Fed up of only having the choice of the usual big-brand breakfast cereals? Fancy trying something different, but not yet ready for organic weetabix? Ask your indie store to stock one of these brands instead, or even local supermarkets. Keep these cereals away from young children and pets, due nuts, chocolate etc.
Turtle breakfast cereals from Belgium
Turtle breakfast cereal (Belgium) is organic organic (some items are gluten-free) and uses locally-sourced ingredients that give good working conditions to farmers. Ask your indie health shop to stock it or buy online.
The founders (a German man and his Belgian wife) love good food, and were unable to find good organic breakfast cereals to feed their family. The name ‘turtle’ was due to her need to slow down on maternity leave, inspired by the tale of The Tortoise & The Hare’. They realised this is the same for breakfast cereals – high-sugar fast snacks are no good, we need slow-releasing snacks to keep going through the day and win the race! So the cereals are made with wholegrain ingredients, not like Frosties!
Packaging is tricky for breakfast cereals, because obviously you have to keep the product fresh. So they use easy-to-recycle plastic packaging for the inner sleeve (recycle at supermarket bag bins), then boxes are made from recycled fibre and if buying online, they ship with bio bibbles that decompose in contact with water.
- Colour loops (coloured with berries etc)
- Date, fig & apricot porridge
- Carrot cake porridge
- Chocolate banana porridge
- Multigrain flakes (also with chocolate)
- Dark chocolate cornflakes
- Apple cinnamon granola
- Walnut chocolate granola
- Cocoa crispies or pillows
granola (that tastes like dessert)
Cheeky Nibble is a wonderful brand of vegan granolas, a bit expensive but that’s because they are artisan-made, allergen-friendly, free from palm oil and sold in sustainable packaging. They also taste like dessert, so it’s like eating healthy cake for breakfast, and are absolutely delicious.
The founder created the brand as she has autism and Tourettes Syndrome and found that baking helped her anxiety. She also finds exercise helpful, so she combined her two passions to bake granolas that were chunky enough to take with her to the gym, yet had nostalgic flavours.
The granola is sold in boxes that are carbon-balanced with World Land’s Trust, so you can eat your breakfast with a clear conscience. The flavours include:
- Cherry Bakewell
- Victoria sponge
- Banoffee Pie
- Vanilla latte
make your own trail mix cookies
These trail mix cookies (Notably Vegan) make an ideal portable breakfast or snack for hiking. Made with almond flours and various seeds, nuts and vegan chocolate, they’re sweetened with maple syrup. They store in an airtight container for a few days, in the fridge a little longer or in the freezer for a few months. Separate with parchment paper then warm up on a dry frypan with a little water, for that ‘fresh from the oven’ flavour.
Before cooking, read up on food safety for people & pets (many human foods are unsafe around animal friends).
organic gluten-free breakfast cereals
Freee offers more gluten-free organic breakfast cereals from the sister company of Doves Farm which produces artisan flours on its own organic farm nestled in the North Wessex Downs that provides homes for bees, birds, butterflies and skylarks, and the company works with other organic growers. It uses solar panels on site and grains are grown using crop rotation to produce quality grains
Keep these cereals away from young children and pets due to nuts, dried fruits, chocolate etc. Read more on keeping people & pets safe in the kitchen.
The range includes:
- Organic cornflakes
- Cinnamon hoops
- Supergrain hoops
- Fruit & fibre flakes
- Chocolate stars
- Porridge oats
This company also offers a range of organic gluten-free pastas including:
- Brown rice spaghetti
- Brown rice, green pea or lentil penne
- Buckwheat & multigrain pastas
- Maize rice lasagne
The range is sold in easy-to-recycle packaging (if kerbside does not collect the inner plastic bags, you can recycle these at supermarket bag recycling bins. Serve with your favourite organic plant milk. Also look in health stores for Doves Farm own organic breakfast cereals:
- Ancient grain breakfast flakes are made with buckwheat, quinoa and teff (the world’s smallest grain) and are packed with wholesome taste.
- Ancient grain cereal hoops are crunchy grains made from buckwheat, quinoa and teff. High in protein, and perfect for an organic breakfast.
- Ancient grain fruit & fibre flakes are again made with crunchy flakes, this time mixed with rice/buckwheat and banana, coconut, sultana and apple pieces.
- Wholegrain cocoa rice pops are the eco-organic alternatives to cocoa pops, if you have a sweet taste. Made from organic rice covered in premium organic cocoa, these are very chocolately in taste.
