Taste Test Tuesday: Kashi Oat Flakes & Wild Blueberry Clusters Cereal

It just sounds good - oat flakes with wild blueberry clusters - but then you notice that the front of the cereal box reads:

• Can help reduce cholesterol (1 grams soluble fiber from oats)


• Can help support healthy arteries (6 natural antioxidants including green tea, white tea & grape seed)


• Can help promote healthy blood pressure (low sodium)

This cereal is part of Kashi's "Heart to Heart" line of breakfast cereals and since they make my husband's favorite type of cereal (Kashi Go Lean Crunch), it was definitely worth a try.

The first ingredient is impressive, oat bran, and the other 4 top ingredients are: rice, evaporated cane juice crystals, whole grain rolled oats, kashi seven whole grains & sesame blend (whole oats, hard red winter wheat, long grain brown rice, triticale, rye, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds).

A cup of cereal adds up to:

200 calories
6 grams protein
42 grams carbohydrate (13 grams sugar)
4 grams fiber
2.5 grams fat
.5 grams saturated fat (0 g trans fat)
130 mg sodium

And like many breakfast cereals, this cereal adds some vitamins and minerals into the mix. The cereal adds in some vitamin E (100% daily value), vitamin C (50% daily value), B6 and B12 (100% Daily Value for each), Iron and zinc (10% of each), beta carotene (25% Daily Value for vitamin A), and folic acid (100% Daily Value).

I like that there is some protein and fiber in the cereal - I try to eat breakfasts with at least 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber.

How did it taste? Definitely sweet enough for me and I liked the crunch from the clusters and the oat flakes. I enjoyed my bowl of cereal with some soy milk (which adds protein) and it was nicely satisfying.

Related Topics:

• Choosing a Healthy Breakfast Cereal
• Eat Cereal, Weigh Less

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