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the mushiness of normal weetabix is the real turn-off

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 14:04 (seventeen years ago) link

i've not tried Oatibix but i have been having Kelloggs Crunchy Oatbakes of a morning but I just checked them and they have wheat bran in them. My friend does have this book and says it changed her life, though.

― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry about the grammar :/

― colin0Hara (colin_o_hara), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

many of the cereals you'd think don't have wheat in them do in fact have wheat, eg RICE krispies, CORN flakes etc.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 15:10 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, I saw these today on the shelf at my local co-op. I considered buying them but instead decided on two boxes of co-op museli on a BOGOF deal. They were cheaper.

― DavidM (DavidM), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

i've not tried Oatibix but i have been having Kelloggs Crunchy Oatbakes

Are those the things that SHATNER has been peddling? They're awful. Much too sweet.

many of the cereals you'd think don't have wheat in them do in fact have wheat, eg RICE krispies, CORN flakes etc.

Yes, I even noticed my Quaker oat hoops have got wheat in them. Why is that? It can't be cheaper. Can it?

― accentmonkey (accentmonkey), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 15:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Ingredients for Kellogg's Cornflakes: Maize, Sugar, Malt Flavouring, Salt, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin B12

Ingredients for Kellogg's Rice Krispies: Rice, Sugar, Salt, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Malt Flavouring, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin B12

Think they're OK, Ronan, unless the vitamins are wheat-derived.

― Madchen (Madchen), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

I thought they had flour in them...for some reason. I am almost sure I saw something that made me think they weren't ok, but I'll check again.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I have been avoiding wheat for a couple of years due to colitis and can recommend the following, all WF...

Pertwood Farm Fruit & Seed Muesli
Nature's Path Millet Flakes
Nature's Path Oaty Bites

Bigger Sainsbury's should stock these, otherwise check yer local Holland & Barrett / Fresh & Wild. And Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes and of course normal porridge are all fine. i do love Oatibix though. Now if only they can make a WF equivalent of Sugar Puffs...

― Meg Busset (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link

and a dairy free equivalent of cheese!

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 14 February 2007 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link

The box in my cupboard was indeed Weetabix Gold. They were cheaper than normal Weetabix for a while. Perhaps they still are. But "Urgh!" just about sums it up.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller), Thursday, 15 February 2007 08:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Rice cakes aren't good for everyone, despite being called RICE cakes. Apparently the agent they use to bind the puffs together can be an irritant for a lot of people.

― Madchen (Madchen), Thursday, 15 February 2007 09:36 (seventeen years ago) link

and a dairy free equivalent of cheese!
-- Ronan

Ah! I found some of this, but it was in the fridge of a house I was staying in in Nottingham so I can't remember the name of it. It was okay though, not as amazing as real cheese, but plausible as a subsititute. Wow, that was useless.

This hread makes me feel bad Ronan, that the last time I saw you IRL we ended up in Pizza Express.

― SandboxAnna (SandboxAnna), Thursday, 15 February 2007 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh don't feel bad! I hadn't been told not to eat cheese then! I seriously would love to eat a pizza probably more than anything else in the world right now, a horrible cheesey takeaway pizza. some night maybe I'll just do so..what's the worst that can happen? I feel crappy today and I ate perfectly all week. I'm thinking of reintroducing dairy for a week to see if not eating it is making any difference..and so I can have a massive bowl of chocolate ice cream

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

tho actually I think sugar is the worst thing of all

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 15 February 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link

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