Oat Biscuits

mazken

I was wandering around the shopping aisles looking for a healthy(ish) mid-morning snack for when I get the serious munchies. I found Nairns oat biscuits mixed berries. I've tried the oat cakes before but found them far too bland.
Anyway, I bought them and tried them later on and found them very tasty (although very sweet!) The Nutritional Info per biscuit is 43kcal, 6.5g Carbs (of which 1.6g sugar), 1.6g Fat (of which saturates 0.6g)

Ingredients are: Oats (65%) Demerara Sugar, Palm furit Oil, Dietary Fibre, Partially Inverted Syrup, Dried Cranberries (3%), Potoat Starch, Barley Malt Syrup, Raspberry Puree Pieces (1%) (Raspberry, Apple Juice Conentrate, Raspberry Juice Concentrate, Pectin, Apple Powder), Raising Agents, Sea Salt.

My question is - what are these like as a snack or can anyone recommend something a bit healthier while still being tasty.

Thanks

Shelga

That's a coincidence, I have taken to buying these recently and have been wondering about them too! The same flavour as well.. Mmm mixed berries :P I tell myself the fact that they are free from the dreaded wheatflour and have only 1.6g of sugar per biscuit means they aren't TOO bad, but I know seeds or fruit would be a better snack.

Sometimes you just need something more though! They have fibre in them as well. Granted, not much, but better than a chocolate digestive! Has anyone else tried them??

metamorphosis

I love them too but they arent the best. a lot of added suger.

i now use nairns plain oatcakes and put cottage cheese and peanut butter on them.

mazken

Thanks guys will keep them as a treat so when the sugar craving hits! It's good to know though that they're not the worst thing out there.
Will revert back to the plain oatcakes and will try out the peanut butter suggestion. Although I always thought peanut butter was kind of bad for you? Incidentally, I also stopped by the cottage cheese while in the supermarket too...didn't know whether to choose the regular or the light as even though the light has less fat it has more sugar. I was confused so I moved on...was too tired to deliberate over it much longer

metamorphosis

Peanut butter is very good for you - full of healthy good unsaturated fats and protein and fiber too BUT staw away from commercial brands as they are chocobloc full of added suger and salt.

Holland and Barrets do a 1kg tub of pure peanut butter, nothing else added for around 6e.



What you said about cottage chesse applies to lots of low fat products. In other products such as junk when fat is removed, suger is added to taste but generally with milk and cottage cheese while the fat is removed, suger is not added but is a by result of the fat removal. The difference is often pretty minimal with cottage cheese unless you are watching your carbs.
for example:

Lidl Pic frisch cottage cheese has 4gms carbs per 100gms while low fat has just over 4gms per 100gms.

lala stone

ULstudent wrote: »

Peanut butter is very good for you - full of healthy good unsaturated fats and protein and fiber too BUT staw away from commercial brands as they are chocobloc full of added suger and salt.

Holland and Barrets do a 1kg tub of pure peanut butter, nothing else added for around 6e.



What you said about cottage chesse applies to lots of low fat products. In other products such as junk when fat is removed, suger is added to taste but generally with milk and cottage cheese while the fat is removed, suger is not added but is a by result of the fat removal. The difference is often pretty minimal with cottage cheese unless you are watching your carbs.
for example:

Lidl Pic frisch cottage cheese has 4gms carbs per 100gms while low fat has just over 4gms per 100gms.

Thanks ,, how much should you put on a piece of bread or whatever..liek can u eat too much for it?

metamorphosis

haha good question. i can hardly restrain myself and can get through a tub in a matter of days. Yes - you can eat too much of it!

Generally a serving is 2 tablespoons or the size of a golf ball and the great thing i find about peanut butter is that a serving is enough to crucnh my hunger pangs

mazken

Thanks ULstudent,
Good thing you said about the pure peanut butter as I'd have definitely picked up the supermarket kind - panda et al. Looking forward to trying out the peanut butter now! Thanks also for the info on cottage cheese vs low fat cottage cheese - think i'll be buying the regular cottage cheese - yum :P

Magic Eight Ball

Those nairns oatcakes with almond butter are amazing.

I'll have to pick up that 1kg tub of peanut butter from Holland and Barrets this week. Almond butter from the health store is mad expensive!