Here's the full nutrition facts label and ingredient list. Sure, it's still a packaged breakfast cereal and I already know it's gonna have quite a bit of sugar and carbs but when you just have a hankerin' for a bowl of cereal, knowing that you're getting a little protein in the mix is never a totally bad thing. I'm appreciative of any product that tosses in some extra protein. Oats & Honey was the only flavor available at my grocery store, so that's what I grabbed. There are two varieties of Protein Cheerios - Oats & Honey and Cinnamon Almond. So Cheerios is jumping on the higher protein bandwagon, huh? There's always some variety of Cheerios in my pantry - multi-grain, honey nut, plain - so I thought I'd give these a whirl.
As we all know, I can't resist a package emblazoned with a bold "NEW!" so I parked my cart for a moment to check them out. I would buy it again if I were in the mood for something really mild and light, but that tends not to happen very often with me so I'm rather indifferent to it.During a routine weekly grocery trip I saw a big display for these Protein Cheerios. It's just a little bit on the bland side for my tastes. I think that, had this been carbonated, I might have liked it more as is. With lemon in particular, I'd like some sourness with my lemon and prefer some more acidity. The main issue for someone like me is that I like stronger flavors. I think that the type of people who like to have water with a slice of lemon would really enjoy this, and I thought it tasted fine. It's pleasant and light, but not sour and lacks a citric acid bite. The flavor is mild and close to "lemon water" or weak lemonade rather than a lemon drink. It smells lemony, but the scent is not powerful. I didn't know if this was carbonated or not when I bought it, but it turns out that it is not. My guess is this is marketed at the same people who purchase C.C. The first ingredient is "grape sugar", but this is also sweetened with Acesulfame K and fortified with Vitamin C. The bottle is huge at 700 ml, so it's 112 calories if you drink it all at once. I also noticed that it had "calorie off" written on it and only has 16 calories per 100 ml. I finally gave in and bought a bottle of this when some of it was moved into the refrigerated section of the store rather than parked outside. Apparently, this company's drinks are available in a limited area for the most part and that's why I was unfamiliar with them despite my many years of shopping in Tokyo. I expected to have to mine the Japanese Wikipedia site for more on them, but my life was made a bit easier. It's interesting that a relatively minor beverage maker has an English Wikipedia entry when some bigger companies do not. It's a mark of the power of the tendency to anthropomorphize that I felt sorry for the company that made this as its product was neglected by consumers. The number of unpurchased bottles never seemed to go down so I'm guessing nearly no one bought any, or the store had every nook and cranny of its storage space filled with more of it. This feeling was dredged up when I bought this bottle of "Cheerio", despite the names connotations of "cheer", happy goodbyes, and breakfast cereal.īottles of Cheerio drink sat in a cardboard box outside of the local convenience store for months as I walked by the shop. Walking by these places always makes me feel a little sad. It doesn't matter who sets up shop or what sort of place they open, they close down in a year or so. I've got a few places near my apartment that similarly seem to suffer that problem. There's an episode of Seinfeld about a Pakistani restaurant owner who occupies a space near Jerry's apartment that seems to doom anyone who does business there to fail.
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