Multi Grain Cheerios Product Review

To Buy Or Not To Buy: Definately Buy

Not long ago Cheerios has launched a new version of their famos cereal: MultiGrain Cheerios. This product promises to offer 100% daily value of 10 vitamins and minerals (whether you need them or not) in only 110 calories per serving.  It’s worth to mention that the serving size of these cereals is 1 cup (double of all the sugary cereals) and the package was fairly priced and I had a coupon for it.

I am not a fan of cold cerels, I would say mainly because I don’t like milk. I am also not a fan of the “pure sugar” cereals out there and therefore I tend to stay away from them. But on this particular morning I poured one cup of cereals in my favorite bowl and half a cup of milk. Then I tasted it: the tastiest, crunchiest, most flavorful boxed cereal I have ever had!

I would say the texture is a bit nutty. The tiny oooo’s are glazed with just enough sugar and since they are each made of a different cereal (I assume) they each had different flavors. I finished the bowl and half an hour later I made my breakfast meal 200 calories instead of 100. I couldn’t help myself, it is that good!

From a different point of view, I accidentally gave my baby these Cheerios as finger food. This was a big no-no because they do contain way more sugar than babies should get used to.  When I realized the difference between these Cheerios and the regular ones, it was very difficult for her to give these up and accept the others. She finally did, but it was tricky!

How could it be improved? The only thing I could think of is to add honey glazed nuts in the mix. For example, honey roasted walnuts or pecans or even hazelnuts (my personal favorite). Then, the crunch would contain proteins and healthy fats and this cereal would be even better.  And launch a variety of these very same cheerios, without any sugar – for babies.

1 comment April 16, 2009