Kashi GoLean Crunch - Worth the Price of Admission?

MrDonivan
MrDonivan Posts: 19 Member
in Food and Nutrition
1 Cup (65g)

Calories 240
Calories from Fat 35

Protein 11g
Carbs 47g
sugars 16g
Total Fat 3.5g


Thoughts?
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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I love cereal but I almost never eat it because of the calories. It's so hard to believe once you see an actual serving size.

    As for whether it's worth it that's a question to ask yourself. If it fits into your goals and you enjoy it enough to spend the calories on it then I suppose it is.
  • SJ46
    SJ46 Posts: 407 Member
    Not for me since I will polish off an entire box of cereal in a day! If you have more self control than I then go for it. Warning - Kashi Go Lean Crunch is not the tastiest cereal out there. :)
  • Mjhnbgff
    Mjhnbgff Posts: 112
    Too much sugar for me. I like to keep added sugar under 5 grams at most. 1-2 grams is more up my alley.
  • sprintto50
    sprintto50 Posts: 410 Member
    I don't eat it as a breakfast food, but as an evening snack when I have the extra calories. In Canada, the box says 56gms is 210 calories. Sometimes I only have half a serving, but it satisfies the crunch and sweet thing and provided some nutrition.
  • artickb22
    artickb22 Posts: 411 Member
    when I used to eat cereal, I loved it. I'm with SJ46 though, too hard for me to control my portions with cereal so I had to give it up.
  • Amy62575
    Amy62575 Posts: 422 Member
    Cereal doesn't seem to satisfy me. I'd rather eat Better Oats oatmeal for 100 cals and it seems to stay with me longer. I'm also a fan of just a hardboiled egg and a cheese stick like Borden or Sargento for breakfast (roughly 170 cals) which is also more protein/satisfying.
  • SailorSarah311
    SailorSarah311 Posts: 172 Member
    I tried Kashi once. It was good until I found a hair baked into one of the clusters. That was enough for me to throw it away, and say never again. I realize that this could happen to any food product, but once it's happened to to me with a certain food item I won't eat it ever again.
  • mbz0616
    mbz0616 Posts: 77 Member
    I add 1/2 cup (1/2 serving) to my Greek yogurt. Great combo and keeps me filled up longer.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    I love Go Lean Crunch. I don't have it often, but I enjoy it.
  • vlnalto
    vlnalto Posts: 64 Member
    I prefer the original Kashi Go Lean - more protein for fewer calories! 1 cup is 140 calories. I eat it dry as an afternoon snack, or with milk for breakfast.

    http://www.kashi.com/products/nutrition_info/golean_original
    http://www.kashi.com/products/golean_original
  • poohpoohpeapod
    poohpoohpeapod Posts: 776 Member
    No I would rather have oats 120 calories1tbs Peanut butter100 and strawberries cup 50.
  • LishieFruit89
    LishieFruit89 Posts: 1,956 Member
    Since most Kashi products taaste like cardboard IMO and contain GMO ingredients, no. Plus its expensive. So really no.
  • dallas4u
    dallas4u Posts: 57
    Whenever I buy cereal, I buy it in premeasured cups. Otherwise, I simply cannot keep it in my house. My favorite cereal is Special K -- Red Berries. It is higher in calories but since it is in a premeasured cup - I do okay. I vary with what I eat and try not to restrict myself too hard or I will feel deprived. I workout 1.5 hours a day so haven't totally eliminated cereal.

    I do know that GoLean does sell their cereals in premeasured cups.
  • Shirleyanddansmom
    Shirleyanddansmom Posts: 4 Member
    Once you add fresh fruit and low fat milk its a complete meal with clean ingredients. That's the key with Kashi brand stuff, the fact that there is no crappy corn syrup, over processed carbs or trans fats. And the protein amount is substantial. So it depends on how you split up your calories for your meals I guess.
  • coppertop_4
    coppertop_4 Posts: 258 Member
    I say yes. If you like it and a bowl is enough for you.

    I usually have 1/4 cup in my greek yogurt with cinnamon

    It doesn't matter what I think though... what do you think is the real question?

    Why wouldn't you eat/buy it? If you don't like the price, then don't do it.
  • SNYPorter
    SNYPorter Posts: 13 Member
    what is sjr6? I have problems with serving size on cereal too. It helps me to have some turkey bacon with and then i' m more satisfied
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    Since most Kashi products taaste like cardboard IMO and contain GMO ingredients, no. Plus its expensive. So really no.

    That doesn't bother me at all considering GMO means "round up ready" for soybeans. BFD to me.
  • BaileyBoo13524
    BaileyBoo13524 Posts: 593 Member
    I LOVE Kashi and eat it every morning along with a scoop of vanilla protein powder added to the milk :) yummy!
  • DaniH826
    DaniH826 Posts: 1,335 Member
    Thoughts?

    Better than Lucky Charms or Fruit Loops other somesuch candy calling itself "cereal"?

    Kashi is too cardboard-ish for my personal taste. But if you like it, why not? I prefer warm cereal, myself (such as oatmeal). Having said that, I will have the occasional Mini-Wheats. To each their own. :smile:
  • pumpkinspice84
    pumpkinspice84 Posts: 160 Member
    I like Kashi Go Lean. I love taste. I usually buy it when it is on sale. I will either have it with almond milk or honey vanilla greek yogurt.
  • issyfit
    issyfit Posts: 1,077 Member
    Too much sugar for me. I like to keep added sugar under 5 grams at most. 1-2 grams is more up my alley.
    This.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I've had my weetabix
  • RMNPHike
    RMNPHike Posts: 89 Member
    The regular Go Lean has more fiber and less sugar. This one is 4 tsp of sugar per serving - that's way too much. I prefer to keep the sugars to 6 or lower, or use something unsweetened and add my own if I need it (if you use fruit or raisins, you usually don't). Just seems safer that way.
  • MrDonivan
    MrDonivan Posts: 19 Member
    Price is FREE - Afghanistan Chow Hall

    Im trying to Cut 30 lbs and my main concern was the carbs/suger, but for lack of other lean options currenlty, this is the best thing I can get ahold of.

    Asking around, it seems the price (sugers/carbs) are not worth it on this one, but as I have no other options, I am stuck for now.
  • JonathonMars
    JonathonMars Posts: 358 Member
    I eat the regular GoLean Kashi cereal--it has 13 grams of protein. That gets me really hot.
  • jchaparro
    jchaparro Posts: 11
    I eat it every morning for breakfast. Sometimes I add a banana to it. I used almond milk and find it delicious. It sustains me thru mid day. I buy it at Costco. It comes in a box with 2big bags and they regularly have a coupon that takes a couple bucks off of it.
  • mistesh
    mistesh Posts: 243 Member
    I have yet to try the Crunch, but this morning I had my very first bowl of GoLean of any kind. The regular naturally sweetened fiber twigs, soy protein grahams and honey puff cereal. A serving, one cup, is 140 calories, protein 13g, dietary fiber 10g, total fat 1g, sugars 6g. It tastes about the same as the Whole Foods 365 Protein & Fiber cereal, 190 calories, protein 13g, dietary fiber 10g, total fat 1g, sugars 6g, also my first box which I ran out of, so that's how I started on GoLean. Checking out the 365 cereal stemmed from an occasionally boring schedule of alternating between Rice Chex and Quaker Oats Old Fashioned. I don't know by the way why the 365 is so high in calories and so low in total fat.
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    may as well eat a kiddie cereal of choice...
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Mmmmmmmmm Flatulently delicious
  • titanbonnie
    titanbonnie Posts: 37
    16 G of sugar?! good luck if youre trying to loose weight

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