Recently I was sent 2 boxes of Fruit Loops Cereal. One box was the original Froot Loops with no added fiber, the other box was the new Froot Loops with Fiber. Our challenge was to do a taste test to see if we could tell the difference between the two.
My daughter and I each had a bowl of the two cereals. It was obvious after the first few bites that there was no way to tell the difference between the two. The Fruit Loops with added fiber is just as yummy as the original Froot Loops, with the added benefit of extra fiber! We also received 2 boxes of Apple Jacks Cereal with added fiber, and again, we could not taste the difference.
In our house these two cereals are a staples. I am sure there are better choices out there, but my daughter enjoys both Froot Loops and Apple Jacks. At this point in her life I am concerned with her getting a full breakfast with nutrients and both these cereals have that with the addition of milk. It is nice to see that Kellogg’s is making the effort to add the extra fiber in their cereals.
Why is fiber important?
Fiber is part of a healthy diet for all kids. It helps aid the digestive system and helps nutrients to be absorbed to turn food into the energy your kids need, keeping them going throughout the day.And starting kids out right with healthful eating habits, like including fiber in their daily diets, is a great practice that’s likely to continue into the future.
For more information about these Kellogg’s cereals, check out www.kelloggsnutrition.com
“I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by Mom Central on behalf of Kellogg’s and received boxes of Froot Loops and Apple Jacks and a gift certificate to thank me for taking the time to participate.”
{ 11 comments… read them below or add one }
Kelloggs seemed to go on this internet campaign with blogging Moms on the “same great taste” of Fruit Loops (with fiber). Bull! Seems in this economy fiber must be a cheap filler. They taste like faintly fruit flavored sawdust. I loved this cereal for over 45 years but that’s over now. The bowl went down the garbage disposal with the milk and the remainder of the box was returned to the store for a refund. I bought Capt Crunch which has now moved to the number one spot on my favorite cereal list. Fruit Loops with fiber sucks. Do kids really have to worry about their colonic health or did Kellogg’s go with filler in the same way yogurt got smaller, then, go on this blogging Mom campaign in order to wipe out negative comments from the top searches? Well….taste doesn’t lie.. You can’t blog out that.
Yeah these blogging mom things are so misleading. They come up high in the search engines but are just a bunch of bunk and propaganda to get people to think there is actually something good about the horrible tasting classic kellogg’s cereals that are now ‘updated’ with fiber. Interestingly, Froot Loops and Apple Jacks used to have only natural flavors, but the new Fiber versions add Artificial Flavors, WTF? I guess Kellogs forgot the 80′s when the big buzz for moms was to avoid artifical flavors/colors in their kids’ cereals…
I hope Kellogg’s FAILS MISERABLY with the sales of the new fiber versions and returns to the old recipes.
As for me I will not buy a box of the new stuff, it really is that bad.
Thank you Alice and Pete! These “mommies” who are saying they can’t taste the difference between the old and the new must have drank scalding hot coffee before trying them, or the “mommies” are just complete liars hired by Kelloggs to perpetuate this lie!! My favorite cereal has been destroyed!
I am finding these comments hilarious! I am by no means a Froot Loops connoisseur, so honestly I didn’t taste a difference. My daughter, who eats a lot of different types of cereals, didn’t noticed and ate the whole box without making a comment that it tasted different. I really wish Kellogg’s was paying me to post this.
How much did you get paid to post this lie???? The new versions of Keloggs cerals taste like saw dust and crap. We dumped a box thinking the ceral was bad. well the new box taste just as bad.
Love the same great taste, the only reason for that is to make people think it is the same.
I believe that you were not paid by Kellogg’s, but I seriously question your ability to truly taste food. I have encountered a few people like you – the ones who think Weight Watchers food tastes just fine. I (and the other folks commenting) can certainly taste the difference between good and bad. No one had to tell me that they changed the recipe on yet another previously delicious cereal – it couldn’t be more evident after the first spoonful. This whole “Now healthy!” movement is such a farce. It’s marginally more healthy – and at what cost? The ability to actually enjoy what you’re eating? How about just leave it alone and eat in moderation? Kellogg’s, if you are indeed listening, your “new” cereals suck and I will no longer be purchasing them.
Since Froot Loops added fibre to the cereal it tastes like soap. It is just awful. What were they thinking? BRING BACK THE OLD RECIPE!! Fruit Loops with fibre is DISGUSTING
I have loved Apple Jacks and Fruit Loops since I was a kid. I recently bought a box, after having a somewhat, out of the blue craving……imagine my horror when I took the first bite! I was expecting that yummy, bumpy, crunchy, tasty ‘O’ in my mouth, and instead got a weird, synthetic, bland, smooth and noticeably grosser Apple Jack.
It’s hard to admit, but I threw an entire bowl of freshly poured cereal and milk down the sink!!!!!!!!!! As ardent cereal lovers know, this is Simply a Crime….Kellogg’s, I beg of you, please go back to the GOOD, bad stuff.
We are all healthy minded people in our home,but PLEASE leave our kid cereals alone!!!We can get all the gross cereals we want,they are all over the shelves,but when we want to splurge,or taste our childhood,or our kids want to have a delicious snack,fortified with vitamins,let them have it!!!Leave our KIDS CEREAL,alone!!!PLEASE!!! I guess we will just buy store brand,maybe it taste better!
I haven’t been eating apple jacks for quite as long as some of the people that posted here, I’m only 32, but I have been eating them all my life. Until this added fiber BS started. Bought a box and my God, wtf happened. I don’t know what they did, but that stuff they put in a box and slap an apple jacks label on, is NOT apple jacks. So I stopped buying it. Of course, then I noticed they did the same thing with froot loops….this added fiber shit sucks, I won’t waste my $$$ on anything that has it. Whoever is now running Kellogg and anyone else working there that has been a part of making the decisions to change to this fiber crap, should be fired. And as they’re fired they should be handed a Thanks for destroying the brand award. My favorite cereals growing up where: Apple Jacks, Froot Loops, & Honey Combs. Kellogg successfully destroyed two of my favorite cereals. My pantry now has only Honey Combs
It’s pretty lonely in there.
Nice try Kellogs. This blog post reads the same as several other “mom blogs” on the internet. What an underhanded ploy at good PR and shame on these bloggers (if they are real) for simply rewording the press release that was sent along with their free boxes of cardboard flavored cereal.