Review of 'Bear Naked' Nut Cluster Crunch Cereal (Maple Nut)

Bear Naked -- Nut Cluster Crunch Cereal (Maple Nut) (vegan)
Overall Rating: 3.5/5
Summary: this cereal is lightly sweetened, has a very unique crisp to the flakes, and has wonderful maple-flavoured walnut clusters. The maple and walnut flavour is very present and was tasty. I actually was expecting a sweeter cereal, so was kinda disappointed to find that it's more of a medium level of sweetness.

Where to buy: US store locator; buy online



Ingredients: whole hard red wheat, long grain white rice, evaporated cane juice crystals, oats, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, walnuts, sea salt, pecans, crisp rice (rice flour, sugar, malt extract, salt), barley malt syrup, puffed wheat, natural flavour, ground almonds, mixed tocopherols for freshness.

Nutrition facts:
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories: 210
Calories from fat: 20
Total fat: 2g
     Saturated fat: 0g
     Trans: 0g
     Polyunsaturated: 1g
     Monounsaturated: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 250mg
Potassium: 120mg
Total Carb: 47g
     Dietary fiber: 3g
          Soluble fiber: 0g
          Insoluble fiber: 3g
     Sugars: 13g
Protein: 5g
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 2%

Good ingredients and good nutrition! Although it doesn't quite compare to Nature's Path cereals in terms of protein and fiber, it's a nice change from the last cereal I had (Nature's Path Optimum Power, Blueberry Cinnamon Flax -- reviewed here), which was a huge box! It has a good amount of protein, but the 3g fiber wasn't quite enough for me. The calories are decent for 1 cup and there's 0 cholesterol and 0 saturated fat, which is great!

I really liked just how fresh and crispy this cereal was! The crunch factor is bang on, just as the label suggests. It's great as a dry snack as well and I can probably get creative with baking with this as well! It would be great as a topping or in a fruit crisp.

Because I'm obsessed with high protein and fiber in my morning cereal, I probably wouldn't buy this again. But for those who don't worry too much about those factors, I would recommend this cereal!

Other flavours:

• Nut Cluster Crunch - Honey Almond (reviewed here) 

Brand (quoted from bearnaked.com):

• All natural -- no preservatives, artificial flavours
• Not all products are organic
• "While we do not actively source GMO ingredients, there are many factors outside of our control that have led to an environment in North America in which GMOs are not sufficiently controlled. There are a variety of major food crops that have seeds infiltrated by GMOs; therefore, it is possible that some Bear Naked foods containing these ingredients may contain GMOs"