Granola is healthier than most other cereals

The people making their own everything from scratch: I cannot relate.

Home made granola with reduced sugar is a better option. You can add some nuts to make it more nutritious and interesting.

Exactly what I have every day, but I make my own granola. It’s cheap as chips to make in bulk and you can control the sugar. Good recipe in HFW’s Good Comfort.

As others have said, it depends on the granola. Some are full of sugar and oil.

I now make my own. Very quick and easy and you can control the type and amount of sweetener you use. I normally use agave nectar, date syrup or maple syrup plus lots of fruit.

Might as well be eating a store-bought cake.

I eat it with added fresh fruit because I like it. I feel like it's reasonably healthy, certainly no more unhealthy than what I might choose otherwise. 🤷‍♀️ I'm not counting calories or watching my weight though.

But that's the point...is a sugary overly processed cereal better than a mars bar?

I also make my own granola - no sugar, honey or oil

10–12 pitted (200g) medjool dates
1/2 cup (110g) water
1/4–1/2 cup (65-130g) almond butter or peanut butter ( I use the one thats just ground nut, no added oil )
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/8 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups (250g) rolled oats
1/2 cup (65g) hemp seeds
1/2 cup (75g) pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup (65g) flax seeds
( I just buy a bag of mixed from Tescos )

Preheat the oven to 300F.
In a high speed blender, combine the medjool dates, water, almond or peanut butter, cinnamon, vanilla, and salt.
Blend until smooth and thick. If it’s a little chunky that’s okay, but do not add more water.
n a large mixing bowl, combine the oats and seeds.
Add the date mixture to the dry ingredients, and mix until evenly coated.
Line 2 baking pans with parchment paper. Spread out the granola evenly between the pans.
Bake for 20 minutes at 300F. Stir moving the outside bits to the inside and vice versa.
Bake for another 20-25 minutes checking and stirring every 10 minutes so the edges don’t burn. It should be golden and dry/crisp when done.
Remove from the oven and cool for at least 15 minutes. It will get crispier as it cools.
Stores for ages in an airtight container

I do this in the airfryer

Op surely it's not beyond you to read the nutritional info/ ingredients list on both options and compare them???

Look at the ingredients list on your example

Oat Flakes (65%), Sugar, Raisins (7%) (Raisins, Cottonseed Oil, Sunflower Oil), Glucose Syrup, Vegetable Oil (Sunflower/Rapeseed), Almonds (2%), Roasted Sliced Almonds, Honey, Sunflower Seeds, Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar, Antioxidant: Tocopherol-Rich Extract

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What the fuck is Tocopherol-Rich extract?
What is the "flavouring"?
It has cottonseed oil in the raisins?
Glucose syrup is upf.

Had it just been oats, sugar, raisins, almonds, honey and sunflower seeds, then fine. But it's the addition of the crap!

Depends which granola and which cereals and how much you're eating. Neither are particularly healthy though, lots of sugar.

No different to buying them flavoured porridge sachets. They have oats in but are full of sugar as well. I like muesli but the bought one's are full of sugar. So I make my own instead.

Sugar spike apparently, then a sugar crash, doesn't happen with a whole apple. (Please don't shoot the messenger, just quoting).

granola isn't a brand, its a whole bunch of recipes. Some massively healthy, some massively not. M and S used to do a chocolate one that was to die for but you probably would if you had eaten it regularly.

I understand it's the texture that appeals here, as a change from muesli, which is the standard breakfast food. He adds all sorts of things to a basic packet of muesli to make it more interesting and more nutritious (by his standards).

Everyone tying in knots over upf stewed apple and sugary granola...

both are better for you than a Mars bar ... Or a pack of jaffa cakes - just make the best choices you can from what you've got. Small steps...

No they aren’t, most granolas have many added ingredients that can’t be found in people’s kitchens.

How is a granola a UPF? Most granolas are just grains, nuts and seeds and maybe a raisin or too, slightly roasted stuck together with a sugar syrup.

I get this one- it's high in sugar but there's nothing ultra processed about it- it has no E numbers, emulsifiers etc. https://www.ocado.com/products/m-s-raisin-almond-honey-granola-601817011

Make it yourself fine , buy it probably fully of crap processed sugars

Why not just have muesli - all the same stuff, without the added sugar? The dried fruit surely adds enough sweetness.

Download the YUKA app and scan the barcode. I seen it on here the other day it works on a green light system.

Homemade granola is way cheaper. You can make it in 10 minutes.

Oats, seeds and nuts in a baking tray ( line it with baking paper preferably)

Gently warm honey or maple syrup or date syrup with coconut oil or cold pressed rapeseed oil in a pan. Pour over the Oats. Mix up and put in the oven for around half an hour at 180. Turn it every 10 minutes.

When cold add dried fruit.

Not always. Greek style is often just plain yoghurt with thickeners added...

It's absolutely full of sugar! That's why it's so delicious.

I don't buy it any more because I used to eat it in handfuls straight from the box.

I thought Greek style just meant not made in Greece, a bit like champagne has to come from France. I have Aldi Greek style 0% and the ingredient list is just milk! I think what you want is natural yoghurt, Greek or not.