Thursday, 24 May 2012

Doves Farm Gluten Free Chocolate Stars cereal

The first gluten free item I will be reviewing is a breakfast cereal: Doves Farm Gluten Free Chocolate Stars.

 

Anyone who already follows a gluten-free diet will probably have heard of Doves Farm! They produce a lot of baking ingredients such as flour, yeast etc.

This cereal is perfect for children who are coeliac and have gluten and wheat allergies/intolerancies.  Some kids may feel left out if they have friends and family who can have normal cereals!
 
This is the cereal without milk.  Looks like a normal cereal.

 
 
This is the cereal with milk.  To quote another famous cereal, “It turns the milk chocolatey!” which is something I’m sure children will enjoy.



 
After eating it, it does taste just like a normal cereal you could pick up from any supermarket! 


Taste: Lovely chocolatey, crunchy cereal. Some gluten-free cereal can be a bit tasteless and chewy, but I enjoyed this!

Price:  The price I paid was £2.08 for a 375g box, bought in Asda, 21/05/2012.  This is one of the more reasonable prices for a box of gluten-free cereal.

Availability:  Sold in Asda and Sainsbury’s “Free From” sections, and online at Ocado and on the Doves Farm website (however the price of a box is £3.09!)

Clearly labelled gluten-free?: Yes, one of the first things you notice on the box!


Nutritional value: Not as sugary as some chocolate cereals are.  Reasonable for a cereal.


Comparison to the regular version:  It really does taste like any other cereal, and it made a good breakfast for me.  The only downside was that it didn’t fill my up like a regular breakfast cereal possibly would, and I started to feel hungry again after a couple of hours.

Overall rating: 8/10

One of the better breakfast cereals for a gluten free diet! Perfect for children (or even big kids!).  Enjoyed the taste, it’s a fair price for gluten free cereal, and I have bought it a few times!

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