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS AND WE'RE NOT OVER IT YET. I ALSO KNOW SHE ISNT SCRATCHING AS MUCH AS SHE USE TO. HOW LONG SHE HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM THIS, I HONESTLY DONT KNOW. --MOTHER'S GUILTâ€" IT WASNT UNTIL I SHAVED HER HAIR REALLY SHORT THAT I EVEN SAW THIS ON HER SKIN. THE ONE ON HER LEG WAS VERY LARGE, MAYBE 3 INCHES LONG AND “CRUDDY” LOOKING ON THE SURFACE. ITS HARD TO DESCRIBEâ€"ALMOST AS IF IT WAS GROWING UPWARD. I ALSO KNOW SHE'S VERY GOOD ABOUT ALLOWING ME TO SPRAY THIS TOPICAL MEDICATION ON HER â€"TO SATURATIONâ€"AND STANDS QUIETLY WITH ME AS IT DRIES SO SHE DOESNT LICK ANY WHERE THERE'S THIS MEDICATION. OBVIOUSLY, ITS MAKING HER FEEL BETTER AND SHE KNOWS ITâ€"SHE KNOWS IT'S HELPING HER. I SUGGEST ANYONE FEEDING THEIR DOGS ORGANIC PUMPKIN, BE VERY VIGILANT. IF USING THIS BRAND, INSPECT IT EXTREMELY CAREFULLY FOR ANY INDICATION OF BLACK OR GRAY ON/IN THE PUMPKIN. I ALSO SUGGEST YOU INSPECT YOUR DOGS SKIN VERY CAREFULLY. I'D NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BUT HOW GOOD PUMPKIN IS FOR OUR DOGS. I'D NEVER HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT ALLERGIES TO IT NOR ANY OTHER PROBLEMâ€" JUST SO GOOD FOR THEIR DIGESTION. I HAVE TO SERIOUSLY QUESTION THAT NOW. NEITHER OF MY GIRLS ARE GETTING ANY PUMPKIN. THAT MEANS NO MORE OF THEIR TRADITIONAL- STANDARD- TREAT, WHICH WAS PUMPKIN WITH DIFFERENT FRUITS. NO MORE PROPER TOPPER , A MUCH LOVED BY THEM ADDITION TO FOOD THAT HAS ALL THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED BUT IT ALSO HAS PUMPKINâ€" AT LEAST THE TURKEY VARIETY I BUY DOES. I HAVE TO FIND NEW NUTRITIOUS TREATS. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST GETTING PIECES OF U.S. HUMAN GRADE DEHYDRATED CHICKEN BREAST. MAYBE I SHOULD JUST BUY A DEHYDRATOR AND MAKE OUR OWN ..?? IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE PUMPKIN ISN'T THE CAUSE OF ALL THIS, I'LL UPDATE. OTHERWISE, IF FEEDING YOUR DOGS PUMPKIN â€" OR EATING IT YOURSELF â€" BE VERY AWARE AND CAUTIOUS

I just found out that between Amazon's price increase and my local Thriftway's price decrease, it is now cheaper for me to purchase this one can at a time at the grocery store 4 blocks from my home. Amazon used to be cheaper but now it is not worth the obscure hassle. If I get a not so good can from my local grocery, it is much easier to return it and there is less packaging to recycle since I take my own bags to the grocery store. I had an amazon charge on my credit card that was not in my amazon order list. It took my 2-1/2 hours during which I talked to 3 different people at amazon to figure out what the charge was for. None of the amazon employees I spoke with would give me any sort of identification so that I could reference them if I need to call back. In fact, I could not find a way to contact amazon about a bogus charge--on the help link for amazon orders, accessed while I was signed onto the website, the help link just gave me general information and led to a dead end. I finally called and gave the order number for this order in order to be able to contact Amazon. Talk about Orwellian

WOW! OUTSTANDING! Now this is pumpkin puree. Purely smooth, rich..really tastes like pumpkin. I normally just buy whatever is available. Sometimes it is super cheap stuff, sometimes mid priced. All pretty much taste the same to me. Some are more dry, some are more wet. The watery kinds can be great for smoothies. The more dry is better for baking. I wasn't sure what to expect with this brand because all the reviews had me thinking I would open a can of watery mess. Opened the can, it looked.. moist. Not watery. The watery kinds look like pumpkin puree and water blended together. This has a deep color, very very smooth texture, and the puree is dense. Any liquid is clearly just pumpkin "juice". It is THE BEST pumpkin I have had. WHY IS IT SO GOOD???? I have had other organic brands too. It might come down to what kind of pumpkin is used? This is AMAZING. Like, i can eat it by the spoonful plain, amazing. It just has this natural sweetness that I dont ever notice in other brands (Aldi, Clover Valley, store brands, Libby, Full Circle Organic, other organics I cant recall). This is flippin' delicious! I really do wonder if it comes down to type of pumpkin variety used. This is just overly good. All my cans look good (no dents), has plenty of time on it in terms of expiration. This is my new favorite pumpkin brand. I really didnt know that pumpkin puree could taste this good. Right now I have been using it on hot oats- adds a bit of sweetness on top of all the other good nutrtion it has to offer. Glad I finally came around to trying this brand. I originally wanted to get some canned squash puree and this was the brand I booked marked. I tried the pumpkin because it was on sale. Now that I know this is the best ever, I will try other products from them. All a tad pricy, but I dont rate on price anyway