Trader Joe’s Rants & Raves (mostly raves, a few rants)

High Fiber. Low Fat. Low Sodium. Vitamins.

ZERO CHOLESTEROL

NINE GRAMS OF FIBER PER SERVING.

Fortified with 8 Vitamins Plus Iron.

What’s not to like?

OK let’s be honest This is not going to win any awards for the way it tastes, however its not bad. It tastes OK. In fact once I got used to it, I kind of like the taste.

Frankly you don’t buy this for the way it tastes. You would buy this because it’s High Fiber, and because its one the the healthier cereal options you will see in the cereal section at Trader Joe’s This is a very easy way to get more dietary Fiber into your diet.

Trader Joe’s HIGH FIBER CEREAL has 9 grams of dietary fiber per serving (2/3 cup). That is about 33% or 1/3 of the recommended daily amount of fiber

I usually buy granola, which tastes better My wife buys this. As the name implies the main purpose of this cereal is simple, fiber. It does this mainly from all the different types of bran it has – wheat, corn, and oat bran are in this cereal. Bran is the outer coating of grains., which is often removed from most grains except from “whole grains”. That’s what the “whole” indicates. Bran is loaded with fiber and it is usually stripped out.

Not here. Its actually added! Here’s the ingredient list….

Ingredients: wheat bran, corn flour, corn bran, cane sugar, whole wheat, oat bran, whey, salt…… Fortified with vitamins plus iron (60% of the DVI for Iron).

This has 9 grams fiber per serving. My granola has about 5 grams (2/3 cup).

So on the fiber front it delivers. It is not exciting taste wise but is OK. Especially as you are probably not eating just this by itself. You are likely adding things…. milk or a milk type beverage. Yogurt? Fresh fruit, like perhaps some sliced banana, maybe berries, apples or other fresh fruits or maybe some dried fruits. Yogurt or Kefir… so this is just one part of your breakfast bowl. That’s what I do. That stuff will make it taste fine. I do put a bit of granola on top of everything.

My wife buys this high fiber cereal as she feels she needs more even more fiber in her diet, though I think we eat pretty well in the fiber department. Still she says has trouble staying “regular” and High Fiber cereal helps!

Also in the plus column: is it’s low in calories, very low in fat, is low in sodium, has zero cholesterol, PLUS this cereal is low in Added Sugars, compared to almost any other cereal Trader Joe’s sells. So really compared to many others, this is a “healthy choice” in the Trader Joe’s cereal department. Maybe the healthiest cereal they sell?

It looks like little bits of brown stringy things which I assume have been extruded and baked. I am not very familiar with Nabisco’s FIBER ONE cereal but its a little similar, though I think the shape of that cereal is thicker that this.

Taste wise? I doubt anyone would say “this is the best cereal I ever had”. The best I would say is its”not too bad”. No really, I think it tastes it’s OK. Fairly neutral in flavor, it is nice and crunchy. A bit naturally sweet. It taste healthy. Generally I myself use it like a topping, and put it on top of my breakfast mixture of chia seeds, fruit, yogurt and sometimes kefir. I sometimes add a little bit of granola on top of everything to improve it all. But again, if you want an easy way to add some extra fiber in your diet, this cereal is certainly an easy way to add some to your breakfast in the morning, which will be good for you!

Other things I get from Trader Joe’s for breakfast that are healthy, high fiber are Steel Cut Oats. Chia Seeds……

Personally I have always liked the classic GRAPE NUTS cereal – which is also pretty high fiber, and prefer it to this however my wife prefers TJ’s High Fiber cereal. She doesn’t like Grape Nuts. She has brought this home quite a few times now, which means she really likes it, and says it works to keep her regular! Just saying if that’s what you are looking for too, this will probably be good for you too! 😉

“the recommended daily amount of fiber is 28 grams per day” so this is just one part….

High Fiber Cereal $2.99 (14.5 oz)