Nature's Path's "Sunrise Crunchy Vanilla" Review

We are always on the lookout for more gluten-free goodies, and when we saw Nature's Path's new "Sunrise Crunchy Vanilla" cereal on sale we decided to check it out. What we got was a yummy -- and organic! -- breakfast treat that by all rights shouldn't taste so darn good.

Let's talk taste first. I love love love vanilla-flavored cereal, and Lord knows there's plenty to be found in the mainstream section of the cereal aisle. But while I desired a cereal with a sugary-vanilla taste -- I didn't actually want all that sugar! Too many cereal offerings feel more like de facto deserts packed in rectangle boxes. I still wanted to eat healthy. And, of course, there's the matter of added "flavors."


Flavored with such natural sweeteners as organic evaporated cane juice and organic molasses -- as well as natural vanilla -- "Sunrise Crunchy Vanilla" is tasty but never in an overwhelming, "cloying" way. The mix of rice, flax, quinoa, buckwheat, and amaranth blend well with each other and provide an interesting counterpoint to mainstream cereals -- as well as our other gluten-free mainstay, Barbara's "Puffins."

Low in fat and sugar, and relatively high in fiber, I will definitely keep "Sunrise Crunchy Vanilla" on my "buy" list. While we wouldn't drop "Puffins" completely for this newcomer -- and I still think the absolutely healthiest breakfast meal is plain oatmeal with some fruit and flax -- it's a recommended alternative to mainstream cereal.