Special K Nourish Coconut Cranberry Almond Multi-Grain Flakes With Quinoa - Review

Special K Nourish Coconut Cranberry Almond Multi-Grain Flakes With Quinoa is a new cereal offering by Kelloggs.

The title describes what you would expect to see it the box, Special K Flakes, dried Cranberries, Coconut and Quinoa, but as you can see from the picture below, it also had almonds.

Special K is lighter flake than standard Frosted Flakes and I found in the regular doesn't fill me up and not very pleasant to eat, but the addition or the chewy, slightly acidic cranberries combined with exotic flavor of the coconut and the additional texture of the quinoa and Almonds for crunch do make it a much more satisfying cereal to eat, provided you like Coconut.   If you hate the flavor or texture of Coconut, you are probably not going to like this cereal.

With the multi-grain flakes, quinoa, cranberries and coconut and branded "nourish"  you would expect that it is a much healthier option and in some ways it is:

Nutritionally. a 1 cup serving with 1/2 C milk contains:

• 12% daily allowance of Protein 
• 20-45% daily allowance of the main vitamins (A,C, D, B6, B12, Iron, Folic Acid)

However, on the down side it also contains:

• Higher Calories than many cereals at 240
• High in sugars - ingredients are listed on products in order of what they have the most of
• Sugar is 3rd
• Corn Syrup is 9th
• Brown Sugar Syrup is 16th
• Cane Sugar is the last ingredient
• Contains wheat and Almonds, so not suitable if someone has allergies to either.

I personally like it and I is something I will purchase it again, but aware it does have a few drawbacks.