Which Breakfast Cereal?

dannyg
dannyg Posts: 59
edited July 2009 in The Crudcatcher
Right folks, We've been having a heated debate in the office regarding which breakfast cereal you would choose between Bran Flakes and Shreaded Wheat, so i leave the question to you...
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    First eats of the day is - bran flakes and banana in da summer / porridge in da winter
  • papasmurf.
    papasmurf. Posts: 2,382
    both processed and full of salt.

    coco pops FTW
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    papasmurf. wrote:
    both processed and full of salt.

    Depends what brand you buy you can get reduced salt / sugar bran flakes. That said, i don't know how Kelloggs get away with the amounts they shove in theirs.
  • M1llh0use
    M1llh0use Posts: 863
    alpen.....
    {insert smartarse comment here}
  • thekickingmule
    thekickingmule Posts: 7,957
    At the moment, i'm fluctuating between Weetabix, Frosties, Kellogs Oats and Honey, and Mini Weetabix with Honey and Nut.
    In answer to your question, none. I don't like either of them :)
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  • The Hogester
    The Hogester Posts: 101
    Porridge or weetabix for me.
  • xstrathyx
    xstrathyx Posts: 1,104
    bran flakes for me, although now knowing the salt content is so high, i may have to review the situation
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    M1llh0use wrote:
    alpen.....

    +1, although lately I've been having Tesco Finest Fruit and Nut Muesli. More or less the same thing though.

    Failing that, bacon and egg butty :P
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    Forgot to mention I put together my own muesli too, it's cheap and I get exactly what i want in it.
  • .blitz
    .blitz Posts: 6,197
    Bran flakes and muesli with Muller Rice. I don't like the way Shredded Wheat falls to bits in the milk.
  • llamafarmer
    llamafarmer Posts: 1,893
    Forgot to mention I put together my own muesli too, it's cheap and I get exactly what i want in it.

    Is that just oats and dried fruit? Sounds like a good idea.
  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    edited July 2009
    yeh you can buy a 'muesli base' too from places like Holland and Barrett but a decent health food shop should sort you out, it's a shop around for best prices job on the big bags of the stuff.

    After that pick your own dried fruits / nuts and either roughly chop the fruit up and mix in a big bowl and pour into one of those Tupperware breakfast containers. I put dried banana, date, mango, raisins, sultanas, the odd pine nut and some pumpkin seeds in usually but whatever you fancy. But again it's a case of shopping around for the dried stuff as places like H&B charge a premium price. Inner city markets is where I head for both and I buy in bulk. It's no great faff once you've sourced the stuff at a reasonable price, and does work out cheaper if you're shrewd but can work the other way if not. The beauty is...

    No salt , no sugar apart from the sweetness of the dried fruit (which is more than enough). And you get exactly what you want in it. Tasting Alpen after is like eating a mars bar and you realise how much salt and sugar manufacturers do put in cereal, even though things are changing now. I can't eat Alpen these days it's too sweet.
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    Sausage and egg mcmuffin & bacon and egg mcmuffin please 8)
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  • blister pus
    blister pus Posts: 5,780
    brunchtime and after is the meal times I have trouble with - but I do like a good start to the day. lmao
  • As someone who's having to cut as much wheat out as possible, I tend to alternate at the moment each day

    Oatibix bites & the bites with sultana & apple pieces. Thinking of trying the cranberry one too when I finish one of these boxes. I like the texture of these, tried the flakes &they were rank.
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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,651
    cocopops all the way (wouldn't believe I am a 35yr old!!) lol

    But also - Honey nut cornflakes / weetabix / cheerios
  • ramemtbers
    ramemtbers Posts: 1,562
    wheatabix all the way with fruit and fibre on top with 2 slices of toast
  • dannyg
    dannyg Posts: 59
    ramemtbers wrote:
    wheatabix all the way with fruit and fibre on top with 2 slices of toast

    Sounds like a sandwich to remember does that one!
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  • ramemtbers
    ramemtbers Posts: 1,562
    :roll: no the toast is seperate :roll:
  • dannyg
    dannyg Posts: 59
    right got ya!
    Dan daren't but he did anyway!!

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  • ramemtbers
    ramemtbers Posts: 1,562
    and the toast has marmite on it yum yum yum. :lol:
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  • Porgy
    Porgy Posts: 4,525
    meh to cereals. In fact meh to breakfast.

    I usually go straight to lunch.
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Prefer Shreddies.

    Shredded Wheat tastes and feels like hay with strips of cardboard in it.
  • stickygreen
    stickygreen Posts: 339
    In a 45g serving of nestle shreded wheat there is 0.0g of salt fact!
    But i'll eat any cereal that does'nt contain sultanas or raisins.
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  • lawman
    lawman Posts: 6,868
    4 slices of toast with loads of flora light, cod liver oil tablets and vitamin water :D
  • IcarusGreen
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    Oats and More Raisin (when I can get it)
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  • deffler
    deffler Posts: 829
    Coco Pops are the boy. A couple of month back you could adopt a monkey on the back of their boxes, wuda preferred a free one in the box tho :wink:

    Who can remember Lucky Charms? Mmmmmmmm, marshmallow in cereal.
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