Review of 'Nature's Path' Hemp Plus Frozen Waffle

Nature's Path -- Hemp Plus Frozen Waffle (vegan)
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Summary: Now this is what you call a great breakfast meal! Not only is it a versatile breakfast item, it's super nutritious as well. The lightly fruit-sweetened waffles go well with sweet (e.g. syrup/jams) as well as salty spreads (e.g. peanut butter, salted butter). The waffles are light and crisp. The only issue I had was that they were slightly icy and this made them soggy on some parts. This meant I had to retoast until the soggy areas were properly toasted. I would definitely buy this again -- it's the best waffle I've had in terms of taste, ingredients, and nutrition.

Where to buy: Metro



Ingredients: water, whole wheat meal* and/or flour*, soy oil*, evaporated cane juice*, flaxseeds*, baking powder, pear juice* concentrate and/or grape juice* concentrate, soy lecithin*, hemp seeds*, oat bran*, rice bran extract*, sea salt.

*Organic.
Contains soy and wheat.

Nutritional Facts
Serving size: 2 waffles
Calories: 200
Fat: 8g
     Saturated: 1g
     Trans: 0g
     Polyunsaturated: 5g
          Omega-6: 3.5g
          Omega-3: 1g
     Monounsaturated: 1.5g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 290mg
Potassium: 170mg
Carbohydrate: 30g
     Fibre: 5g
     Sugar: 5g
Protein: 4g
Calcium: 6%
Iron: 13%     

As is expected with Nature's Path, the ingredients are organic and simple. The resulting nutritional profile is excellent. For 2 waffles, you get a healthy dose of essential fats (good fats!), zero cholesterol, 5 grams of fibre and 5g of protein. This is hands down the most wholesome profile of any waffle I've tried. Normally, I find that these frozen breakfast meals have mostly empty calories.

If you add some healthy spreads (e.g. nut butters, fruit), you'll further boost the nutrient content. Get creative! -- make a waffle sandwich? You could go 'savoury meat and cheese' OR dessert-based with a 'waffle ice cream sandwich' (with nuts, fruit, or whatever addins you like). You *know* that's gonna be yummy!

Other waffle flavours:

• Homestyle Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Chia Plus™ Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Buckwheat Wildberry Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Ancient Grains Frozen Waffle
• Maple Cinnamon Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Flax Plus® Red Berry Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Flax Plus® Fig & Flax Frozen Waffle (vegan)
• Flax Plus® Frozen Waffle

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

• Family-owned and operated
•  Certified non-GMO and organic; non-GMO Project verified
• 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." 
• Gardens for Good Project