Cheap and not too tasty (Tesco Special Flake Cereal Bar Peach & Apricot)

Member Name: zerub

Product:	Tesco Special Flake Cereal Bar Peach & Apricot
Date:	15/09/09 (48 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap, plus added vitamins

Disadvantages: Dry, not that tasty

These are cereal bars. You get 6 in a box, weighing 21g each.

They are made of bits of rice and wheat cereal, and bits of dried peach and apricot, stuck together with glucose syrup, with a small amount of sweet yoghurty stuff on top. They've also got added vitamins and iron.

This is definitely the value range - the wrappers are plain (which doesn't matter) but the bar is quite small and there isn't much fruit in there. 6% to be precise. The bars are quite dry and not very sweet. They are ok but I'd only buy them again if I was really watching the budget!

At 20p each, they are pretty good value for what they are. I think I'd rather have an apple though!

The added vitamins are supposed to be 21% of RDA - there are most of the B vitamins, E, Folic Acid, and also Iron. So if you're having trouble getting the vitamins into the kids, this might be a good lunch box idea. If they eat them.

Still, these are the "own brand" version of the Special K ones. The Special K ones are only 2g bigger, and contain only 2% more fruit, and only 4% less RDA of the vitamins. But you pay an extra 80p per pack. Hmm. Maybe the Special K ones taste a lot better ...

Summary: Good for when I'm watching the budget