Whoa. Where have I been? Has it really been more than two weeks since I last posted? I’m so sorry for not checking in, I was really sick and a lot of things were going on, but I’m feeling a lot better now! Instead of talking about the past I’m going to get right into this post.
I got a few requests to talk about my favorite cereal from Germany. You all know I love cereal. And you all know I cant just eat one bowl. No. I pretty much never eat just one bowl of cereal. That’s why it was really important to me to find some good quality, tasty and healthy cereal.
Cereal shown above: Seitenbacher Dinkelflakes
I’ve tried so many different brands and it actually took me a while to find some that I enjoyed eating and that didn’t have a gazillion ingredients that I couldn’t even pronounce.
Seitenbacher | Kakao-Düsis
I recently discovered these and from the first time I tried them I fell in love with them! The cereal is from a German company and they also sell a bunch of different products. I’ve tried a few of their other cereal, but this one is my favorite.
Not only do I like to have this cereal with milk, but I also add it to yogurt and trail mix. Delish!
Only 4 ingredients and 108 calories for 30 g of cereal? The nutrition stats are just awesome.
This cereal definitely has a chocolaty taste but it’s not really sweet. It’s obviously not coated in sugar like other chocolate cereal out there but it’s super delicious! If you like your cereal to be sweet but still want something healthy, you could add some sweetener (honey, agave, stevia etc.) or you could try their other cereal.
Crownfield | Bran Flakes
I believe these are only available at the store “Lidl”. I tried them for the first time and the first thing that came to mind was “Raisin Bran” cereal. These bran flakes taste exactly like the ones from the Raisin Bran cereal. And I love Kellogg’s Raisin Bran (sadly cant find it here in Germany) cereal.. it’s awesome!
Ingredients Translation: whole wheat 63%, sugar, wheat bran 14%, barley, honey, salt.
The ingredients for this cereal are ok. Not the best because the second ingredient is sugar, but hey.. it’s not the end of the world! I love that this cereal has wheat bran. It provides fiber which helps keep you full for longer.
Alnatura | Dinkel Gepufft
I’m a big fan of the brand Alnatura. I know many other German bloggers are, too! :) The brand sells a wide selection of healthy and organic products.
This cereal is a great and healthy alternative to “Honey Smacks” cereal. What I really love about this cereal is that it only has two ingredients. How awesome is that?
Ingredients Translation: spelled (70%), honey (30%).
This cereal tastes kind of like Honey Smacks, only a lot more natural. It’s not coated with sugar and it’s made with a whole grain.
I’m pretty sure its easier to find a bunch of healthy cereal in the USA. I don’t have access to those so I love to order them from iHerb. They ship internationally and you get free samples with every order.
If you have any requests for a blog post, please let me know! Thank you for all your love and support, it means the world to me!
What is your favorite cereal? When you buy cereal, what do you look for? Have you ever tried any of the cereal I mentioned above?
those all look good, i am a cereal addict.
ReplyDeleteCereal is one of my favorite foods! It seriously never gets old :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're back,Shannon,although it's sure been good for you to focus a little more on yourself lately. :)
ReplyDeleteI love cereal as well,one of my favorites is puffed amaranth - looove the texture,all those tiny little pearls!
I LOVE cereal. I really want to try those loop things.
ReplyDeleteMy favourites include all bran, cinnamon grahams and weetabix minis (fruit and nut!)
i'm glad you feel better now :)
ReplyDeletecereal isn't my favourite breakfast food, because i don't like it when it gets all mushy :D i like oatmeal, but i don't care for cereals. i like weetabix though
i tried the seitenbacher düsis, but they got soaked up with milk so fast... i endet up eating them without milk :D
mmm, everything on your blog looks so delish! I love simple cereals the most. I love it when I let me cereal sit for a little bit and then my milk is deliciously flavored! That's the best! I really like your blog and am now following it :)
ReplyDeleteIf you have a few minutes to spare, feel free to check out my blog and follow if it tickles your fancy! :) I'm a lover of food photography and post mostly that on my blog!
Have a great day!
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I love cereal, too! And the Kakao Dussis were my favorite in Germany, too :) Seitenbacher for the win!
ReplyDeleteThe top one looks delicious - nothing beats a good cereal to begin the day !
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Healthy honey smacks?? You just gave me another reason to want to visit Germany!!
ReplyDeleteGlad you're feeling better Shannon!!
I haven't seen the Kakao-Düsis from Seitenbacher so far but I am totally going to look for it the next time I head to the grocery store. They look quite delicious.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great post and I am always happy to read about German products that are clean and healthy (or almost when it comes to cereal).
Those cereals look so delicious! Thanks for sharing this!
ReplyDeleteI love oatmeal ;)
ReplyDeleteBut the last one the Honey Smacks are lovely *_*
I could eat them every day! And I am glad that you found a cleaner version than the kellogs one :)
These cereals all look so interesting and different than the ones I am used to! I have always been a huge fan of anything bran :)
ReplyDeleteHey Shannon!
ReplyDeleteDid I mention that I love to stumble over other german bloggers? May I ask in which part of our pretty small country you do live?
Grüßle, Ksenija
Your hair changed!! zehr gut! ich denke es ist sehr gern. Mein deutsch ist jetzt schlecht.
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge fan of wheat puffs because I don't like my cereal with added sugar. If I choose something other than wheat puffs, it is most likely a whole grain cereal without sugar or a whole grain hot cereal of some kind. Love oats! Puffed Kamut is also quite nice.
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ReplyDeleteI haven't tried any of those cereal! My favorite at the moment is corn chex....but I don't buy cereal often and just eat it when I'm at my parents' house.
ReplyDeleteYum! I am not much of a cereal person in general but if I do have cereal it is usually some form of Attune.
ReplyDeleteThat cereal looks good! I just bought puffed rice today to try out :) I personally like chex cereal (for snacking) the gluten free kind... I just like the squares and anything without evaporated cane juice because that hurts my stomach lol
ReplyDeleteShannon I miss your posts! Where are you?
ReplyDeleteHow come everything European looks so much more awesome than American stuff? :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite (american) cereal right now is Mesa Sunrise. Natural, gulten-free, and low sugar. And it's really good with a banana on top. :)
oh i love this review about german cereal! so funny because in austria we have similar ones but they are calles differently! havent stopped by here in a while, hope u are well!! xxx
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