Review of 'Kashi' GOLEAN® Cereal Crisp! Cinnamon Crumble

Kash -- GOLEAN® Cereal Crisp! Cinnamon Crumble (vegan)
Overall Rating: 3/5
Summary: sure, it's high in fiber and protein, but it's also kinda high in sugar and isn't *that* great. I am a cinnamon fan, so I did enjoy this cereal. But having said that, I've had better :p The cinnamon flavour was definitely present and the cereal is lightly sweet. There are wheat sticks that soften with milk, which complements the crispy crumbles. I wouldn't buy this cereal again. It's pretty average and the brand (owned by Kellogg) has been against the non-GMO project, so I am definitely not a fan.

Where to buy: Fortinos, Shopper's Drug Mart



Ingredients: whole grain oats, evaporated cane juice crystals, soy protein concentrate, wheat sticks (whole wheat flour, Kashi seven whole grains and sesame flour [whole: oats, hard red wheat, rye, brown rice, triticale, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds], calcium carbonate), brown rice syrup, chicory root fiber, soy grits, expeller pressed canola oil, yellow corn flour, soy protein isolate, cinnamon, oat fiber, baking soda, natural flavour, evaporated salt, mixed tocopherols for freshness, soy lecithin.

Contains soy and wheat ingredients.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 3/4 cup
Calories: 190
     Calories from fat: 35
Total fat: 4g
     Saturated: .5g
     Trans: 0g
     Polyunsaturated: 1g
     Monounsaturated: 1.5g
Cholesterol: 0g
Sodium: 130mg
Potassium: 190mg
Total carbohydrate: 34g
     Dietary fiber: 9g
     Sugars: 10g
Protein: 10g
Calcium: 8%
Iron: 10%

*Full nutritional profile available here.

Well, if I didn't know that the ingredients contained genetically modified organisms, I would have had only minor issues with the sugar content. However, knowing that this product contains GMOs, I cannot recommend it.

Other 'GOLEAN® Cold Cereals':

• GOLEAN® Cereal Crisp! Toasted Berry Crumble (vegan)
• GOLEAN® Cereal Crunch!
• GOLEAN® Cereal, Crunch! Honey Almond Flax
• GOLEAN® Cereal Original

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).
• Kellogg, which owns Kashi, contributed $600 000 against the non-GMO proposition 37 (read the Huffington Post article here)