Kallo- Organic Original Puffed Rice Cereal

I've enjoyed a very tempestuous relationship with breakfast over the years. As a child I devoured Weetabix coated in a small plantation's worth of sugar. Then, as I went through my teenage years and early twenties, things turned sour. There just wasn't enough time to pimp and prime myself and feed my stomach. Something had to give and my immaculately applied green sparkly eyeshadow certainly wasn't it. One thing I have realised over the years is that I am definitely more a brunch kinda gal. I'm not a big one for breakfast nor lunch but a brunch suits me just fine. This somewhat long winded waffle explains why I don't tend to buy much cereal. However, I recently got lured by these brightly green packaged Puffed Rice cereal by Kallo and thought I'd give them a go.

Unlike their sugar coated pixie endorsed comrades, these little grains of rice hit your bowl without a snap, crackle or pop in sight. They are 100% rice and nothing else. I popped them into a bowl with some soy milk and took my first bite. They were pleasantly quite nice. Given they really are just puffed up little grains of rice, they had a lovely 'wholesome' flavour. They were, as to be expected, very plain so I added a small handful of raisins which worked really well, adding a sweet chewiness each bite. Given they don't have any coating they do tend to go soggy quite quickly and I wasn't too keen on them once saturated but given I tend to hoover up my food quicker than Monsieur Dyson, this wasn't really a problem.

I did try to make chocolate crispie cakes with them but, unfortunately, the lack of coating meant the little rice grains went very soggy in the chocolate so I wouldn't recommend using them for baking. All in all, I'd say these were a surprise hit. I would definitely consider buying them again and, when sticking to the portion sizes, a bag can last a whole week.

Where- Most supermarkets
Price - £1.80
Rating- 8/10