Granola is healthier than most other cereals

[Aliceisagooddog]

Ongoing argument with dh. He thinks granola is bad because its high sugar. I think it's not as bad as cornflakes etc because it's much less processed, you can actually see what it's made of.
Who's being unreasonable?

You're both wrong! Porridge - that's the food of the Gods. I eat it religiously every evening with blueberries.

When will this nonsense stop? NOTHING is bad for you, not in moderation. You can eat ANYthing you like - in moderation. This bad food/good food bollocks needs binning! And whatever you have for breakfast will be burned up during the day anyway.

Also, granola will fill you up better than bloody cornflakes!

I am surprised that three quarters of voters think YABU @Aliceisagooddog

Actually should I be surprised though? This is Mumsnet. The home of the teeny tinies and the massive salads.

I would classify it as sugar cereal - it probably more nutritious than cornflakes etc
I would classify a health break as non-added sugar.

Sorry, who does? Who's "he"? Anyway I do the same - I buy the most basic muesli (I have an issue with peanuts, coconut banana chips etc being in my breakfast) and add more of what I like most. But I wouldn't then go and roll it all in refined sugar. That's my issue with granola. Having said that, I am, at this very moment, eating and thoroughly enjoying a bowl of cornflakes. 🤣

If I remember correctly, no chewing so easy to eat as soft. It comes under the category, UPF is pre-chewed.

That's not in any definition of UPF I've ever seen! Apple you've stewed yourself isn't even processed, never mind ultra-processed. You have cooked it using only raw, completely natural ingredients.

Thankyou for recommending this.

We make our own museli - much cheaper and only takes a few mins to make masses of it. I buy 3kg bag of oats, Linwoods crushed seed and nuts with apple, ready brek (because it’s fortified with nutrients), and raisins. I often make into porridge and add freshly grated apple or chopped up banana

What does 'no added sugar' mean though? Raisins are high in sugar, and most granolas contain something like honey or maple syrup as a binding agent. While technically these don't count as 'added sugar' they are very high in fructose, which comes to pretty much the same thing.

Thread closed.

That's a bit of a misunderstanding... The point about upf is that it directly causes the overconsumption of fat, salt and sugar because of the way it's made, because it has artificially low levels of vitamins, minerals and fibre. In addition the highly processed nature of it means our bodies don't know what they are getting.

Most people will self limit their intake of fatty and salty foods if non upf. Anyway we need plenty of fat and salt in our diets especially if active as we are supposed to be. Even sugar is not that palatable on its own or added to a non upf food.

If your diet is high in upf you are probably deficient in micronutrients even though you may be consuming excess calories. That causes more overconsumption and obesity.

It’s all junk, eat eggs instead!

Sorry, who does? Who's "he"?

The cat’s father@Floatlikeafeather2 . Or, just possibly, Mr Gas0de, as mentioned in previous posts.
Being neither a hamster nor a horse, I have no views on granola v porridge, but am rather amused at the new bogeyman of UPF. Eat the whole apple, even the core, plus any associated wasps, and you’re grand. Stew it, and it’s downhill all the way to debility, diabetes, degeneracy and general DOOM.

If you are buying it in a plastic bag or cardboard box at the supermarket and it keeps a long time its probably no better than any other packaged cereal, regardless of sugar etc.

The best thing you can do is use raw ingredients and make things at home for yourself.

given the listing of ingredients, added sugar is somewhere between 14% and 19%, plus honey, sounds vile.
The term granola covers such a wide variety of products, it depends on the individual brand/variety - or making your own so you know what's in it.
personally I eat oats with berries in winter and bran flakes in the summer if I eat breakfast.

It depends what you mean by ‘healthy’. Granola is much higher in calories and usually contains a lot of sugar.

Cornflakes, despite people wanging on about ‘upf’ are basically just maize with a very small amount of sugar and salt for flavour. They’re not full of weird additives at all. You know what’s in them. But they’re lower in fibre than granola and probably less filling.

Neither are a balanced meal.

"Wanging on" 😆😆

No, sugar in raisins is not comparable to processed sugar in its effects on the body

Will I really be annoying and say I use the strained whey to make a protein loaf?

Yes, unless you share the recipe.

As someone who has previously had an ED and wasted about 8 years of my life meticulously reading labels or calculating the calories in sonething, I find the UPF topic quite stressful

I know they are bad for you and I try to cook and eat healthily but use eg shop bought mayonnaise, ketchup, teriyaki sauce etc, however I'd never have considered stewed apple as a processed food, or something to be avoided.

MN is generally pretty anti carb from threads I've read and I've seen cereal described as "shit in a box" before, which I'm not sure is entirely helpful, although I accept that things like kitkat cereal or very sugary cereals will be pretty unhealthy

I don’t consider any shop bought and/or mass produced cereal to be a healthy option. I don’t think either of you are being unreasonable, you just have different opinions. But, if you want me to take a side, I’d say your husband has the stronger argument. Either way, ditch the cereal.

Agree. In fact it would be fair to say I have a porridge addiction 😂

Commercial granola varies greatly. Some will have way more sugar than cornflakes. Homemade granola would be better.

It's still sugar.

If you're trying to avoid it, then large amounts of dried fruit, honey or maple syrup are a bad idea, 'processed' or not. That would rule out most granolas, even the 'healthy no added sugar' ones.

My husband. I mentioned him in earlier posts when talking about his granola habits. Then I moved on to his muesli habits. That's enough about him now, though!

Breakfast cereals ranked best to worst - BHF