Review of 'Nature's Path' Love Crunch Aloha Blend Granola

Nature's Path -- Love Crunch Aloha Blend Granola
Overall Rating: 4/5
Summary: my all-time favourite brand does not disappoint! This was so yummy! It was just perfectly sweet thanks to the chocolate and pineapple bits (it's not often that I get to indulge in MILK chocolate...prolly the first time in years). It was fresh and crunchy and nicely textured. I deducted points for the sometimes sour bits of pineapple and the high calorie-to-fiber and protein ratio.

Where to buy: Bulk Barn, Fortinos, Sobeys

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Ingredients: rolled oats*, evaporated cane juice*, soy oil*, rolled spelt (wheat)*, dried coconut*, white chocolate chunks* (cane sugar*, cocoa butter*, whole milk powder*, soy lecithin* (non-GMO), vanilla extract*, ground vanilla*), freeze-dried pineapple*, rice starch*, sea salt, natural pineapple flavor, cinnamon*, tocopherols (natural vitamin E). *Organic.

Produced in a facility that uses peanuts.
Contains soy, dairy, tree nuts and wheat.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1/2 cup
Calories: 270
Fat: 12g
     Saturated: 3g
     Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 105mg
Potassium: 180mg
Carbohydrate: 37g
     Dietary fiber: 3g
     Sugars: 12g
Protein: 4g
Vitamin C: 4%
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 10%

So as this is a Nature's Path product, the ingredients are divine so no worries there. The nutritional profile is okay...I hoped for more protein and fiber since the cals were so high (maybe minimum 6g protein would have been good), but man is it delicious :)

The flavour was tropical, with toasted coconut, white chocolate, and pineapple. The website says "Imagine a crunchy pina colada for breakfast!"...bang on, people. I had this with Vitasoy unsweetened soy milk, which I find to be the creamiest soy milk that I have tried thus far. It was bomb! I also had it dry and of course the flavours are different with and without milk, both equally tasty both ways.

It actually had a nice portion of white chocolate...no skimping going on here. I liked that they didn't use tough, dried pineapple and instead used moister, juicier bits. It made for great texture complemented by the crunchy granola.

I would definitely buy this again...because how often do I get to indulge in MILK chocolate from a trusted Brand?

Other Nature's Path Love Crunch granola flavours:

• Apple Crumble (vegan)
• Carrot Cake
• Dark Chocolate & Red Berries (reviewed here)
• Gingerbread

Brand (quoted from the Nature's Path website):

• "For every bag you buy, we’ll donate the equivalent in cash and organic food to the food bank, up to $1 million a year! That’s what the Bite4Bite model’s all about."
•  Certified non-GMO and organic
• Fairtrade certified
• "We source all our ingredients as locally as possible to our production plants."
• "...over 78% of the weight of ingredients we purchase comes from organic farmers in North America."
• "Some of the ingredients we have committed to purchasing are Fairtrade Certified cocoa, sugar cane, molasses, and spices."