Nutri-Grain
Nutri-Grain is a brand of breakfast cereal and breakfast bar made by the Kellogg Company.
In Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, Nutri-Grain is a breakfast cereal made from corn, oats, and wheat. The pieces are shaped like rectangles with three holes in them (Australia, New Zealand). The South African cereal's pieces consist of 3 interconnected circles.
In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Ireland the Nutri-Grain Bar name is used for the soft breakfast bars. Each bar contains 8 grams of grains, equivalent to half a serving out of the three recommended servings a day.
History
The brand was first introduced in Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, in 1981 for a breakfast cereal consisting of flakes without added sugar.[1] There were four varieties initially (rye, corn, barley and wheat); later these were reduced to corn and wheat, and finally the corn line was completely discontinued. There are various Nutri-Grain Bars made from the breakfast cereal bonded together, available in the markets where the cereal is available. The bars became popular in the 1990s as an "on-the-go" food.
In 2013, Nutri-Grain breakfast drinks were added to the line of cereals for the Australian market.
UK products
In the UK, Nutri-Grain bars are around one-third cereals (mainly wheat-flour) and around ten per cent fruit. Breakfast bars are a similar product to the muesli bar or granola bar.
Breakfast bars
- Apple
- Strawberry
- Blueberry
- Blackberry & Apple
Elevenses bakes
- Raisin
- Ginger
- Golden Oat
- Chocolate Chip
Breakfast biscuits
- Cereal & Milk
- Oats & Honey
- Fruit & Fibre
US products
Breakfast bars
- Cherry
- Raspberry
- Blackberry
- Apple Cinnamon
- Blueberry
- Mixed Berry
- Strawberry
- Strawberry Yogurt
- Cinnamon
Australian products
Breakfast cereal
- Nutri-Grain
Bars
- Original
- Choc Malt
Breakfast drinks
- Original
Health
Investigations and studies have shown that a number of breakfast cereals marketed as "healthy" can contain large amounts of sugar, and low amounts of nutrients and protein. In particular, Nutri-Grain has been proven to contain almost one-third sugar.[2][3]
Nutri-Grain received two stars out of five on the Australian Government's health star ratings.[4]
References
- ↑ Nutri-Grain Cereal — Mr. Breakfast.com. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ↑ Miletic, Daniella (April 29, 2009). "Popular cereals fail 'good for you' test". The Age. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ "Children's Breakfast Cereals". Retrieved 16 June 2013.
- ↑ Han, Esther (20 April 2015). "Food health star ratings: Kellogg's reveals the cereal that gets 1.5 stars". The Sydney Morning Herald.
External links
- Nutri-Grain (Australia cereal)
- Nutri-Grain official Australian site
- Nutri-Grain (bar) official site, which includes nutrition information and ingredient lists for each of the bars.
- Nutri-Grain : Breakfast Biscuits - Kellogg's UK (official UK site)
- Canada Nutri-Grain product site
- South Africa Nutri-Grain product site
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