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Contests & Giveaways @ Fooducate
This is a summary page of all the fun contests and giveaways going on at Fooducate. Most of the contests are happening on Fooducate’s mobile phone app (iPhone & Android)
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Valentine Chocolate (Feb 12 – 18)
Valentine’s Day is the biggest chocolate event of the year. Scan your favorite chocolate treat for a chance to win a $25 gift card.Remember: Don’t eat too much! Make every bite count.
- Scan any chocolate
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
- Winner will be notified via their Fooducate app
Ready, set, SCAN!!!
chocolate heart image: Fodoro.com
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Salsa Time (Feb 4 – 10)
Salsa is a tomato based sauce, low in calories and high in flavor, used as a dip. Scan your favorite salsa for a chance to win a $25 gift card.
- Scan your favorite salsa
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
- Winner will be notified via their Fooducate app
Ready, set, SCAN!!!
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New Year Resolution (Dec 30 – Jan 5)
Happy New Year!!!Tell us what you will be doing to improve your health in 2012, for a chance to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- email us describing what you will be doing to improve your health in 2012
- Contest starts Friday 12/30, ends Thursday 1/5 midnight PST
- Winner will be randomly selected and notified via email
New year image courtesy of PSDGraphics.com
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Go Nuts. And Seeds (Dec 4-10)
Nuts and seeds are a great source of protein, healthy fats, and an assortment of vitamins and minerals.Scan one or more nut/seed/trailmix products that you like to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- Scan at least one product
- Each additional scan increases your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner has been notified
Ready, set, SCAN!!!
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Tasty Giveaway! (Nov 11-23)
Are you into ethnic foods?Scan one or more products for a chance to win 3 tasty entrees from Saffron Road Foods.
- Scan at least one ethnic food
- Each additional scan increases your chances of winning
The THREE Winners are:
- Greg G., Columbus, GA
- Nicole W., Atlanta, GA
- Elisabeth C., New Orleans, LA
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Got Comments? (Nov 14-20)
So you’ve scanned some products and seen their Fooducate grade and details.But have you read what others have to say?Have you chimed in with your own opinion on that new yogurt flavor, or your favorite brand of chips?Comment on at least one product to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- Comment on at least one item
- The more you items you comment on, the higher your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just click the comment button and add your thoughts about a product!
Winner has been notified.
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Scan Your Pantry (Nov 5-11)
How healthy are you eating?
Scan through your pantry and see if it’s an A, B or C.
Scan at least 10 items to enter a drawing for a $50 gift card of your choice.
- Scan at least 10 different items in your pantry within a one hour period
- The more you scan the higher your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner has been notified
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Soup Time! (Oct 27 – Nov 2 )
It’s getting cold out and there is nothing like a hot soup on a chilly night.Scan one or more soups you like to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- Scan at least one soup
- Each additional soup scan increases your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
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Halloween Candy Contest! (Oct 10-17 )
It’s that time of year when everything turns orange and black.
Scan one or more Halloween themed candies to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- Scan at least one Halloween themed snack
- Each additional snack scan increases your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
- Winner HAS BEEN NOTIFIED
Ready, set, SCAN!!!
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Your Favorite Restaurant Dish (Oct 1-7 )
What’s your favorite restaurant dish? Tell us your answer to enter a drawing for Cook Like a Rock Star: 125 Recipes, Lessons, and Culinary Secrets
- email cookbook@fooducate.com with the name of your favorite dish
- Contest starts Saturday 10/1, ends Friday 10/7 midnight PST
- No need to sign up. Just reply!
Winner is Gal from Brooklyn, NY whose new favorite dish is the appetizer is in Sette restaurant in Park Slope. It is a spinach and pear salad with blue cheese and sugar pecans.
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What’s your favorite cookie?
Scan your favorite product and tap its “like” button to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
- Scan the barcode of your favorite cookie
- Tap the “like” button
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner is Natalia from Studio City, CA – she scanned Trader Joe’s Charmingly Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
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What’s your favorite nut butter brand? Is it Skippy or Jif peanut butters? An almond butter? Something else?
Scan your favorite product and tap its “like” button to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
Details:
- Scan the barcode of your favorite nut butter
- Tap the “like” button
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner has been notified via their Fooducate app
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Your Favorite Cracker (August 21 – August 27)
What’s your favorite cracker? Is it a WheatThin, Triscuit, Ritz, Goldfish, or some other brand?
Scan your favorite crackers and click their “like” button to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
Details:
- Scan the barcode of your favorite cracker
- Tap the “like” button
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner has been notified.
Your top 10 favorite brands, if you are curious, are:
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- Wheat Thins
- Triscuit
- Ritz
- Goldfish
- Cheez-It
- Kashi
- Club
- Nabisco
- Trader Joe’s
- Keebler
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Healthy School Snacks (August 13 – August 19)
It’s back to school for millions of kids. Are they getting healthy snacks?
Scan one or more healthy kids’ snacks to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
Details:
- Scan at least one snack with A or B grades
- Each additional healthy product scanned increases your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
- Winner will be notified via their Fooducate app
Ready, set, SCAN!!!
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Fooducate a Friend (July 28-August 2)
Help the people you care about eat a bit better!
Share this app with friends for a chance to win a $25 Gift Card of your choice. Click on the share button below, fooducate your pals, and enter the drawing.
Details:
- Share by email, facebook, or twitter (email only on Android)
- Each time you share, your chances of winning increase
- No need to sign up. Just share!
- Winner will be notified via their Fooducate app
Winner has been notified!
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Scan Healthy to win! (7/24-7/30)
Scan 5 or more healthy products to enter a drawing for a $25 gift card of your choice.
Details:
- Scan at least 5 products grading B+ or higher
- Each additional healthy product scanned increases your chances of winning
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
- Winner will be notified via their Fooducate app
Winner: Beth, Atlanta Metro, GA won a $25 Whole Foods Market Gift Card
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Healthy Hot Dogs? (June 29- July 5)
Independence Day is upon us and what better way to celebrate than classic American fare.
For a chance to win a $25 gift card of your choice, scan hot-dogs and wieners. See if you can find the brands with the least amount of bad-stuff in ‘em…
Details:
- Scan ANY hot dog, wiener, or sausage product
- Each scan increases your chances to win
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner: Aimme, Huber Heights, OH won a $25 iTunes gift card
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Ice Cream! (June 25- July 1)
This week, summer is officially here and we’re loving all things frozen and sweet (and in small portions 
For a chance to win a $25 gift card of your choice, scan your favorite frozen treat.
Details:
- Scan ANY ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet, popsicle, etc…
- Each scan increases your chances to win
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner: Denise, Santa Clara, CA won a $25 Whole Foods Market card!
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Dads Need Knives! (June 15-19)
In honor of Father’s Day, we’ve teamed up with Wusthof to give one lucky dad a beautiful knife set ($150 value!!!).
For a chance to win, scan any condiment you plan to use with this weekend’s BBQ.
Details:
- Scan ANY condiment – rubs, marinades, sauces, mustard, pickles, etc…
- Each scan increases your chances to win
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winner:
- Diana, Coralville, IA
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Scan Target to Win! (June 12-18)
We’re giving away $25 Target gift cards to the three people who scan the most Target brand food products this week. 
Details:
- Scan Target brand products: Archer Farms & Market Pantry
- Each unique product scan is added to your total
- No need to sign up. Just scan!
Winners:
- Georgiana, Lake Mary, FL – “Thanks! Love your app!
- Kimberly – Tulsa, OK
- anonymous
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Fooducate a friend! (June 5-11)
Help the people you care about eat a bit better!
Share this app with friends for a chance to win a $20 iTunes Gift Card. Click on the share button below, fooducate your pals, and enter the drawing.
Details:
- Share by email, facebook, or twitter
- Each time you share, your chances of winning increase
- No need to sign up. Just share!
Winner has been notified!
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Scan Wal-Mart to Win! (June 2-8)
We’re giving away $25 Wal-Mart gift cards to the three people who scan the most Wal-Mart brand products this week.
Details:
- Scan Wal-Mart brand products: Sam’s Choice, Great Value, World Table, Marketside, Clear American
- Each unique product scan is added to your total
Winners (partial list):
- Erica, Fullerton CA
- Kati, Syracuse, UT
- Storm, Crestview, FL
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Scan Trader Joe’s to Win (May 25-29)
We gave away $25 Trader Joe’s gift cards to the three people who add the most TJ products to our database this week.
Details:
- Scan Trader Joe’s brand products
- Each time you scan a product we don’t recognize, you’ll be asked to add it to our database by taking 3 pictures.
- Each unique product submission is added to your total
Winners (partial list):
- Jimmy, Phoenix, AZ
- Donna, Princeton, NJ
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Ayala’s Herbal Water Giveaway (May 22-28)
For an entire week, we gave away 2 gift packs of Ayala’s Herbal Water every day! For a chance to win, users just had to scan any beverage.
Winners (partial list):
- Nery, Beaverton, OR – “Fooducate has opened my eyes as to the stark reality of what my family and I are eating. I love this app!! I am now eating a lot more healthier. Thank you Fooducate!”Marie, Lincoln, DE – “Love using this App”
- Gabe, Huntington Beach, CA – “Fooducate is a great app to understand quickly what you are consuming”
- Austin, Suwanee, Georgia 30024 – “I literally use fooducate for everything and I love it.”
- Erica, Hummelstown, PA
- Sarah, Spicewood, TX – “We love Fooducate! My eleven year old has Type 1 Diabetes, and this app helps him make better choices. During our grocery shopping, he has all the information about food at his fingertips!”
- Yoko, Aliso Viejo, CA
- Todd, Gambrills, MD
- Ashley, Lacey, WA – “I love this app because I can scan anything I want to eat and it will give me a better choice that is similar to that food!”
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What’s your favorite cereal? (May 14 – 17)
Scan and vote for the cereals you like best for a chance to win a month of FREE milk .
Winner has been notified.
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Scan Healthy to Win (May 11 – May 15)
Use your Fooducate iPhone app – Scan “A” or “A-” products to enter a drawing for a $25 Whole Foods Market gift card.
Winner: Lauren, Boston, MA – “I love this app! It’s a great way to see how healthy items are that you’re either purchasing or before you eat! Thanks ”
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Mother’s Day – Help mom eat a bit better (May 7 – May 8 )
This Mother’s Day Weekend, help mom eat a bit better! Make your mother a healthy breakfast, then post a picture and description on Fooducate’s Facebook page. A $25 iTunes Gift Card will be randomly awarded to one of the healthy breakfast creators.
Winner: Debbie, Rockville, MD
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Fooducate a Friend (April 30 – May 6)
Help the people you care about eat a bit better! Share the Fooducate app with friends for a chance to win a $25 iTunes Gift Card.
Winner: Sheetal, Faifax, VA.
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Chobani Greek Yogurt Giveaway (April 26 – May 2)
Scan Any brand yogurt for a chance to win a FREE custom case (12 units) of Chobani Greek Yogurt delivered to your home! 
Winners:
- Mike, Indianapolis, IN – “Great way to compare before I get to the store saves me time in the isle !!!!”
- Sarah, San Jose, CA – “By eating healthy, I am sending a positive message to my young children!”
- Frydel, St. Louis, MO – “I find your app very helpful to decide what to buy at the store. It gives me great feedback.”
- Sheila, Washington DC – “Getting a chance to Fooducate myself on what’s healthy and what’s not is letting me take control of my life. Thanks Fooducate!”
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Easter Egg Hunt (April 20 – April 24)
Happy Easter! Join the Fooducate Easter Egg Hunt for a chance to win a $20 gift card. We’ve hidden 3 mystery products (Easter eggs) in our product database. Can you find them?
Winners:
- Elizabeth, St Louis, MO
- Bruce, greater Salt Lake City, UT – “Love the app. It helps me find better food as I shop.”
- Jane.
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Scan Healthy to Win (April 10 – 17, 2011)
A $25 Trader Joe’s gift card to the person who scans the highest number of healthy products in a week (rating B+ or higher).
Winner: Shelia of Oklahoma City. Congrats!
