What’s happened to All Bran?

[allthegoldicouldeat]

It’s not the same anymore. Had for breakfast this morning, and even with warm milk on, it was like a bowl of twigs, with no milk absorbed at all.
Surely this can’t be an improved recipe.
I will use up the box as I don’t like wasting food but I won’t be buying again.

Yes it's awful. There was a thread a few months ago about this, many people said the same.

We've stopped buying it now, dh and kids had it every day for years and years. They surely have lost sales. Whatever they did you can be sure it was to save money on production but I suspect it backfired.

Ha! As a child we called it crunchy twigs so maybe it really is now!

Crunchy twigs is a perfect description!

It's gone 😭😭😭 I managed to stockpile some original stuff last year but supplies ran out and now I'm reluctantly buying marks and spencers own brand. A poor substitute.

Anyone willing to make the original, malty, soaky stuff has got a commercial open goal, I'd pay whatever they charged.

its not proper food anyway. No one should be eating it

All bran plus hot milk to soften it used to be the perfect breakfast.

I bought a box about a month ago and thought the same. It looks shiny, like it has a coating that stops it absorbing the milk. I never liked it soggy and mushy, but it needs to be absorb some milk.

You could try this substitute in order to get the fibre in, I eat this every morning and enjoy it - honest! (All Bran is like cardboard ugh).

1 Weetabix
2 tablespoons Oat bran
1 tablespoon Wheat bran
1 tablespoon mixed chia and flax seed (milled not whole)
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
Mixed crushed berries

Top with liquid to the consistency of your choice. I make the bran and seed mix up and put in a tupperware box. I make the crused berries up in portions and freeze (I wish I was so organised with other things, you should see my house!).

Eat and be regular ha ha.