Garden Fresh Salsa

outside of making salsa/​pico from scratch, jacks is the best store bought salso i have ever had.

You haven’t had salsa, until you’ve had Jack’s salsa.
Garden Fresh Salsa is my favorite store-​bought salsa, hands down. Super fresh, a great blend of vegetables and spices, and it’s absolutely delicious.
My favorite is Medium, but Mild and Hot aren’t too bad.

For almost 40 years, I have frequently made my own salsa and many folks have said that it is the best they have had. Last week at Costco, I picked up on a whim, some Jack’s Cantina Style Salsa and I have made my last salza. I cannot describe the blend of flavors, but it is wonderful and could never by equalled by my own home mix.
For me, it’s perfect, but I did enjoy adding chopped cucumber to some of it.

Garden Fresh Gourmet Salsa and chips are a really excellent choice if you like fresh and tasty! I have sampled all the flavors of the salsa and found them all to be top quality ingredient wise which translates into great taste. I also especially enjoy the blue corn tortilla chips!

I have loved this salsa for a LONG time. Then a couple of weeks ago, I happened to pick up a giant bag of Garden Fresh tortilla chips at the grocery store to go with the salsa, and happened to actually read the little story on the back of the package. I was pleasantly very surprised to find that both of these yummies — the chips and the salsa — are made right here in the Greater Detroit area («hey! That’s where *I* live!»).
Well, now I love them just that much more. I like all the varieties of salsa they make, but particularly the Jack’s Special. Fantastic and restauranty-​style FRESH flavor with just the right consistency (not all thick and gloppy-​congealed-​stewed-​tomatoey like out of a can or something, you know?). And I’m going out to the store specifically to get some more right now.

Way to knock it out of the park. Fresh. Local. Quality!
The chips are great, the salsa is even better and the hot varieties have some real burn to them.

The best, bar none.
If you really like spice, try the «Screamin’ Hot». It’s pretty damn hot, but still incredibly flavorful.
The fruity flavors are not too sweet, unlike some (hey, I want salsa, not jam).
Great guacamole and hummus as well. And chips. Just a terrific company.
(As an aside, I believe I read a while ago that GF also manufactures the Margaritaville line of chips and salsas as well, so if you go with those, you“re still buying local.)

This is the Best Salsa out there, hands down!!! GGGRRRREEEAAATT!!!

Love Love Love! So many choices and all fresh! Made in Michigan and employing tons of people! Great company! Also found out that they donate a lot to charities. Blue corn chips are awesome and Jacks Special is my favorite!

I bought the Garden Fresh Mango Peach salsa, marketed as a fruit salsa, for the mango and peach taste. However, when I got home, I found, listed in the very fine print, «tomatoes, onion, green pepper, pineapple»…before you even get to any mango or peach. Disappointing.
Why not be honest and call it «Salsa, with some fruit». I’m trying to «BUY MICHIGAN» but these guys don’t make it easy.

There is no doubt that this is the best fresh salsa that you didn’t have to make yourself at home. The variety is awesome and the different heat levels offer a great selection from mild to hot. I am not usually a fruit salsa lover but the mangos, peach salsa is to die for it is mother especially sweet but the slight sweetness compliments all of that cilanto, onion goodness. I have been a fan of this salsa for years and the only thing that could make it better is if they could make individual small salsa for my lunch… what’s that you say? They do? Okay so there is nothing they can do to make other better… NOTHING!

Wait, what? Garden Fresh has a location, rather than just a gloating little stall at one of Ferndale’s many festivals?! Why yes, Unilocal told me, and soon enough I was beelining with fervent longing and desperation towards this source of salsa mana.
I first met up with Garden Fresh during a certain pig and whiskey festival held this summer in Ferndale. My beau steered me straight towards their table, tucked in beside the Emory’s, and pointed at the banner with no little authority behind his expansive gestures. «The best salsa,» he declared, «anywhere. Try some.» I may have taken his suggestions for granted; natch, I probably wasn’t expecting more than what fresh salsa in a jar tastes like. Rich, lively, spiced — all good descriptors for homemade salsa my family makes every summer. I had a few chips to scoop up the goodness with.
And a vibrant synesthesia seized my spinning head, exploding in vermilion swirls of tomato glory and burnished juiced-​peppershot. Fragrant hues poured over my palate in a riotous whirl. I just stood there, munching on my poor soggy chip while the Garden Fresh vendors smiled gently, beatific as a bodhisattva observing a clueless petitioner strike upon nirvana for the first time, and not about to hurry me along. I forgot the smoke, the roasting pig, the sunshine-​laced rye lemonade in that humid shadow of a tent. From afar, my beau’s voice floated to reel me back to reality. «It’s delicious, isn’t it?»
He wasn’t in the least condescending, and I knew he spoke the Truth. This local Ferndale product is one of Detroit’s many well-​kept secrets, gems that in any other big city would be plastered from one supermarket to the other and touted by annoying celebri-​chefs like Rachel Ray. In some ways I’m grateful, as it means more high quality product resonating with fresh, delicious goodness for _​me_​. I don’t want to share with some ingrate New Yorker or Portlandia 90s escapee. Mine, it’s ALL MINE.
The salsa will cost you more than the average jar of big-​brand-​maker at the store or even fresh salsa from a Spartan store. Holiday and Whole Paycheque-​Foods are in the same stratosphere of price point, but they aren’t: a) small businesses, b) entirely local made-​right-​on-​the-​spot, c) this good. I’m prone to eating a tub of this all by my lonesome given a chance, it’s that good, and I trot it out for special occasions or when my friends and beloved ones have been extra worthy of loving attention.
I adore Garden Fresh for doing everything just right.
Except delivering me a giant keg every other week. Just sayin’. Hee!

Garden Fresh Salsa is a place? How do I get there?! Either way, I had to look it up. I like this stuff so much I wanted to compliment the makers (*cough see if they’d send me coupons *cough :) DELICIOUS! Best salsa I’ve ever had. I haven’t had a lot but I am determined to become a bit of a salsa connoisseur. The medium is my favorite. It’s not too much above the mild, but it is great. I ate an entire thing of it with Tostitos new Artosan Recipe Fire Roasted Chipotle chips. Addicting. Get yo’ self some!

Without you garden fresh, my life would be meaningless. After eating your salsa for a long while now I scoff at other poor fools who offer me different brands of salsa. Psssh, what do you think I am? Incapable of taste? Only than would I eat any other salsa. Keep it up. For the love of god dont ever go away. If your business is ever having trouble, call me, and I will donate. Thats how much I love you.

Nom nom nom nom nom!!!
I LOVE GF salsa. My favorite is Jack’s Special Medium. I used to eat this all the time when I lived in NC and once when i was visiting my father in the Boston suburbs I went on a crazy adventure visiting 7 (yes, SEVEN) different grocery stores in an effort to find this salsa. I wasnt able to — but interestingly enough when I moved back to MA my local grocery store had it!
It is so fresh and tasty and worth every penny. Several places offer the larger tubs, but around me I can only find the 16 oz smaller tubs. Around me they are $ 3.99 but Ive seen them go for more in other places.
Only problem is that I have a hard time not eating the whole tub in one sitting! Which granted, isnt that bad since the WHOLE tub comes to a whopping 160 calories — but thats also a lottt of chips.
I will love this salsa until the day I die.

LOVE! I have been known to consume a bag of unsalted chips and a tub of Sweet Onion salsa in a single sitting! Possibly one of the best products to come out of Michigan.

Yay to Ryan for adding Garden Fresh.
I love this salsa. If you get the Macho Nachos at COPA, then you’re getting Garden Fresh.
My favorite variety is the Jack’s Special (mild). It’s packed with chunks of onion and cilantro. The artichoke and garlic is unique and yummy as well.
The unsalted chips made by the company are also a favorite in our house.

Garden Fresh Salsa has changed my world, for the better. After eating this delicious salsa, I can never go back to eating jarred salsa again. I don’t care if it’s Chi-Chi’s, or imported from Mexico or made in New York City, I don’t want it if it’s been sitting on the supermarket shelf for a few years. GF has revolutionized salsa and I don’t want to go back to a world without it.
You can find Garden Fresh in a variety of stores in the local area and I’ve seen it in Toledo and in Mid-​Michigan, so it’s got a decent range. Look in the deli or produce sections because it’s got to be refrigerated because it’s that fresh. There are a variety of salsa’s from mild to hot to sweet onion to artichoke to mango. I prefer Jack’s special for it’s balance of spice and flavor.
Nearby you’re always certain to find GF chips. You can get regular, unsalted or blue corn. They’re always really good and really fresh. The salsa and chips are typically $ 4, which is a little steep but the price is worth the product. And even better it’s a local company out of Ferndale, and that matters to me.
If you don’t know about Garden Fresh Salsa, go out and get it immediately, but I’m warning you that you may never be able to go back to the jarred stuff again.