Crispy chewy cereal bars with no added sugar... and no added honey. 8 bar multipacks mean these are great value. The lack of added vitamins means there's no danger of animal-source vitamins making these unsuitable for vegans.
These cereal bars are very German style, with puffed cereals and cornflakes featuring strongly. The sugar-free syrup around the cereals is clear, soft and just a little bit sticky.
The absent sugar is replaced by maltitol, a sugar alcohol. Maltitol has 75% of the calories of sugar, but is only 75% as sweet, which means manufacturers probably use more of it... cancelling out any calorie gains. It doesn't rot your teeth though, so your dentist will approve of these bars.
Sugar-free or not, these bars are sweet. We really loved the hazelnut and almond flavour, which has a lovely toasted-nut flavour and a great texture. The texture of the apple flavour is somehow more chewy (a bit over-chewy) and the apple flavour is tart and tastes artificial (it's not), which meant we loved these a lot less!
Seek out the hazelnut and almond flavour bars - they're tasty and great value. Give the apple ones a miss.
The Good: Crispy, chewy, great hazel/almond flavour
The Not-so-good: Odd apple flavour
Veganoo Score: ★★★★☆
Lidl Crownfield - Muesli Cereal Bars - Hazelnut + Almond
Lidl Crownfield - Muesli Cereal Bars - Hazelnut + Almond
Veganoo Score: ★★☆☆☆
Lidl Crownfield - Muesli Cereal Bars - Apple
Lidl Crownfield - Muesli Cereal Bars - Apple
Footnote: Ingredients
Here are the ingredients panels from the packs we reviewed.
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