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Are Kelloggs really worth almost 5 times as much?
Just bought a 750g bag of ASDA Cornflakes, for 46p, which is 6.1p/100g.
A 1Kg box of Kelloggs Cornflakes costs £2-98, which is 29/8p/100g. That's close on 5 times the price. Can anyone honestly say, Kelloggs are worth so much more
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I've yet to find a brand of cornflakes to equal Kelloggs myself, so I'd say yes they are worth it. However, when it comes to Sugar Puffs, Weetabix, Rice Krispies and Bran Flakes, I think own brands (especially Aldi's Harvest Morn range - except their cornflakes yuk) are often just as good, if not better e.g. in the case of wheat bisk type of thingies, as they don't go mushy half as quick as Weetabix, although I don't know whether that's actually by Kelloggs.
I love Kelloggs cornflakes with ice-cold milk, a light sprinkling of sugar and a spoonful of cream on top .........yummy!
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For me Kelloggs cereals are worth the money.
Haven't found anything quite like it. |
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i CAN TELL YOU Asda smart price fruit and fibre has more fruit in it but the pack isn't as big and I don't have room for more than 1 box. But the Asda own brand cereal has just as much fruit but the flakes are mainly crumbled in the box I have at the moment.
Kelloggs lost me when they added more nuts than fruit. |
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Cornflakes - yes, the cheaper ones just don't taste right.
Rice crispies - no, own brand are fine YMMV though |
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they have offers from time to time - get them when they are on offer.
I prefer Kelloggs to other brands for cornflakes. |
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Yes it is worth the price. There are no cereals to beat Kelloggs.
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I like aldi cornflakes, once the milk is on its not different enough in taste to care and I quite happily enjoy them thinking how much money I have saved.
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Regular Cornflakes are my last choice for breakfast but supermarket own brand cornflakes do not taste that great in my opinion. However, I prefer supermarket own brand crunchy nut cornflakes. The child in me still likes to eat coco pops and I tend to buy the supermarket own brand ones.
One of the Kellogg's cereals I used to love but don't seem to see anymore unless I go abroad is "Smacks," which is their equivalent of Sugar Puffs. |
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Regular Cornflakes are my last choice for breakfast but supermarket own brand cornflakes do not taste that great in my opinion. However, I prefer supermarket own brand crunchy nut cornflakes.
Many years ago now, I did try an own brand weetabix and they were quite a bit different to the bricks I know and love. Smaller and much harder, not nice at all. Sounds as if lorry prefers them that way, but I definately don't. |
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Nobody makes Cornflakes as well as Kelloggs but for other cereals sometimes the own brands are nicer. I prefer the Tesco version of Special K to the 'original' for instance.
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I thought Weetabix made every weetabix sold in the UK. They change the mixture for own brands though. not sure if this is all still true.
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We have twin tastebuds, I agree completely.
Many years ago now, I did try an own brand weetabix and they were quite a bit different to the bricks I know and love. Smaller and much harder, not nice at all. Sounds as if lorry prefers them that way, but I definately don't. The one Kelloggs cereal I will happily pay a bit more for, though I only occasionally buy them, is Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes. I think these are incredibly delicious and I have been known to have a big bowl of them for dinner. The other brand of cereal that I will also treat myself to if I'm in the mood for muesli in particular is Jordans. Jordans have an impressive range of muesli and other cereals but their fruit and nut and organic varieties of muesli are my favourites. I tend to treat myself if they're on offer. |
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I think Kellogg's overdo the honey flavour, taking it into a realm of sweetness I don't enjoy.
I havent got a terribly sweet tooth anyway - I don't add sugar to any unsweetened brand of cereal - so my buds are apt to be a bit sensitive to sugar. Kellogg's CNC are a bit like someone stirring your unsweetened coffee with a spoon they have just used to add sugar to their own and not every granule is dissolved. They think it is so little an amount you won't possibly be able to taste it, but not only can you taste it, if you arent used to sugar in your coffee at all, it tastes as if they added a full spoonful ![]()
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Supermarket own brands are horrible!
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I think Kellogg's overdo the honey flavour, taking it into a realm of sweetness I don't enjoy.
I havent got a terribly sweet tooth anyway - I don't add sugar to any unsweetened brand of cereal - so my buds are apt to be a bit sensitive to sugar. Kellogg's CNC are a bit like someone stirring your unsweetened coffee with a spoon they have just used to add sugar to their own and not every granule is dissolved. They think it is so little an amount you won't possibly be able to taste it, but not only can you taste it, if you arent used to sugar in your coffee at all, it tastes as if they added a full spoonful ![]() ![]() . I can remember him adding sugar to frosted shreddies, which I gather others do as well. I gave up sugar in tea and coffee for lent when I was about 9 and I couldn't go back to it afterwards. My Nan (bless her) occasionally stirs my coffee or tea with a spoon she has just used to add her sugar and I agree that it is noticeable. If Nan has made it, I'll never say anything. In my Nan's case, she only uses demerara sugar and it is incredibly sweet in my opinion. I can't be doing with sweet tea at all, especially if I'm having some mint tea. I know some people add sugar or honey to mint tea but I find it ruins the flavour. |
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I am diabetic
when you look at cereals (and lots of muesli) they are all 25% to 30% sugar. Special K is enormously high in sugar. The only cereals I ever eat are therefore, (unfortunatey) Shredded Wheat (zero sugar) - I prefer the mini wheats. porridge (obviously zero) and then low sugar ones like plain cornflakes plain rice-krispies weetabix types low sugar mueslies, of which there are very few, and you have to read the box carefully (eg no added sugar alpen is still miles too high) shreddies at a pinch that's about it. |
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I was gobsmacked at the amount of sugar there was in Bran Flakes so I now have mini Shredded Wheat and add a dessert-spoonful of dried cranberries to them for a bit of sweetness. I think they taste how I'd imagine a birds nest to taste if I eat them on their own.
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K's cornflakes are the leader in that cereal field. Same for the Crunchy Nut ones.
Plain Special K since it changed a while back is not much better than supermarket own brands. I can't tell the difference between them. |
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So apart from the Crunchy nut cornflakes which are a treat , I'd say no, Kellogg's aren't worth the extra cost.
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For me Kelloggs cereals are worth the money.
Haven't found anything quite like it. |
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I thought Weetabix made every weetabix sold in the UK. They change the mixture for own brands though. not sure if this is all still true.
I don't like Kellogg's cereals any more. They tend to be too sweet. |
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Im a bit hard up this week so I've been buying Normal K cereal
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I think some people have been hynotised by brand awareness on this.
Kelloggs as a brand range are not unrivaled and not superior across the range. However corn flakes can be an exception. I've had some own brand corn flakes that have been appalling. I can't remember the brand, but about 10 years ago I had a box that were like inflated rubber. Apart from that single brand, the others I've tried have all tasted as good as Kelloggs', but don't stay crisp in the milk as long. That's the ONLY disadvantage the other seem to have. As for the other non Kelloggs rice crispies, bran flakes etc, I'd say there's very little to choose between them, if anything. Some goes for other brands like Weetabix & non branded weetabix, Quaker Oats & non brand porridge oats etc. I think some people just have to see the red logo in the morning. |
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I am diabetic
when you look at cereals (and lots of muesli) they are all 25% to 30% sugar. Special K is enormously high in sugar. The only cereals I ever eat are therefore, (unfortunatey) Shredded Wheat (zero sugar) - I prefer the mini wheats. porridge (obviously zero) and then low sugar ones like plain cornflakes plain rice-krispies weetabix types low sugar mueslies, of which there are very few, and you have to read the box carefully (eg no added sugar alpen is still miles too high) shreddies at a pinch that's about it. |
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