Showing posts with label Phil Botto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Botto. Show all posts

Thursday, August 07, 2014

New Free From range at the Co-operative

Spotting the Co-operative's new Loved by us Free From range of products.

Another day and another new gluten free cereal! Having been tipped-off about the new gluten free Corn Flakes from Nestlé a couple of days ago, yesterday I spotted that the Co-operative has rebranded its Free From product range - and now includes a Honey Coated Puffed Rice breakfast cereal.

I had a bowl of it for breakfast this morning and it tasted great. Not too bad for £2 a box. Another gluten free cereal for my fellow Crazy Golfer and blogger Phil Botto at The Cereal Quest to eat.

Free From cereal at the Co-operative
The new Free From Honey Coated Puffed Rice at the Co-operative

Unfortunately for me as someone with Coeliac Disease (and high sensitivity to oats) I was annoyed to see that the Co-Op's Free From Chocolate Digestive Biscuits are made from Oat Flour. I do hope Oat Flour doesn't become the norm for making 'free from' foods. I've had a few run-ins with biscuits, cakes and cereals that have been marked as 'Gluten & Wheat Free', but tucked away on the ingredients list are the evil oats.

The Chocolate Brownies sound and look nice, if a little small considering the large box they're in!

Three of the newly re-branded Free From products at the Co-operative
Three of the newly re-branded Free From products at the Co-operative

The new Free From sliced white loaf looks to be a good size and consistency (from what I could tell through the packaging).

The Co-operative's new Free From bread and spaghetti
The Co-operative's new Free From bread and spaghetti

There were a number of other products in the new pink and yellow (formerly brown and yellow) branded Free From range at the Co-operative that I'll no doubt be trying over the coming months and years.

Links:
- The Co-operative Food
- The Cereal Quest
- Coeliac UK

Related blog posts:
- Cereal
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac

Wednesday, August 06, 2014

New Nestlé Gluten Free Corn Flakes and Honey Corn Flakes

New gluten free cereals from Nestlé.

My cousin Claire recently sent me a photo of some new gluten free cereals she spotted on sale in Asda!

Nestlé has launched new gluten free Corn Flakes and Honey Corn Flakes.

Nestlé gluten free Corn Flakes and Honey Corn Flakes
The new gluten free Corn Flakes and Honey Corn Flakes from Nestlé

One for my fellow blogger and Crazy Golfer Phil Botto over at The Cereal Quest to try out...

Looking on the Asda website they are £2 for a 100g box.

Links:
- Nestlé Cereals website
- The Cereal Quest blog

Related blog posts:
- Gluten Free
- Coeliac

Sunday, January 05, 2014

The Cereal Quest breakfast cereal blog

The Cereal Quest blog - one man's quest to eat every type of breakfast cereal available in the UK.

Fellow Crazy Golfer Phil Botto is renowned in the Minigolf world as the man who plays the World Crazy Golf Championships with a different 'themed' Putter each year!

In previous events he's used everything from a Black & Decker Strimmer to a converted camera tripod, a bit of wood and even a ukulele!


Phil is on a "Cereal Quest" to eat every main UK cereal and he's into his second year of the adventure! He's documenting the quest on his fun blog/diary and raising money for The Trussell Trust - a UK charity that that works to empower local communities to combat poverty and exclusion in the UK and Bulgaria.

Check out The Cereal Quest website for more details and posts. You can view a list of Cereals he's scoffed so far (in a chronological order) here.

My favourite breakfast cereal is a gluten free one made by Barkat and called Chocolate Pillows. I view them as less of a breakfast item though and more of a chocolate snack!

Once Phil has eaten his way through the 'mainstream' cereals he may consider giving the gluten and wheat free ones a try. I notice from the very first blog post on The Cereal Quest that he's an IBS sufferer, he may find that the gluten and wheat free breakfast options may alleviate some symptoms...

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