I am a biscuit addict and so when I saw this product I thought it looked brilliant and gave me a good excuse to eat biscuits for breakfast! There are several different flavour varieties available and I opted for the Honey & Nuts version. The RRP for a pack of Belvita Breakfast Biscuits is a mighty £2.49 which I think is quite expensive considering you could buy a pretty nice box of cereal for around the same price, or less. I got my pack on offer at Tesco's where they were reduced to half price at a more reasonable cost of £1.24.

Product description: "As biscuit lovers, we have worked closely with our own nutritionists to bring you a new and exciting choice for breakfast: Belvita Breakfast Biscuits are delicious, crunchy biscuits specially designed for breakfast. They are carefully made and baked so that as part of a balanced breakfast, the carbohydrates are regularly released over 4 hours to keep you going all morning."

Within each box of Belvita Breakfast Biscuits, there are six individually wrapped servings. A recommended serving size is one packet consisting of 4 biscuits. But, these did not turn out to be the quick "grab and go" breakfast food that I was expecting. After reading further information on the packaging, what I noticed is that these biscuits are not intended to be a whole breakfast food or meal replacement, but instead they recommend that you should eat additional foods to make sure that you get your full intake of nutrients at breakfast time. I think this is a bit pointless, as what I would want from a product like this is to give me a quick and easy breakfast replacement that is convenient to eat on the go without any hassle, fuss, preparation or mess. As recommended on the box, you should not just eat a pack of 4 breakfast biscuits. You also need to eat a low fat yoghurt, and a portion of fruit, and a cup of tea or coffee. Doesn't seem so quick and easy now! If I had the time to be messing around with fruit, yoghurt, biscuits and tea then I wouldn't need a product like this as it would mean I had enough time to prepare a proper breakfast in the first place.

Honey is one of my favourite flavours so it was an easy decision to buy the Honey and Nuts variety of these biscuits. The biscuits are made with wholegrain cereals, honey, nuts, chocolate chips, and even have added vitamins. They are quite thin and have a very crunchy texture. I find that eating four of them leaves my with a very dry mouth so I always have a drink on hand to sip at as I'm munching away. The chocolate chips don't really add much flavour to the biscuits, and they do seem to have more a natural flavour with the sweetness of the honey and small chunks of nuts and grains are visible in the mix.

As advised by Belvita I have been including other elements to my breakfast when I eat these biscuits. I have been drinking a whey protein shake in the morning on my train journey into work, and then having a pack of biscuits with a cup of tea, and sometimes also a portion of fruit, first thing when I arrive in the office. There are also a few nice features of these biscuits which help to make them appear reasonably healthy for a biscuit. They are rich in cereals, made with wholegrain, provide a source of fibre and various B viatmins (B1, B2, B3, B5 & B9), and they are free from colours and preservatives. I do think that the breakfast helps to fill me up surprisingly well and I feel it's quite healthy. However, I am still always getting feelings of hunger throughout the morning, firstly around an hour or so after I've eaten (which I just ignore) and then more noticeably at 11.30ish which is still quite a while before my lunch time. I wouldn't say that I can agree with the claim that this helps to keep hunger away for a full four hours. If you have made the mistake of not eating anything to go with the biscuits then I imagine you'd end up starving half-way through the morning.

Nutritional information per 50g pack of 4 biscuits:
Energy - 976kJ - 232 calories
Protein - 4g
Carbohydrates - 34g - of which sugars - 12.4g
Fat - 8.4g - of which saturates - 2.4g
Fibre - 1.6g
Sodium - 0.2g - equivalent as salt - 0.44g

Overall I can't really recommend these Belvita Breakfast Biscuits. There is nothing wrong with the flavour of them and they are quite tasty if you can ignore the dryness or counteract it with a nice cup of tea. My main problem is that they don't really suit my needs when it comes to a breakfast food. I would rather just have a protein shake and meal replacement bar if I'm pushed for time, or prepare a better breakfast of cereal, porridge or eggs if I have the time at home to do so. These biscuits did not really offer the quick fix that I was looking for and I feel that they are overpriced as well. Not something that I would buy again.