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Taste Test: FiberOne Raisin Bran Clusters CerealPosted Aug 22nd 2007 10:35AM by Sarah J. GimFiled under: Breakfast, Grains, Dairy, Fruit, Raves & Reviews, New Products, Sugar, Health & MedicalThere are two things I have been trying like the Dickens to change about my diet: 1) drinking more water, and 2) eating food with more fiber. The water part is hard for me because I don't like how plain water tastes (yes, water does have a taste, you know), and I have an unholy addiction to Diet Coke and energy drinks.The fiber part is even harder. I love fresh fruits and vegetables, but that's not the issue. The issue is my lifestyle. I don't just have a full-time job. I have the fullest-time job possible, I blog, and I live alone. This combination makes it near impossible to cook proper meals that include fresh produce and grains with fiber. For a while, I was taking fiber supplements in the form of, you know, those "drink" things, but that stopped as soon as I realized how bloated I was getting from it.FiberOne is a candidate in my quest for quick sources of fiber. FiberOne is a line from cereal and food company General Mills that has a few products, all focusing on high fiber. The basic cereal looks like any other fiber cereal - little "noodles" or "branches" - that definitely look too healthy to enjoy. General Mills has expanded the line with two more family friendly cereals, meaning that in the bowl, they look a lot less clinical.I tried FiberOne Raisn Bran Clusters, which is FiberOne's entrant in the raisin bran cereal playing field, which is dominated by Kellog's Raisin Bran. However, if the marketing on the cereal box is accurate, FiberOne beats all other raisin brans with 40% of the recommended daily intake of fiber. Supposedly, that makes FiberOne's Raisin Bran Clusters the leader.The fiber-ness is all well and good, but the question is, "How does it taste?" If it doesn't taste all that good, then what's the point, right? The cereal looks like other raisin bran cereals with dark, bumpy flakes and raisins. However, FiberOne Raisin Bran Clusters have an additional item: the clusters! I tried everything dry first.The flakes are much harder than I remember other cereals' being. They were also stickier, which was strange since they are supposed to be only "lightly" sweetened.The flavor wasn't bad but that texture wasn't optimal. The raisins were fine, but the thing that I liked the best about the cereal was the clusters, which there weren't enough of. With milk (I used nonfat soymilk), the flakes were softer, but they didn't get mushy, which is a huge plus. I only wish there were more of the crunchy little clusters.I will definitely be finishing off this box.
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