One is never enough! (Kellogg's Elevenses)

Member Name: chcouper

Product:	Kellogg's Elevenses
Date:	14/02/08 (149 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great taste

Disadvantages: Addictive

I tried these Elevenses bars because I was looking for a great-tasting snack that wasn't too unhealthy. I bought these in a multi-pack for £1.99 for six small bars. Each bar is foil wrapped for freshness and weighs 45g. The bars are available in three flavours, being raisin, ginger and choc chip. I've only tried the raisin ones so my review is based on them.
The first thing you notice about these bars is the smell - they give off a really great scent that's a mix of cinnamon and raisins. This got my taste buds watering and prepared for the taste that was to follow.

After opening the foil wrapping the next thing you notice is the way the bars look, and I have to say they don't look to appetising. The bars have oats spread on top of them but unfortunately the oats look like they've been spread by a five year old. Some bars are covered in oats while others have hardly any. Also, the raisins in the bars are unevenly distributed which makes the bars look slightly homemade. However, this unprofessional look is more than made up for by the taste...
The bars taste absolutely fantastic. They taste really natural and just sort of melt in your mouth. They are sweet but not unnaturally so. The worst thing about these bars however is that because they melt in your mouth so easily you just have to have more than one! I have to confess that I consumed all six bars in one day (shame on me!). I couldn't just have one, partly because they taste so great but also because they are really unsubstantial. Despite being relatively healthy, they don't turn out to be quite so healthy if you're a fat pie like me and eat a whole packet in one day.

*Nutrition Per Bar*
Calories - 165 - 8% of RDA (recommended daily allowance)
Sugars - 15g - 15% of RDA - ouch, with my six bars today that makes 90%!
Fat - 4g - 6% of RDA
Saturates - 0.5g - 3%
Salt - 0.25g - 4% of RDA
Iron - 2.4mg - 14% of RDA
If you just had one bar then the above stats might not be too bad, but if, like me, you consume six in one day, then it's not such pleasant reading!
*Ingredients*
Cereals (36%)
Invert Sugar Syrup
Raisins (10%)
Glucose Syrup
Apple
Sugar
Vegetable Oil
Skimmed Milk Powder
Emulsifiers
Raising Agent
Flavourings
Modified Starch
Salt
Cinnamon
Molases
Stabliser
Barley malt Extract
Antioxidant
Nacin
Iron
Vitamin B6
Ribflavin
Thiamin
Folic Acid
Vitamin B12
I've seen lots of bars that are a lot less healthy sounding than these. Most of the ingredients appear relatively natural.

*Packaging*
The packaging for this product wasn't too excessive, but I'm not sure that foil wrap is the best packaging for the environment. Each bar is foil wrapped, which I guess is essential to keep the bars fresh, but there's also an outer foil package. I would have thought that a recylced paper package would be better for the environment and cheaper too. However there are lots of similar products which have a lot more packaging.
*Value for Money*
At £1.99 for six these bars are pretty good value for money. They're definitely cheaper than buying six chocolate bars. However, due to the fact that you always have to have more than one bar, they probably don't end up being that much cheaper.

Overall, these bars really do taste, and smell, great. I probably will buy them again but I know that if I do I'll end up eating the whole packet again!

Summary: Can't stop eating once you've started