I'm a special K! (Kellogg's Special K)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Kellogg's Special K
Date:	01/07/09 (34 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Reasonable price, good taste, helped me lose a little weight.

Disadvantages: A little pricey when not on offer.

When I saw Kellogg's Special K on offer for £2.00 in my local Tesco store I picked up a 500g box and eagerly took it home to finally try this healthier cereal.

The Special K comes provided in a cardboard box adorned with the Kellogg's Logo, a picture of a bowl of cereal, health tips, nutritional information & ingredients and inside the box is a clear plastic bag containing the cereal itself.

The flakes of Special K are a fairly reasonable size and I poured out a generous portion and covered with semi-skimmed milk. After a couple of minutes of soaking in the milk I tried the flakes and was surprised that they were still relatively crunchy yet soft at the same time without being soggy and they have a very nice taste to them that's quite hard to describe. I can tell that the flakes have been toasted as they just have this delicious crunch to them that seems to be missed by some other cereals.

I find that Special K tastes best with semi-skimmed milk and when I swapped breakfast & lunch for a bowl of Special K each day for 2 weeks (as advertised on the box) and I did lose a couple of inches and a few pounds, it was the perfect boost I needed with my weight loss but I wouldn't want to do it for more than a couple of weeks as I missed my lunches and sugary cereals for breakfast!

There are 112 calories & 0.5g of fat per 30g serving and I believe this includes 125ml of skimmed milk so this really can be enjoyed regularly as part of a calorie controlled diet.

I will be purchasing this again and I would recommend this to anyone who wants a healthy breakfast or even just to lose a few pounds gradually without resorting to extreme dieting or diet pills.

I am rating Special K 4/5 as it's pretty nice and a fairly reasonable price (when not on offer it's £2.89 per 500g box).

Summary: A fairly tasty cereal which is low in fat.