Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Summary: woowwwww, super crunchy and fresh. Gosh, the flavour is out of this world with depth in that maple pecan. It's lightly sweet but so packed with flavour and sweet clusters of crunchiness that it's just...oh, so good. It has this deep cane sugary flavour as well. I was surprised to find a good amount of pecans as well! It also received the 'Best New Product Grand Prix Award'. I highly recommend this cereal and brand (read more about how fantastic Nature's Path is below).
Where to buy: Fortinos, Bulk Barn
Ingredients: whole wheat meal*, rolled oats*, evaporated cane juice*, wheat bran*, pecans*, flax*, soy oil*, brown rice flour*, oat bran*, barley malt extract*, sea salt, maple syrup*, coconut*, natural maple flavor, oat syrup solids* (oat syrup solids*, tocopherols), tocopherols (natural vitamin E), molasses*, cinnamon*.
*Organic. Contains wheat, soy and tree nuts. Produced in a facility that uses peanuts.
Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 2/3 cup
Calories: 220
Fat: 7g
Saturated fat: 1g
Trans: 0g
Polyunsaturated: 3g
Omega-6: 1.5g
Omega-3: .7g
Monounsaturated: 2g
Cholesterol: 0mg
Sodium: 190mg
Potassium: 230mg
Carbohydrate: 38g
Fibre: 5g
Sugars: 10g
Protein: 6g
Calcium: 2%
Iron: 15%
I'd rate it higher if not for the higher calories for just 2/3 cup, because clearly these ingredients are stellar. The nutritional profile is strong with only 1g of saturated fat and some great healthy fats. It's a wee bit higher in sodium than I'd like in my cereals, but the 5g of fiber and 6g of protein balance that out a bit. Still, I generally prefer to have more fibre and protein, or at least more of one either one. This is a delicious cereal, but not one I'd have on a regular basis. It's a nice little indulgence for a week or so until I switch back to my higher protein, higher fiber, lower sugar, and lower sodium cereals.
Other 'Flax Plus' Cold Cereals:
- Flax Plus® Flakes
- Flax Plus® Raisin Bran Flakes
- Flax Plus® Red Berry Crunch
- Pumpkin Flax Plus® Granola
- Optimum Power® Blueberry Cinnamon Flax Cereal
- Flax Plus® Pumpkin Raisin Crunch
- Flax Plus® Cinnamon
- Vanilla Almond Flax Plus™ Granola
- 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
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