Review of 'Kashi' Whole Wheat Biscuits Cinnamon Harvest

Kashi -- Cinnamon Harvest (vegan)
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Summary: this is the perfect cereal for breakfast because it's light (but surprisingly filling) and not too sweet. The texture is awesome--probably the best part for me. The only thing I would have liked was a stronger cinnamon flavour.

Where to buy: US and some parts of CA (not sure if you can buy this in Ontario; you can purchase online and it's well worth it)




Ingredients:organic whole grain wheat, organic evaporated cane juice, organic cinnamon, natural cinnamon flavour.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving: 28 biscuits
Calories: 180
Total Fat: 1g
     Saturated fat: 0
     Trans: 0
     Polyunsaturated: .5g
     Monounsaturated: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 0mg
Potassium: 170mg
Total Carbohydrate: 43g
     Dietary fiber: 5g
          Soluble fiber: 1g
          Insoluble fiber: 4g
     Sugars: 9g
Protein: 6g
Iron: 8%          

So clearly, this is a super wholesome cereal...very clean and basic ingredients and very nutritious (low-cal, fat, cholesterol, NO sodium, great fiber content, and good amount of protein).

I got this from the US so I'm not sure if this particular cereal Kashi is available in local grocery stores.

I usually have this cereal with So Nice Unsweetened soy milk, but my brother and mom actually just have it dry as a snack...And these two usually prefer sugary, low-nutrition cereals, so imagine my surprise when they both gushed over it! I actually prefer my cereal slightly soggy (weird?) instead of crunchy, so I usually let it soak in the soy milk for a little while before digging in. This changes the texture from crunchy to tender chews mmmm...SO good! I never thought 'wheat biscuits' could ever taste this good!

The only downside was in flavour--I found the cinnamon was a little too subtle for my liking. Also, I do prefer my cereals to be very high in protein (at least 8g would be ideal), so I would probably wouldn't buy this flavour on the regular (but only for this reason!)

I think adding some nuts or extra cinnamon may be realllly good...maybe walnuts! Crushing it up and adding it to yogurts and/or puddings would also be great.

Some people also crush this cereal up and use it for breading and in dessert recipes. Since it has an A++ for texture, I'd gather that it's really versatile for cooking and baking.

Other Kashi cold cereals:

• Organic Corn Cereal Indigo Morning (vegan)
• Organic Corn Cereal Simply Maize (vegan)
• Cereal Crisp! Cinnamon Crumble (vegan)
• Squares Berry Blossoms
• Cereal Crisp! Toasted Berry Crumble (vegan)
• Heart to Heart® Cereal Warm Cinnamon Oat
• Strawberry Fields® Cereal Original (vegan)
• Whole Wheat Biscuits Island Vanilla (vegan)
• Black Currant Walnut Original
• Squares Honey Sunshine
• Granola Cocoa Beach
• Granola Mountain Medley
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals Nuggets (vegan)
• GOLEAN® Cereal Crunch!
• GOLEAN® Cereal Crunch! Honey Almond Flax
• GOLEAN® Cereal Original
• Good Friends® Cereal Original
• Whole Wheat Biscuits Autumn Wheat (vegan)
• Heart to Heart® Cereal Honey Toasted Oat
• Heart to Heart® Cereal Oat Flakes & Blueberry Clusters (vegan)
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals Honey Puffs
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals Puffs (vegan)
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals Flakes (vegan)

Brand:

• "Nine of our foods are now officially Non-GMO Project Verified including Autumn Wheat, Cinnamon Harvest, Island Vanilla, Strawberry Fields, 7 Whole Grain Flakes, 7 Whole Grain Puffs, 7 Whole Grain Pilaf, Simply Maize and Indigo Morning." (kashi.com)
• Phasing out GMOs: "That's why today Kashi announced a big initiative to increase the company's availability of organic and Non-GMO Project Verified foods. By the end of 2014, all existing Kashi® GOLEAN® cereals and Kashi® Chewy Granola Bars—representing Kashi's biggest offerings—will be Non-GMO Project Verified. Beginning in 2015, all new Kashi foods introduced into the market will contain at least 70 percent organic ingredients and will also be Non-GMO Project Verified" (read article here).
• "The soy in Kashi cereals comes from soybeans that have had a gene inserted to protect the soybeans from the herbicide Roundup, which kills, weeds," according to USA Today (read article here).