I've been a Kashi consumer for a while now and have tried to push Kashi's products onto my parents (much like they did me as a kid..."Try it, it's good, I promise!") but they just aren't interested in trying any of them. They're not exactly unhealthy, but my mother remembers a lot of absolutely disgusting "healthy" products that she ate while in a health kick "back in the day", and so she is convinced anything healthy (that is marketed) must taste terrible.

Kashi GoLean Crunch is one of the first Kashi products I ate regularly and is one I still eat today. It comes in a 15 ounce box and can cost upwards between $2.5 to $4, depending on where you get it at and if they have a sale going on or not. All of my grocery stores carry Kashi products (and this cereal) (stores such as Food World, Winn Dixie, etc) and Walmart SuperCenter and Super Target carry it as well. Some health food stores I have been in carry it also.

Kashi GoLean Crunch has a variety of ingredients mixed in and if you pick it apart (I nibble sometimes, as a snack), you can notice the different levels of crunchiness with each little grain or cluster. It contains Kashi's Seven Whole Grains and Sesame blend, and when I use it as a dry snack, I can notice each oat and sesame seed (which are my favorite). The combined taste of all the ingredients reminds me of an improved version of Sugar Smacks (Kellogg's...with the Frog?), only 10 times better. You can taste the sweetness of the honey and a hint of cinnamon in each crunchy bite.

Eating it as a cereal with milk, it doesn't loose much of it's crunch at all. Most of the cereal sinks to the bottom of the bowl, so I only need to use a little milk. (The cereal is composed of loose bits as well as bigger clusters) I've also eaten this on vanilla yogurt, as a topping. It provides a great granola-like crunch and the flavor of the cereal goes great with the tartness of the vanilla yogurt.

Ingredients:

Kashi Seven Whole Grains & Sesame cereal (whole: oats, long grain brown rice, rye, hard red winter wheat, triticale, buckwheat, barley, sesame seeds), textured soy protein concentrate, evaporated cane juice, brown rice syrup, chicory root fiber, whole grain oats, Kashi Seven Whole Grains & Sesame flour (whole: oats, long grain brown rice, rye, hard red winter wheat, triticale, buckwheat, barley, sesame seeds), expeller pressed canola oil, honey, salt, cinnamon, mixed tocopherols (natural vitamin E) for freshness

Contains Wheat and Soy Ingredients

Nutritional Panel

Serving Size: 1 cup (8 servings per container)
Calories 190
Calories from Fat 25
Total Fat 3 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 95 mg
Potassium 300 mg
Total Carbs 36 g
Dietary Fiber 8 g
Soluble Fiber 3 g
Insoluble Fiber 5 g
Sugars 13 g
Protein 9 g
Calcium 4 %
Iron 10%
Phosphorus 10%
Magnesium 10%
Copper 8%

The fiber in this cereal helps keep you going longer without feeling hungry. I can have a small bowl in the morning and not even be hungry by lunch. It has a bit of sugar in it, but the other benefits outweigh that, in my opinion.

I did get my parents to try this after all. My mom said it resembled her favorite cereal (Sugar Smacks) and I've caught her using GoLean Crunch as a substitute for that, now. She ventured out and tried other Kashi products and has traded in unhealthy sugary, high fat snacks for Kashi's healthier ones. And my father, he was never a cereal eater but now he loves GoLean Crunch, although he usually eats it as a dry snack. Whenever I catch it on sale now, I always stock up so they can have it on hand too.

It's a great kick start to my morning, and keeps my energy up (and my hunger down) until the later part of the day. I would recommend Kashi GoLean Crunch to anyone who likes crunchy cereal.