Review of 'Nature's Path' Love Crunch (Gingerbread)

Nature's Path -- Love Crunch (Gingerbread)
Overall rating: 4/5
Summary: So, it has a slight bitterish taste from the gingerbread that I didn't care for too much, but it was still scrumptious! And if you're a big ginger fan, this will do well for you. It's nice and sweet, but way too high in calories for only a 1/2 cup serviing. However, I enjoyed my week of indulging in Love Crunch, as I always do :) I saw a carrot cake variety on the website--that should be delicious!

Where to buy: Bulk Barn, Fortinos, Sobeys



Ingredients: Rolled oats*, fair trade evaporated cane juice*, fair trade molasses*, soy oil*, crystallized ginger*, rice starch*, sea salt, fair trade cinnamon*, fair trade ginger*, allspice*, fair trade cloves*, natural vanilla flavour, tocopherol (added to enhance freshness) *Organic.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size:1/2 cup
Calories: 240
Fat: 7g
     Saturated: 1g
     Trans: 0g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 85mg
Potassium: 230mg
Carbohydrate: 41g
     Fibre: 4g
     Sugars: 16g
Protein: 4g
Calcium: 4%
Iron: 18%

No feelings of guilt required regarding the ingredients. The nutritional profile, on the other hand...pretty high in calories. If you wanted a cup of cereal, you'd end up with a whopping 480 calories *without* milk :/ So, if you're watching your weight, this may not be the ideal cereal for you. I like to indulge once in a while though, and if I'm indulging, this is one of the cleanest brands in terms of ingredients. I'd definitely recommend this!

Other Nature's Path Love Crunch granola flavours:

• Aloha Blend Granola (reviewed here)
• Apple Crumble (vegan)
• Carrot Cake
• Dark Chocolate & Red Berries (reviewed here)

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."