Freedom Foods sweetens up breakfast naturally with Maple Crunch cereal

Product: Freedom Foods Maple Crunch Cereal – $2.99+

Eating clean…is not always easy.  Especially on those busy, busy, busy mornings when you have a limited amount of time and breakfast has to happen.  I am a firm believer in breakfast.  Skipping breakfast is, honestly, one of the worst things you can do to your body.  It kick starts your metabolism and it gives your body your first real boost in energy.

The difficult part is making sure you make smart decisions when it comes to what you eat for breakfast.

On gym mornings, I start off with just a bowl of cereal.  After hitting the gym, I have my main breakfast (usually a breakfast banana split these days) at the office.  The key to my cereal these days, however, is less sugar, more natural ingredients.  When it comes to cereal…this can be tricky.  Even more so when you have to eat a gluten-free cereal.  So often the gluten-free products are laden with sugars and fats to compensate for being gluten-free and lacking some natural grains.

Thankfully, Freedom Foods has made its way to the shelves of my local Whole Foods store.

Why does this make me happy?  Because, as I stated  when I reviewed their TropicO’s cereal, Freedom Foods sets a high standard for themselves.  They aim to create delicious food that is free from the “stuff” that your body doesn’t need.  Why?  Because they believe your body can work better without it.  Basically, their goal is to make it easier to eat better food by making their customers more aware of what is actually in the food they are eating.  They focus a lot on nutrition, using nothing artificial in their products.  Yes…you read that right.  Nothing artificial.  The company took on the task of crating food that eliminates the bad stuff found in most pre-packaged and processed products.  They keep their products free from gluten, free from artificial stuff, free from artificial colors and flavors, using less sugar and salt…which in turns, makes for a healthier, better feeling body.  It’s science…and they do it deliciously well.

With my sports nutritionist putting a strong emphasis on moving me more toward Clean Eating…I wanted to find a cereal that would fit the bill.  Immediately I thought of Freedom Foods.  Their TropicO’s cereal impressed me and I knew my Whole Foods carried other varieties of their cereal.  This time…I went with the Maple Crunch.

Let’s start with nutrition.  This cereal, living up to their promise, is made with all-natural ingredients.  These ingredients include a gluten-free flour mix (containing rice, whole grain sorghum, and non-GMO corn flour), cane sugar, apple juice concentrate, psyllium, salt, palm oil, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavors (maple and butterscotch), as well as natural vitamins from their ingredients.  That’s…not too bad on the ingredients although the tricalcium phosphate is a bit…eh…chemical sounding.  But it is actually a natural mineral.  Believe it or not.

Aside from that, a serving of Freedom Foods is a cup of this cereal.  This serving will provide you with 170 calories and only 1 gram of fat.  Loving this already.  This cereal only contains 120 mg of sodium, which is very low.  In addition, there is only 7 grams of sugar per serving of this cereal as well.  This cup of Maple Crunch also provides a filling 3 grams of fiber and 3 grams of protein.

So…how does it taste?  Really amazing.  No, honestly.  It sort of reminds me of a maple-y Alphabets Cereal.  Remember Alphabets Cereal?  I ate the hell out of that as a child.  I love that the maple crunch isn’t overly infested with salt.  Freedom Foods attests that they only ever put a pinch of salt in their Maple Crunch cereal.  The quality of the ingredients they choose really shows because the texture and flavor are spot on.  This cereal has a great crunch and that perfect level of sweetness, so that you feel like you are eating a cereal…without it feeling like a sugar-fest.  I love the focus they put on their products, because the fact that this cereal tastes amazing, sweet, and crunchy says a lot about the level of focus they put on their products.

It’s like their box says…these days it’s not enough to be health conscious, people also need to be allergen-conscious.  And for twenty years, Freedom Foods, based out of Australia, has been amking great-tasting, nutritious, and allergen-free foods.  If you say something is gluten-free…immediately people assume that it is going to taste bad.  I can say, from experience, this isn’t true.  And it is far from true when it comes to Freedom Foods Maple Crunch cereal.  In fact, this cereal isn’t just gluten-free, it is also free from soy, lactose, dairy and egg.  The psyllium adds a great source of fiber.  It’s sweet.  It’s tasty.  It’s just a really healthy and non-guilt inducing cereal to start off your day.

I’m hooked.

And, for the very near future, it looks like Freedom Foods may be my go-to company for cereal that suits my new eating style.  It’s honestly good food that makes quality a top priority.  And when you cater to the food allergic…this sort of attention really should be applauded.

I’m offering my round of applause now.  Go to Whole Foods.  Try Freedom Foods for yourself.  The Maple Crunch gives that sweet, healthy  start to your day…naturally.  After all…who wants to fill their body with chemicals and processed junk when you can get proper nutrition from amazing natural ingredients.  Thank you Freedom Foods!