Monday, April 18, 2011

Yogi Cereal

Now I'm not sponsored by Yogi at all but I've been a long time fan of their teas. They recently launched a line of cereals and I've tried three of them and my favorite hands-down is the "Digestive Health" one since it has plenty of cinnamon, clove, and cardamom, which are my favorite spices. You can really taste the cloves. So stay clear of this if you don't like the aforementioned spices.

The problem is that the local grocery store is always out of stock of the "Digestive Health" and they always have plenty of the "Essential Antioxidants" blend, which supposedly has goji berries. If you are of Chinese or Taiwanese descent you probably grew up on goji berries and are very familiar with the sweet, tangy taste. However, now that goji berries from China are the new "it" health item, they are winding up in all sorts of processed food items. The problem with this "Essential Antioxidants" cereal is that you cannot taste the goji berries at all. If you read the ingredients label, you'll see that they have pulverized a tiny amount of goji berries and added that to the cereal so that they can still write "GOJI BERRIES" on the front but it really has little to no goji berries contained in it.

This was my random rant on Yogi Cereals. Hopefully, Sprouts will restock Yogi "Digestive Health" cereal.