Uncle Tobys Oat Crisp Cereal

These two samples I was given through a free company called PINCH me. It's an Australian branch of a sampling company designed to give out entirely free samples in exchange for opinions and in the hope that you buy what ever sample they have on offer.

When they first started the samples were given out fortnightly on a Tuesday at 9am but as they grew in popularity it seems the samples are becoming more of a target audience and monthly thing. If they happen to give out an everyone sample, if you don't collect it within a few hours, they usually run out. It's quite a cut throat business getting these samples, everyone wants free stuff.

I'd you do choose to sign up, please consider using my link and helping me out with points. The more points you have, the more samples you can have at one time.....if they ever had more than one available at one time.

Pinch this free UNCLE TOBYS  OAT CRISP sample from PINCHme!
Just go to http://pinchme.com.au/uncle-tobys-oat-crisp-strawberry-hazelnut-almond/?stype=e&ref=89e4O10b73KV and follow the instructions

I decided to try the hazelnut and strawberry first, simply because I was craving a midnight snack and what better to munch on than strawberries!

First mouthful my first thought was that it was very sweet. Don't get me wrong, I actually really like sweet breakfast cereals. But this was just a little too sweet. It was that "I'm going get you addicted to sugar all day long" sweet. The more I had, the sweeter it got, and the more I wanted....damn addictive sugar!! hahaha. 

The hazelnut pieces were very nice and so were what seemed to be extra little clusters of oats. The strawberry pieces seemed more like little strawberry jelly lollies than freeze dried strawberry, which is a bit disappointing. I have always loved oat cereals, so that was still enjoyable. It got soggy fairly quickly, so it's not one of those cereals you could eat while reading the paper if you still like a bit of crunch. It has actually left me feeling a little sick after eating it, and I'm a girl who loves my sugar!

Pros:

Oats and wheats

Hazelnuts

Made in Australia

11% of the recommended dietary intake of fibre

3% of your RDI of sodium (So low in sodium)

49% of your RDI of vitamin B1

Contains 10% or more of your RDI of vitamins B2, niacin, folate, B6, C, E, zinc, calcium and iron.

Cons:

Waaayyy too sweet. It contains sugarx2, dextrose, honey, malt extract and glucose.

10% of your RDI of sugar

The serving size is 40g. I know I'd still be hungry after that. And if you have more, then you increase all of your % of RDI's including the sugar.

Ingredients: (I'll underline all the sugar)

Wholegrain cereals [Oats 65%, Wheat 6%], Sugar, Strawberry Fruit Pieces [Strawberry Concentrate (1.5%), Sugar, Dextrose, Humectant (Glyerol), Vegetable Gum (Pectin), Rice Flour, Wheat Fibre, Colour (Carmine), Food Acid (Citric), Flavour], Hazelnuts (5%), Glucose Syrup (Wheat), Malt Extract (Barley), Wheat Flour, Flavour, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Wheat Bran, Honey, Wheat Starch, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Phosphate), Colour (Annatto), Wheat Germ.
Minerals (Calcium, Iron, Zinc), Vitamins (C, Niacin, E(soy), B1, B2, B6, Folic Acid).

While malt isn't technically a sugar, it does contain sugar, especially in this form, which is why I underlined it and included it as a sugar.

Conclusion:

I would not buy this. It's far too sweet, and it didnt taste like the good natural type of sweet, it tasted like the fake chemical type of sweet. Which is a shame because the texture is really nice. I'm hoping the almond flavour is less sweet (housemate said it wasn't).
On the PINCH me facebook page quite a lot of people seemed to think this product was too sweet as well.

[Two days later]

Unfortunately my housemate got the the almond flavour before I did. That teaches me to leave things lying around. She did however do me the courtesy of telling me she didn't like it, because it was too sweet. Karma? Lol.

Have any of you tried this product? What did you think?
I love to hear your opinions on everything I sample!!

L
xoxo