Awhile back, Annelies at Attune Foods offered to let me try out some of the Attune Food cereals. Now, if you know anything about me, you will know that I am obsessed with cereal. Always have been! I’ve been known to eat cereal for lunch, dinner, snacks, and of course, breakfast. In fact, I consider myself somewhat of a cereal connoisseur! It’s just so easy and tasty! I selected three different types, and was so excited when I came back from the Ice Festival to a box sitting at my front door!
Being the good little blogger that I am, I immediately dug in. Like, literally. I had been in the car for 7 hours while driving back from Ouray and I was hungry!
When I selected my cereals, I chose two from the “Uncle Sam” line: Strawberry and Honey Almond. I was initially drawn to the fact that both cereals have 7 grams of protein per serving. You see, I’ve noticed recently that I’m lacking protein in my diet and if I can get it in the form of cereal, I’ll be golden!
Other fun nutrition information about the Uncle Sam cereals:
- Each serving contains 10 grams of fiber
- Each serving has less than 1 gram of sugar, so you can sweeten it however you like
- Uncle Sam cereals contain flaxseeds! I love flaxseed!
Even better? Every single ingredient listed on the cereals is recognizable! Now, I’m not going to lie and say that I’m always great about eating “real” foods, but it is nice to know exactly what I am eating.
Both the Strawberry and Honey Almond cereals were tasty! They stayed crunchy while in the milk and never got soggy– I hate when cereal gets soggy!
The bad? Not a lot. The only negative I found was when I ate the Strawberry cereal with chocolate almond millk. I thought the combo would be yummy but I found it kind of….odd. But that’s my taste buds! Lesson learned 🙂
The third cereal that I tried was the Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice by Erewhorn Organic. I’m not usually one that goes for the chocolatey cereals but this one caught my attention because it is gluten free! While I don’t have any problems with gluten, both a close friend and my little sister are gluten intolerant. It is always such a hassle for both of them, so I wanted to find them a new cereal to try!
(I am such a giver sometimes!)
Here is some nutritional info about Erewhon cereals:
- No artificial colors or flavors
- No hydrogenated oils
- No added preservatives
- Only natural flavors and sweeteners
Although this cereal doesn’t have any weird sweeteners or flavors, it was still a bowl full of chocolatey goodness! Let’s face it: usually “healthy” chocolate flavors don’t taste good and ruin all the fun. However, I was pleasantly surprised with the Cocoa Crispy Brown Rice.
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| Don’t mock the cereal bowl! I’ve had that sucker since 6th grade! |
The chocolate tasted great and reminded me of those occasions when my mom would buy me special cereal when I was younger. Usually those sugary cereals were terrible for me so Mom would only buy them as a treat. While eating the Erewhon Cocoa Crispies, I kept thinking how she would have loved the cereal: gluten free, organic, nothing fake, and her daughters would have loved them!! Winning!
Final verdict? All three of the Attune Foods cereals tasted great! I found them at a local Sprouts and they were even on sale for $1.99! Extra bonus because that is cheap!! No excuses not to give them a try now 🙂
Attune Foods provided me with the cereals free of charge, but the opinions expressed (as well as the awesome photographs!) are all my own.