One of the things from the States I have missed most, and most consistently, since I moved to Sweden is Cheerios. Sure, we’ve got Honey-Nut Cheerios and Multi-Grain Cheerios, but what I really want is regular timeless-classic, yellow-box Cheerios. Skip the fancy flavors and the sugar coating — just give me plain oat rings and I’ll be happy. There’s really nothing else like them for combating nausea (especially early-pregnancy nausea), and they make a great finger food for little kids, plus they’re just darn tasty.
Imagine my surprise and delight, then, when I saw a “new” flavor of Cheerios in the grocery store a couple of weeks ago. Oat! Just oat! I snapped up a box and hoped against hope that these would be the old stand-by of my halcyon days. When I got home and poured myself a bowl, however, it was as I’d feared: they weren’t the same. True, they were closer than anything else I’ve seen in Sweden, but they were still too sugary. I shouldn’t have let that beige box fool me.
I’ve got to thinking, though … maybe they’ve changed the recipe in the States as well. Maybe all Cheerios have more sugar now than they did ten years ago. Could it be? Can anyone confirm or or deny?
Sorry Beverly, the recipe hasn’t changed.
If I had your address I would send you some
I love them too 🙂
I also love reading your blog and seeing pictures of the kids and how they have grown.
LONG behind the hunt… here comes Jaenelle! Been busy so I’ve not been reading your blog as I usually do, but I actually bought the box of cereal too. Even wrote a paper for my Swedish class about my dashed hopes. 21.5% sugar in case you’re curious. Cheerios in the states are around 3-4% sugar. Who wants their kid to have a cereal that is 1/5th sugar? And that’s a ‘healthy’ one with no reference to sugar or honey on the box. Bleh!