Review of belVita Crunchy Breakfast Biscuits -- Chocolate

belVita Crunchy Breakfast Biscuits -- Chocolate (vegan)
Overall rating: 3/5
Summary: these are super chocolatey and medium sweet! They are crunchy and are thin but pretty filling biscuits. Save for the enriched flour (not as nutritous as all whole grain) and non-specified GMO status of the canola oil, the ingredients are quite good. Although it's quite good, I wouldn't buy it again, simply because the brand isn't so ambitious with giving back, social or environmental initiatives (which is really the name of the game when it comes to competitive advantage for me).

Where to buy: Walmart, Target



Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], SUGAR, HIGH OLEIC CANOLA OIL, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE, DEXTROSE, COCOA BUTTER, SOI LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), WHOLE GRAIN RYE FLOUR, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, BAKING SODA, DISODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, DATEM, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (IRON), NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (B1).

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 1 pack
Calories: 230
     Calories from fat: 70
Total fat: 8g
     Sat Fat: 1.5g
     Trans Fat: 0g
     Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.5g
     Monounsaturated Fat: 4.5g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 220mg
Potassium: 190mg
Total Carbohydrates: 35g
     Dietary fiber: 3g
     Sugars: 11g
Protein: 4g
Iron: 10%

The ingredients are okay...would prefer all whole grains and non-GMO canola oil though. The calories are a bit high for the fiber and protein count, but it does have healthy fats and is quite filling.

Other belVita crunchy flavours (all vegan):

• Cinnamon Brown Sugar (reviewed here)
• Golden Oat (reviewed here)
• Blueberry (reviewed here)
• Apple Cinnamon (reviewed here)

Brand:

• Nationwide voluntary recall by Mondelez Global LLC, East Hanover, NJ of belVita Breakfast Biscuit products, apple cinnamon and chocolate varieties. The recall was issued due to the possible presence of fragments of flexible metal mesh caused by a faulty screen at the company's facility (read here)