Kozy Shack Ready Grains – Maple Brown Sugar Flavor

Price: $2.50 (for pack of 2, with coupon)
Serving: 1 bowl, 7oz.
Calories: 190 per serving
Fat: 3%, 2g
Cholesterol: 5%, 15mg
Sodium: 8%, 180mg
Protein: 7g
Carbohydrates: 11%, 33g
Fiber: 28%, 7g
Sugar: 21g
Weight Watchers Points: 3 Points

Kozy Shack says: Since 1967 Kozy Shack has been dedicated to providing wholesome, natural and great tasting products to our consumers. In continuing that tradition, we are pleased to present Kozy Shack Ready Grains, a ready to eat all natural multigrain cereal.

This unique and healthy cereal combines three whole grains: oats (steel cut oats, and rolled oats) brown rice, and barley that deliver a creamy texture and truly satisfying taste.

Can be enjoyed HOT or COLD any time, any where!

Daria says: I was first introduced to Kozy Shack products by a coupon some months ago. I’d never purchased them before, and tried their sugar-free tapioca pudding. It is truly excellent, as far as packaged tapioca pudding goes; just the right balance of sweetness with nutty tapioca granules, and its calorie count is very reasonable. I’ve been a fan ever since that coupon came into my life.

I found another Kozy Shack coupon recently in the newspaper, and took the plunge on breakfast. Kozy Shack has continued their line of great puddings in the Ready Grains product. To me, after heating for 30 seconds, stirring, then heating 30 seconds more, this had the texture of a warm, slightly runny oatmeal-maple pudding. Which is not a bad thing! I wouldn’t choose this for breakfast every day, but it is an interesting change for sure.

Ready Grains Maple Brown Sugar is quite sweet, and the natural flavor listed in the ingredients is most likely a real maple flavor – this Maine girl knows her syrup when she tastes it! The brown sugar also comes through nicely and thankfully the list of ingredients is short. Lowfat milk is first, second comes a number of different grains: steel cut oats, brown rice, pearled barley, and rolled oats. (Pearling does remove the fiber from the barley, but it results in a smooth texture). Water, inulin (an insoluble fiber) and eggs follow, then more starches, sugars, and flavorings. No high-fructose corn syrup is present, and the only item that indicates that this was made in a factory is modified food starch. That and carrageenan (a natural thickener from seaweed) contribute to the pudding texture. Kozy Shack’s ingredients are natural, and their tasty products reflect that.

The convenience of this product rates it highly in my book, and the natural ingredients boost that rating. I would buy this again, probably not this week, but definitely before my other coupon expires. They have three other flavors: original, apple cinnamon, and strawberry, and calorie counts for those flavors vary. However, if you are not a lover of the texture of pudding, you might want to think twice about this product.

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