Arnold’s Farm Little Farmers Honey Granola | Chewsday Review
Who else has a child just a bit over eating the same brekkie cereals? Oats and Weet-Bix are really the only two that get my stamp of approval (especially after they discontinued the low-sugar Cheerios ) So I had a little look at the Arnold’s Farm Little Farmers Honey Granola specifically for kids- here’s what I think in today’s Chewsday Review.
Ingredients
- Whole Grain Rolled Oats (43%), Rice Puffs (Rice Flour, Sugar, Salt, Golden Syrup), Chicory Root Fibre, Honey (9%), Seeds (8%) (Linseed (4.3%), Sunflower Seeds), Raw Sugar, Canola Oil, Burnt Sugar, Antioxidant (Vitamin E).
- Common allergens include: gluten. There’s a list of may contain too: Lupin, Milk, Peanuts, Sesame Seeds, Soy and Tree Nuts
Positives
- Low saturated fat content, well within healthy guidelines.
- High fibre content of 4.2g per serve. This is significantly more than many other ‘kid’ cereals. One 30g serve would meet about 30% of a toddler’s fibre requirements and 23% of an older child’s requirements.
- Reasonably low sodium (salt) content at 125mg/100g. This is lower than lots of breakfast cereals (for example cornflakes is high at 485mg/100g.
- The sugar content technically scrapes into my guidelines at 14.6g/100g but it’s all from added sugars (as opposed to some cereal that have sugar occurring naturally in fruit). It’s not ‘high’ compared to Freedom Foods XO Crunch (22.2g/100g) or Coco Pops (36.5g/100g). A serve of this (which is only a very small amount anyway) would give you 1.5 tsp of added sugar. Compared to some other cereals this is a positive, but it wouldn’t cut it for me as an everyday cereal.
Negatives
- There’s no added iron in this cereal, which is why I recommend cereals like Weet-Bix. Iron is a tricky nutrient for lots of kids to get enough of, so fortified cereals do help.
- The ingredient list includes five different source to make up the 14.6%: Sugar, Golden Syrup, Honey, Raw Sugar, Burnt Sugar. It’s not in HUGE amounts, but it’s a negative for sure.
Marketing
- ”Good source of fibre“ Yep it is, and it’s even higher than Kids Weet-Bix!
- ”No artificial colours and flavours” This is hardly a selling point, because even From Loops have no artificial colours and flavours.
- ”4.5 health stars” Compared to Froot Loops it’s definitely one of the better choices on the market, but that doesn’t make it an everyday food.
Alternatives
- Good fibre and mostly allergy-friendly content, but moderate sugar content and no iron. These have a similar sugar content to Cheerios, less salt and more fibre but Cheerios have added iron.
- I’d prefer Weet-Bix (kids or regular) or oats. If you’re buying it as a special ‘on holidays’ cereal then it’s a much better option than most others. You could also use this cereal mixed with oats or crumbled weet-bix for variety, or as part of a trail mix snack.
- PS I struggled with emojis – the blood droplet symbolises there isn’t enough iron in this product for my liking haha
The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
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