Spoon Cereals (better breakfast, better planet)
Spoon Cereals makes granola with a few big differences. Firstly, it’s made in the company’s own factory in Yorkshire (not in some distant faraway place you’ve never heard of). Secondly, all the packaging is easy to recycle.
This brand makes the tastiest granolas, and is sold online or in many grocery stores. All the flavours are vegan and use either organic (not certified) oats or oats from regenerative farming, which is good for the soil.
They are also sweetened with maple syrup or chicory root, rather than white sugar. Although less sweet and sugary, they are much tastier – and better for your teeth! And due to oats, they are also good for your heart (oats are full of soluble fibre which kind of ‘sweeps away bad cholesterol’ in your gut. Job done!
Recycle packaging at supermarket bag bins, if your council does not recycle. Keep these cereals away from young children and pets due to nuts, dried fruits, chocolate etc. Read more on food safety for people and pets.
Flavours (some gluten-free) include:
- Cinnamon and pecan
- Apple and almond butter
- Peanut butter
- The Low-Sugar One (sweetened with chicory root)
How to choose a healthy breakfast cereal
You don’t have to be a saint if you like a bit more sugar (and you can always bulk up fibre later on in the day). But an easy way to check if a cereal is healthy or not is to look at the nutrition box. By 100g, it should have over 5g of fibre and less than 5 of sugar (in the carbs section).
The best-selling brand of cornflakes has just 3g of fibre. You’d be better off eating an apple. The same brand’s cocoa pops up the sugar to 17g and their most sugary cereal (advertised by a tiger) is a whopping 37g sugar. No wonder children’s teeth are rotting.
