Breakfast Cereals

[Nostromo]

I wonder what the others think of Kellog and other Breakfast Cereals in the US? I know cereals are an American invention and Kellog is (probably) an American company, but I felt the UK ones taste better. Maybe one likes what one is used to, but after a week none of us could eat the Cereals in Orlando cos they tasted too sweety ans sugary.

[phaedra]

I did some work at Kellogs Manchester plant a few years ago and the guy I worked with told me that Kellogs cereals are slightly different in each country apart from the core product cereals like Cornflakes, Rice Krispies, Frosties and I think All Bran, all the plants use grain from the same source and they even colour match cornflakes to a certain standard colour!.

If you buy a packet of Kellogs cornflakes in say Beijing they should look and taste identical to a packet bought in Alaska!. They also only use whole grains unlike the other brands who re-constitute broken grains into pellets which soak up moisture quicker which is why Kellogs cornflakes stay crisper longer when they've been opened.

I also did some work at the McVities Jaffa Cake factory and the smell of the hot orange syrup would put you off for life!!!.

p.s. Did the photo rescue program work for you??

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Nostromo
I wonder what the others think of Kellog and other Breakfast Cereals in the US? I know cereals are an American invention and Kellog is (probably) an American company, but I felt the UK ones taste better. Maybe one likes what one is used to, but after a week none of us could eat the Cereals in Orlando cos they tasted too sweety ans sugary.
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A lot of cereals are now being made in the US with less sugar.....so look out for those.....Cornflakes in Canada are very sweet....I love suger but could not eat them.......I like the Honey Nut Loops over here.....

[jad]

Unless you buy the really plain ones (like branflakes) then cereals here to taste much sweeter that UK, as do many other foods
Bread is the hardest for me - they put corn syrup in it up here (NY state) so I end up buying very expensive bread just to get a "normal" taste and even sometimes bake it myself (which is a first for me!)
Also can't get Shreddies over here/ up here which my family miss - can get the mini shredded wheat type stuff but just not the same - now if anyone spots them in Florida let me know as I will have to bring a suitcase full back up with me when we visit

jackie

[blott]

Our family went mad on Fruit Loops and we used to bring bucketfuls back to the UK. At the minute, we're into Cranberry & Almond Crunch (made by Post) and now we bring those back instead...

[Ray&Sarah]

Have to agree about the cereals being sweeter in the US, I usually eat Corn Flakes but they were too sweet. And we always buy sour dough bread whilst in the US, haven't found anything that really tastes like UK bread yet.

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by jad
Unless you buy the really plain ones (like branflakes) then cereals here to taste much sweeter that UK, as do many other foods
Bread is the hardest for me - they put corn syrup in it up here (NY state) so I end up buying very expensive bread just to get a "normal" taste and even sometimes bake it myself (which is a first for me!)
Also can't get Shreddies over here/ up here which my family miss - can get the mini shredded wheat type stuff but just not the same - now if anyone spots them in Florida let me know as I will have to bring a suitcase full back up with me when we visit

jackie
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We get Shredded Wheat in our local MA Supermarket......I've not looked in FL.....

[chrizzy100]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by hayter
Have to agree about the cereals being sweeter in the US, I usually eat Corn Flakes but they were too sweet. And we always buy sour dough bread whilst in the US, haven't found anything that really tastes like UK bread yet.
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Canadian bread is nice.......and the Italian breads......

[emm]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by phaedra
I did some work at Kellogs Manchester plant a few years ago and the guy I worked with told me that Kellogs cereals are slightly different in each country apart from the core product cereals like Cornflakes, Rice Krispies, Frosties and I think All Bran, all the plants use grain from the same source and they even colour match cornflakes to a certain standard colour!.

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I have only tried the All Bran in America, so cannot vouch for the other ones, and it does not taste the same as the UK All Bran. The texture is also different, and the pieces (pieces doesn't seem to be the right word, but I can't think of another one just now!)are a different size!

[gromit]

As airline crew I get the luxury of sampling breakfast cereals all over the world (if I could just have them at breakfast time I'd be laughing ) and I can say for sure that they arent all the same. The US cereal, UK cereal and far east are all different - I'm only an expert on Kellogs rice krispies though! I gather it is something to do with 'fortifying' them - some countries allow chemicals/vitamins added and some don't.