Customer Reviews

Fiber One Bran Cereal, 16.2-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 6)

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For all the trouble to take Metamucil, for its fiber content, the gram fiber count "ain't" much; 5 grams. Fiber one is a crunchy, flavorful, bran tasty, cereal which, in 4 oz gives one 14 grams of fiber. One cup of Fiber One equals 28 grams of fiber. When I stop to think of the ordeal involved taking Metamucil for 5 grams of fiber, though ignorant of the existence of Fiber One, and its 14-28 grams of fiber, I could commit Hari Kari! The cereal is as tasty as ones favorite cereal, a pleasant surprise, and by adding a pear to this morning cereal one hits the 30+ grams recommended by the medics.

All hail to Fiber One; wouldst I had known about it sooner! Fiber One is worth the price of admission! All hail to Fiber One, the greatest product since sliced whole wheat bread!!!

By the end of a breakfast with Fiber One and some fruit, you could have already met 70-75% of your fiber needs for the day. (Fiber One by itself provides 57%.) It's 14 grams of fiber per 30-gram serving is 40% more than Kellogg's All Bran. Unlike some high-fiber cereals, this one (the "original" Fiber One) contains no sugar, but derives its sweetness from Aspertame. As far as I'm concerned, it's the tastiest high-fiber cereal on the market.

A healthy diet is important to me so eating whole grains and fiber is a priority. Of course, like a lot of people, my morning routine is usually scheduled with me spending as little time as possible on each chore.

Problems: I want fiber and whole grains. I'm rushed in the morning.

Solution: Fiber One.

Fiber One is a whole grain, high fiber cereal that contains 14 grams of fiber per serving (60% of the daily value), 0 grams of sugar and just 60 calories.

The taste of Fiber One is just fine, but I usually like a little more variety, so I use it half and half with my other cereal. I fill the bottom of my cereal bowl with Fiber One, then layer in my usual whole grain, high vitamin and antioxidant cereal. Just pour in some low-fat milk, and it's ready. With a glass of orange juice and a slice of 100% whole wheat toast, it makes for a tasty and healthy start to my stress-filled and difficult day!

This product was recommended to me by my physicians office. Its a good buy online and its not easy to find in your neighborhood grocery store.It arrived in excellent shape and I'm now enjoying the benefits as a result.

BEWARE - This cereal contains a chemical sweetener called Aspartame (aka Sweet'nLow), which is a dangerous chemical food additive shown to cause cancer in lab rats. In humans, the effects of Aspartame can be felt as either migraine, other headache, dizziness, nausea, anxiety, nervousness, or bloating. PLEASE DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH ON ASPARTAME before you consume any product such as this. ASPARTAME is rated by the governments as "GRAS - Generally Regarded As Safe" - The History of Aspartame is fascinating and you will find that the scientists at the FDA who tested Aspartame advocated it to be banned. Donald Rumsfeld served as one of the influential political forces that successfully managed to get the FDA to overrule the FDA's own scientists' recommendation that this product be BANNED. Aspartame's GRAS status means that the US Gov't will do nothing to regulate or prevent its usage.

I first started experiencing problems with Fiber-One when I realized that eating a bowl of it without any other food would cause me to feel nauseous. On occasion, eating a bowl of Fiber-One would give me a migraine along with a feeling of dizziness. This is certainly not the way that I want to start off the morning. There are people who can eat Aspartame-laced foods all day long and who are unaware of any side-effects, but they do creep up on you and if you are not as tolerant as some others, WATCH OUT. You could become very sick eating this cereal day after day, the chemical builds up in your system. The insidiousness of Aspartame being in Fiber-One is that, if you are health-counscious, you'll tell yourself that if you're not feeling well that you should maybe eat more healthy food - like the very same Fiber-One cereal that's making you sick!!

It is unethical and unconscionable for General Mills, a staple brand in this country, to have resorted to using a dangerous chemical additive simply so their Marketing Exec's can push their cereal upon people who are sugar-sensitive. People with Diabetes BEWARE - Aspartame is known to also cause aggressive insulin responses. Just because their chemical sweetener contains no calories doesn't mean that your body won't react in that manner, and you may end up on the bad end of an insulin swing as a result.

This product should be pulled immediately from the shelves. I personally am ashamed that a large reputable company such as GM would target a health-conscious individual like myself and yet perform an underhanded trick as adding a chemical sweetener. I really wish I had noticed the chemical additive in this cereal before I had experienced the headaches and nausea.

SHAME ON GENERAL MILLS - BEWARE FIBER ONE CEREAL - I wish I would have been warned before becoming sickened by this "health cereal".

I bought Fiber One cereal a couple days ago because (1) it was on sale at CVS; (2) I love the Fiber One bars, especially the Oats & Chocolate ("Fart Bars" at our house); and (3) I remembered the old Kellogg's All-Bran Cereal, whose tagline should be "Sticks to Mush in 30 Seconds," and wondered if Fiber One was better.

Boy, is it ever better! No surprise, since the top ingredient is corn bran (Anybody remember Crunchy Corn Bran cereal? That was truly Da Bomb and I don't know if it's even made anymore), which packs a long-lasting crunch and gets you away from that ol' funky wheat bran "good-for-you" insta-mush thing.

I do find it amusing that the cereal's size and shape (like a bacillum bacterium, a stretched-out Good & Plenty) is almost exactly the same as the food our youngest son feeds his newt. "Human Super-Poo Sticks" doesn't have quite the same ring to it, but make no mistake - this stuff will clean your clock.

I thought I'd tried this cereal years ago, but either the formula has changed or I'm thinking of something else. I was excited to see it on sale on line, but now I wish I'd never stocked up. I think I'm sending the rest to the food bank.

I actually like the natural flavor of whole grains, but this is something made in a lab and you can tell. My first impression on my first bowl was "wow, this is sure sickly sweet for a 'healthy' cereal". I immediately checked the label for sugar content and was confused that there wasn't any, since the flavor is overly sweet and a bit nasty with it. I quickly noticed all the chemicals and food derivatives in the ingredient list, including aspartame as a sweetener. Ick.

When I first signed up to buy this product through the subscribe and save program, it was a great deal averaging around $3.00 per box vs. $5.00 in the grocery store, but Amazon cancelled that subscription saying the product was no longer available through the subscribe and save program. The price that's listed here is ridiculously high. Unless you are in an area with no grocery store, why would you pay this exorbitant price?

Diverticuli and lactose intolerance resulted in this cocktail:

1 cup Fiber One = 28g fiber( I call them rabbit turds)
1 cup serving of Activia Yogurt

Stir both until all Fiber One is coated evenly in whatever random flavor Activia yogurt you happened to grab today. Shovel it in. Now you are done with your fiber for the day, and you can eat whatever you want the rest of the day. The yogurt also has the good bacteria which aids digestion. The flavored yogurt makes it interesting, and the Fiber One provides a granola-like crunch. Rather than look to the cereal itself for flavor and get less fiber with brands that offer maybe 10-15g per cup, you instead go for texture with the fiber and flavor with the yogurt and get much higher daily fiber. I'll probably be doing this daily combo for the rest of my life. My dad has hundreds of diverticuli and is 75yrs old, and has had zero issues with diverticulitis owing directly to his high fiber diet. The doctor cringes every time he looks at his colonoscopy.

I started on Weight Watchers in November 2008 and by August had reached my goal with 53.8 pounds lost. Although I was initially put off by the resemblance to little brown twigs, I discovered the flavor doesn't match and it's my favorite (combined with a cup of blueberries and milk - yum, yum yum!). My problem was that I got used to buying it at places like Sam's Club and Costco, which stocked it for a while and then abruptly didn't. I could find it at grocery stores but for a lot higher price. Having a subscription through Amazon ensures that I don't have to waste time driving around looking for the best bargain - I have it and don't have to worry about running out!