Taste Test Tuesday: Kellogg's All Bran Multi-Grain Crackers
Friday night I was grabbing a few snacks at my neighborhood grocery store for a dance competition this past weekend (those days are brutal and you go into them armed with bottled water and lots of non-perishable snacks) when I noticed some new Kellog's All Bran Multi-Grain Crackers. It was the "5 g fiber per serving" boldly printed on the box that caught my attention. (It turns out the fiber is a nice combination of soluble fiber from oat bran and insoluble fiber from whole wheat flour.)
To tell you the truth I didn't have my reading glasses with me so when I glanced at the nutrition facts label the grams of fat looked like a "2" or maybe a "5". It was a "6". I would have liked the grams of fat to be a little lower (maybe 3 or 4 grams?)
The good news is there are zero trans fats on the Nutrition Facts label and unless my reading glasses deceive me, "partially hydrogenated oils" is nowhere to be found in the ingredient list (a very good thing for a cracker). The first five ingredients are whole-wheat flour, soybean oil, enriched flour, oat fiber, and sugar.
Each serving (30 grams), 18 crackers =
130 calories
6 g fat
1 g saturated fat
0 g trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
5 g fiber
19 g carbohydrate
2 g protein
270 mg sodium
How do the crackers taste?
They are great-tasting and down right addicting and were enjoyed by dancers from age 5-15! I suggest portioning out your serving because if you eat from the box, you might exceed the 18 cracker suggested serving.
~~Elaine
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To tell you the truth I didn't have my reading glasses with me so when I glanced at the nutrition facts label the grams of fat looked like a "2" or maybe a "5". It was a "6". I would have liked the grams of fat to be a little lower (maybe 3 or 4 grams?)
The good news is there are zero trans fats on the Nutrition Facts label and unless my reading glasses deceive me, "partially hydrogenated oils" is nowhere to be found in the ingredient list (a very good thing for a cracker). The first five ingredients are whole-wheat flour, soybean oil, enriched flour, oat fiber, and sugar.
Each serving (30 grams), 18 crackers =
130 calories
6 g fat
1 g saturated fat
0 g trans fat
0 mg cholesterol
5 g fiber
19 g carbohydrate
2 g protein
270 mg sodium
How do the crackers taste?
They are great-tasting and down right addicting and were enjoyed by dancers from age 5-15! I suggest portioning out your serving because if you eat from the box, you might exceed the 18 cracker suggested serving.
~~Elaine
Related Topics: Snacking: 22 Healthy Munchies, Trans Fats Lurk in Healthy Foods
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13 Comments:
Thank you for posting about these! I just bought the Garlic Herb version of these addictive little crackers! I was pleasantly surprised at the rich taste. They are really crunchy, which I enjoy in a healthy snack.
Because I have IBS with constipation, I am always looking for more ways to get fiber into my diet. In fact, these crackers caught my eye because they said, All Bran -- one of my favorite cereals.
Elaine is right, though. Portion them out. They are crunchy and yummy, and you can easily sit there and devour half the box if you're not paying attention. :-)
We were visiting Tennessee and stopped at a grocery store and discovered the Bran Multi-Grain crackers. They were the best cracker to snack on in the car and had a great crunch with additional fiber. As soon as we got back to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, we asked our local grocer to put these on the shelf. Sure enough, one week later, they had both kinds on the shelf so I stocked up and have been telling my friends about the cracker. Laurel
I've been munching on these wonderful crackers for a 2-3 months and absolutely love them. Most high fiber crackers taste like cardboard, but these have "too much flavor" as I can't leave them alone. I'm constantly in my car, so I like to keep a box in the car for hunger emergencies.
I like the regular flavor.
The reason why these crackers are so "addictive" is right there on the ingredient label: sugar. Sugar is an addictive substance, and their place up at the top five ingredients is a great big red flag for me.
It really does not matter how many grams of fiber are in them if you eat the whole box. You'll still gain weight from them. I wonder how high the sodium content is as well--and is salt the sixth ingredient, BTW?
Don't be fooled by pseudo-health foods. Besides, one of the tastiest crackers I know happens to be the Rye Crisp Light Rye crackers. It may take adjusting from high-GI crackers, but after awhile the low-GI Rye Crisps taste flavorful and the high-GI crackers taste overprocessed and greasy by comparison.
How healthful are the crackers for a Diabetic?
I bought these a few weeks ago, and thought they had a good taste, but an unpleasant gritty texture. I couldn't get past that.
I love the Garlic Herb version--and if you are on WW it's 2 points, which is a cracker bargain!
I like to have a few (count out your portion and put the box away) with a wedge of Laughing Cow Light cheese--yummo!
I would like to know if these crackers have high fructose or any other such sugar in them. I have found the Triscuit to be one of the few without it.
Also, when are we going to put pressure on food manufacturers to omit the unncessary high fructose when it has been linked to not only feeding cancer cells but increasing the appetite? That's right, hook the consumer and increase their dependency as well as put their health at risk - and all for the almighty dollar.
Americans don't need to sweeten everything and contribute to the obseity problem we have. Europeans do not do this. A good example: try to find a yogurt without high fructose. So far, only Stonybrook and Emmi and now Dannon Naturals. Dannon's is a recent product. Thank you, Dannon!
I recommend Wasa Hearty Rye Crispbread
I also like the Ak-Mak whole grain crackers, available at most natural food stores. I know Ry-Krisps are good, but I can hardly ever find them! I'll be sure to try these all-bran crackers as soon as I can find them.
Where do these crackers fit in a renal friendly diet? There is no information to help the growing number of Americans on the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet.
I certainly was attracted to the advertising claims..."fiber rich". However, the sugar is unnecessarily high. They would be much more to my liking (and healthier) if they omitted all that sugar.
AkMak and Wasa are wonderful as a truly healthy cracker, but they are not tasty. The All Bran crackers are a good fix if you'e craving nachos or potato chips. They should be eaten as a treat, as the fat, sugar, and salt are high as others have said.
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