Get fruity at breakfast (Quaker Oat Granola with Strawberries and Raspberries)

Member Name: Pharmtastic

Product:	Quaker Oat Granola with Strawberries and Raspberries
Date:	13/12/08 (260 review reads)
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Advantages: Great taste, quite healthy

Disadvantages: More expensive

It's now quite common practice for a company to cash-in on a brand that they believe is doing well by expanding products within the range, or adding new products to the range.

The Quaker Oats guys are no exception to the rule. When I grew up, Quaker Oats meant porridge - the old fashioned stuff you boiled with milk and salt, not the namby pamby microwave stuff [that I use myself!].

Having expanded the porridge range to an impressive 16 varieties [I couldn't believe it either - check the website], they've now started on the cold cereal range. The original Oat Granola has been joined by, inter alia, a strawberry and raspberry variety.

The normal granola has raisins as the fruit element, so I suppose it doesn't take a huge leap forward by getting someone to make suggestions for other fruits.

This version has the usual granola base of oat clusters augmented by freeze dried strawberries [in broken bits] and whole dries raspberries. The effect is very pleasant indeed. We have a split decision in this family: I prefer the raisins of the original; while my wife is coming down on the side of the newer version [I'm sure that this has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that the milk turns a girlie pink colour!].

The pack is lighter that the original [500g as opposed to 600g]. This is partly due to the fact that the cereal is even denser than before. The recommended portion size is now 45g [c.f. 50g previously]. To save you doing the maths, the strawberry & raspberry pack will give just over 11 portions, while the original gives 12.

Quaker Oats obviously see this as a premium product and have priced it accordingly: £2.59 for 500g [c.f. £1.89 for the original]. I suppose you could buy a plain granola and add your own fruit.

In practice, I suspect that will now buy both varieties.

One portion provides 2.9g of fibre [1.1g soluble].

Summary: A pinker breakfast