Review of 'Kashi' GoLean Crisp! Naturally Sweetened Multigrain Cluster Cereal (Toasted Berry Crumble)

Kashi -- GoLean Crisp! Naturally Sweetened Multigrain Cluster Cereal (Toasted Berry Crumble)
Overall Rating: 4/5
Summary: I like when it's been sitting in the milk for a few minutes and it's crunchy on the outside and tender as you crunch into each spoonful. It's medium sweet and I enjoyed it with both unsweetened and chocolate soy milk and both worked...yes, even the chocolate! The berries are dried and chewy and add to the flavour. It has a nice texture with different types of grains. What's great is that this cereal is one of Kashi's certified non-GMO products and the nutritional profile is really very good. I would keep this in my pantry and recommend!

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, cranberries (cranberries, evaporated cane juice, vegetable glycerin, expeller pressed canola oil), expeller pressed canola oil, yellow corn flour, soy protein isolate, natural flavours, oat fiber, dried wild blueberries (wild blueberries, evaporated cane juice, vegetable glycerin, rice flour), baking soda, evaporated salt, mixed tocopherols for freshness, soy lecithin.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 3/4 cup
Calories: 180
     Calories from fat: 35
Total fat: 3.5g
     Saturated fat: 0g
     Trans fat: 0g
     Polyunsaturated fat: 1g
     Monounsaturated fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 125mg
Potassium: 250mg
Total Carbohydrates: 35g
     Dietary fiber: 8g
          Soluble fiber: 5g
          Insoluble fiber: 3g
     Sugars: 10g
Protein: 9g
Calcium: 4%
Iron: 8%

The ingredients are wholesome and certified non-GMO. The nutritional profile is amazing. For 180 calories, there's no cholesterol, healthy fats, and a whopping 8g of fiber and 9g of protein. Added to milk, this is a really balanced meal.

Other 'GOLEAN® Cold Cereals':

• Cereal Crisp! Cinnamon Crumble (reviewed here)
• GoLEAN Crunch! (reviewed here)
• GOLEAN® Cereal Original (reviewed here)
• Raisin Vineyard Cereal (vegan)
• GOLEAN Cereal, Vanilla Graham Clusters 
• Whole Wheat Biscuits, Berry Fruitful Cereal (vegan)
• Organic Corn Flakes, Simply Maize Cereal (vegan)
• Organic Corn Flakes, Indigo Morning Cereal (vegan)
• GOLEAN Crisp! Cereal, Cinnamon Crumble (vegan) (reviewed here)
• Squares, Berry Blossoms Cereal
• Heart to Heart Cereal, Warm Cinnamon (reviewed here)
• Strawberry Fields Cereal (vegan) 
• Whole Wheat Biscuits, Island Vanilla Cereal (vegan)
• Squares, Honey Sunshine® Cereal
• GOLEAN Crunch! Cereal, Honey Almond Flax (reviewed here)
• Good Friends Cereal, Original (vegan)
• Heart to Heart Cereal, Honey Toasted Oat
• Heart to Heart Cereal, Oat Flakes & Blueberry Clusters (vegan)
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals, Honey Puffs
• Whole Wheat Biscuits, Autumn Wheat Cereal (vegan) 
• Whole Wheat Biscuits, Cinnamon Harvest Cereal (vegan) (reviewed here)
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals, Puffs (vegan)
• 7 Whole Grain Cereals, Nuggets (vegan)

Brand:

• Non-GMO Project Verified: GOLEAN Crunch!®, GOLEAN Crunch!® Honey Almond Flax, Autumn Wheat, Cinnamon Harvest, Island Vanilla, Strawberry Fields, 7 Whole Grain Flakes, 7 Whole Grain Puffs, 7 Whole Grain Pilaf, Simply Maize, GOLEAN Crisp!™ Toasted Berry Crumble, GOLEAN Crisp!™ Cinnamon Crumble, Raisin Vineyard™, Berry Fruitful®, 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)