Bran Flakes versus Porridge

funkey_monkey

Bran Flakes: (http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/bran-flakes.html)
Energy 356kJ
Protein 10g
Carbs 67g
Fat 2g
Fibre 15g
Salt 1g

Porridge: (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110305021338AAoMgnU)
Energy 368kJ
Protein 11g
Carbs 62g
Fat 8g
Fibre 7g
Salt


I was going to try porridge as every who does weight training and is into fitness in any way continually point out that it is better than the Bran Flakes which I currently take.

However, when I take a look at comparing the nutritional information there doesn't seem to be much in it in a nutritional level - only an imbalance between the fat and fibre content.

So, can someone please explain why I keep getting shouted at for not eating porridge? Is it due to the breakdown of the carbs in that most of the porridge comes from starch yet the brans flakes mostly comes from sugar?

Is it worth trying porridge as it even looks disgusting


Thanks.

RidleyRider

I have porridge everyday and yes it looks horrible but its not. You can add kcal free sweetners, honey or jam to make it nicer.

matrim

One of the main differences would be

Branflakes
Sugar 22g

Porridge
Sugar 1g

Also eat 100g of Bran Flakes and 100g of Porridge and tell us which one has you more full.

cosmic

If you want more fibre than porridge oats provide, try oatbran. It's way tastier too.

rubadub

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Is it worth trying porridge as it even looks disgusting

You can just eat the uncooked oats with milk, no need to cook it.

Or you can make pancake with them, which also lets you get an egg in there. Load of tips in this old thread
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055002535


If I am going to treat myself to something which is 22% sugar it certainly wouldn't be branflakes! its astonishing how they can make them taste so bland when they are such junk. Its like the opposite of what everybody else is trying to do.

two wheels good

I recommend "jumbo oat flakes" - instead of rolled or pin-head oats. They don't turn into such a gloopy paste.
Sunflower seed, pumpkin seeds, dried fruit add some interest and bite.

adox

Porridge with blueberries cinnamon mixed seeds wheat germ and honey is what I have every morning.

Used to eat All Bran every morning until i found out the horrendous amounts of added sugar in it.

siochain

cosmic wrote: »

If you want more fibre than porridge oats provide, try oatbran. It's way tastier too.

+1

Some stuff I throw in (not all at once)
Appel
Grapes
Pineapple
Flaxseed
Peanut butter
Sliced almonds
Walnuts
Chopped hazel nuts

Options are endless ....

dahat

Porridge= Human petrol,keep ya going for hours.Have the stuff every morning,Bran Flakes are a poor offering breakfast wise,as with most packet cereals.

Ruu

I used to be same a few years ago but now I have a bowl of oatmeal everyday without fail, sprinkle some gluten free granola for a little bit of sweet, love breakfast time!

Rossin

ive had porridge once and I thought it was disgusting, very hard to go back and try again

dahat

Porridge is like Guiness,you have to stick at it to get a taste for it

Rossin

I also had Guinness once and said never again Have to try it again, porridge that is!

funkey_monkey

Okay, I'm going to have to try this stuff now and give it a proper try. Feels like it is going to be like a bushtucker trial

metamorphosis

Not to mention Bran is also like a brillo pad to the humam stomach ... best avoided long term me thinks

dastardly00

I used to eat Weetabix for years as my breakfast. I never fancied porridge as it looked fairly mank.
I finally gave porridge a chance over a year ago, and I've never looked back. It's delicious. I look forward to it each morning (a bit sad I know! :pac: ). I normally buy Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats from Aldi. I cook them in the microwave with milk. But I leave them slightly undercooked so they are a bit chewy. I always have a poached egg afterwards

You can try making pancakes as well with porridge oats.
I use 120g of porridge oats (quickly blended), 300ml of milk, and 2 eggs. Mix together and leave over night in the fridge.

funkey_monkey

I don't drink milk so what is the best porridge for me to use? I assume I'll be putting water into it?

I've already bought some cinnamon powder to make it taste better. Not really sure what to do though about milk replacement...

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

i dont use milk in porridge, just water and oats.

well lately i've been adding flavoured whey protein powders, but still.. just water and oats.

NoQuarter

My breakfast:

Bowl of ready brek with:
2 tbsp of helens golden linseed crunch (aldi)
2 tbsp of flaked almonds
Slimline milk
1 tbsp honey.


Its genuinely delicious and I am happy to eat it!

runawaybishop

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Bran Flakes: (http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/bran-flakes.html)
Energy 356kJ
Protein 10g
Carbs 67g
Fat 2g
Fibre 15g
Salt 1g

Porridge: (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110305021338AAoMgnU)
Energy 368kJ
Protein 11g
Carbs 62g
Fat 8g
Fibre 7g
Salt

You need to look at how the carbs break down

Bran Flakes: (http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/bran-flakes.html)
Energy 356kJ
Protein 10g
Carbs 67g <- of which sugars:22g
Fat 2g
Fibre 15g
Salt 1g


^^ the porridge has bugger all sugar, if any, in it compared to 20%+ in the bran flakes. You should be looking at this just as much as looking at the fat and fibre.

funkey_monkey

Tried porridge for two days now and it is stinking. No taste, no flavour, no texture and looks vile too. I'm not enjoying it one bit.

Is adding honey to it not loading me with sugars which I would have got from the Bran Flakes. One tblspn of honey contains 17g of sugar and 65kCal.

I'll try it again with some apples and honey, but I'm not feeling the love.

Is there anything tastier out there?

two wheels good

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Tried porridge for two days now and it is stinking. No taste, no flavour, no texture and looks vile too. I'm not enjoying it one bit.

Is adding honey to it not loading me with sugars which I would have got from the Bran Flakes. One tblspn of honey contains 17g of sugar and 65kCal.

I'll try it again with some apples and honey, but I'm not feeling the love.

Is there anything tastier out there?

Don't give up yet! Some suggestions:
Keep the porridge quite liquid and hot. Nothing worse that lukewarm stodge. I prefer jumbo flakes for texture.
Add some tasty bits: banana (in the bowl not the pan), dried fruit, seeds (e.g. pumpkin, sunflower), nuts crushed, a spoon from packets of ground linseed\nuts\berries as already mentioned.
Cinnamon suggested earlier I'm trying at the moment.
At the end of cooking time I sometimes add a couple of spoons of muesli for some variety .
I try to avoid refined sugar but honey and dried fruit I consider (maybe naively) okay.

matrim

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Tried porridge for two days now and it is stinking. No taste, no flavour, no texture and looks vile too. I'm not enjoying it one bit.

Is adding honey to it not loading me with sugars which I would have got from the Bran Flakes. One tblspn of honey contains 17g of sugar and 65kCal.

I'll try it again with some apples and honey, but I'm not feeling the love.

Is there anything tastier out there?

I sometime use oat bran instead of porridge for a different texture and flavour

runawaybishop

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Tried porridge for two days now and it is stinking. No taste, no flavour, no texture and looks vile too. I'm not enjoying it one bit.

Is adding honey to it not loading me with sugars which I would have got from the Bran Flakes. One tblspn of honey contains 17g of sugar and 65kCal.

I'll try it again with some apples and honey, but I'm not feeling the love.

Is there anything tastier out there?

Fat and sugar is tasty

SunnyDub1

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Tried porridge for two days now and it is stinking. No taste, no flavor, no texture and looks vile too. I'm not enjoying it one bit.

Is adding honey to it not loading me with sugars which I would have got from the Bran Flakes. One tblspn of honey contains 17g of sugar and 65kCal.

I'll try it again with some apples and honey, but I'm not feeling the love.

Is there anything tastier out there?

You're doing it wrong. :rolleyes:
Add fruit, nuts, make it with almond or coconut milk, add falvoured whey, Blend the oats with and egg whites and some milk and fry it up in some coconut oil.

I don't see how anyone doesn't like oats - personally I'd eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I could

dastardly00

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

You're doing it wrong. :rolleyes:
Add fruit, nuts, make it with almond or coconut milk, add falvoured whey, Blend the oats with and egg whites and some milk and fry it up in some coconut oil.

I don't see how anyone doesn't like oats - personally I'd eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner if I could

^^^
Me too

cosmic

I mash up banana with cinnamon while my oatbran cooks in a pot (after being soaked in water overnight). Then when I put the cooked oatbran into my bowl, I pour some desiccated coconut over it, then top with the mashed banana. I mix it all about and eat. It is the most delicious thing. I wake up in the mornings looking forward to it!

Fried oat pancakes?

funkey_monkey

Tried it today with apples. It was okay, but I couldn't eat it all. How much cinnamon should be put in. I've got a bag full of ground cinnamon here to use.

adox

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Tried it today with apples. It was okay, but I couldn't eat it all. How much cinnamon should be put in. I've got a bag full of ground cinnamon here to use.

I add a teaspoon of cinnamon. Also on the honey front I find half a teaspoon is enough.

Buy some blueberries and add them and some mixed seeds.

I actually love my porridge breakfast.

NinjaK

add milk and raisins, lovely

funkey_monkey

adox wrote: »

I add a teaspoon of cinnamon. Also on the honey front I find half a teaspoon is enough.

Buy some blueberries and add them and some mixed seeds.

I actually love my porridge breakfast.

How do you add your cinnamon and how much do you use?

adox

funkey_monkey wrote: »

How do you add your cinnamon and how much do you use?

I add a teaspoon in to the porridge bowl when it is cooked. Pre ground cinnamon.

El_Dangeroso

funkey_monkey wrote: »

I don't drink milk so what is the best porridge for me to use? I assume I'll be putting water into it?

I've already bought some cinnamon powder to make it taste better. Not really sure what to do though about milk replacement...

Zombie Nosh suggested coconut milk a while, it is very very good indeed.

All you need to compare Branflakes to porridge is to look at the ingredient list.

Branflakes: Wholewheat, Wheatbran (a wasteproduct of food processing proven to deplete the body of vitamins and minerals), Sugar, Barley Malt Flavouring, Salt, Honey. Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1(Thiamin), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12. (Because chemical nutrients are exactly like real food and Kellogg's don't just use the cheapest versions of these nutrients to make it look like this isn't processed crap /sarcasm)

Porridge: ..eh.. porridge

dahat

Mixed seeds plus Almond nuts with a banana is my latest porridge tipple,damn filling i tell ya

funkey_monkey

Still persevering with this gunk. Can only eat it with 1 apple and approx 10 grapes cut in through it. Even at that, I'm probably only taking about 20g of dried porridge.

Viva Coco Pops!

dastardly00

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Still persevering with this gunk. Can only eat it with 1 apple and approx 10 grapes cut in through it. Even at that, I'm probably only taking about 20g of dried porridge.

Viva Coco Pops!

How exactly are you making it?

I know myself I wouldn't be able to eat the type of porridge my mother makes ... It's like cement. I prefer my porridge a bit undercooked with plenty of milk.

funkey_monkey

A wee bit of oats, same of milk and water and pop into microwave.

Chop up apple and halve some grapes & stir through when porridge cooked (approx 1:30min)

Piper101

I LOVE my morning porridge (and must try the coconut milk tip). I find its nicer again if you steep the oats in water over night...I have mine with honey

rubadub

funkey_monkey wrote: »

Can only eat it with 1 apple and approx 10 grapes cut in through it. Even at that, I'm probably only taking about 20g of dried porridge.

Just try it with the cold milk & fruit and do not bother cooking the oats. Then it is basically muesli with no nuts and fresh fruit.

It will be easy to eat more than 20g of oats when it is not cooked, overeating muesli is very easy, I used to eat up to 1000kcal portions.

funkey_monkey

Can I eat weetabix instead?

April O Neill

Contrary to a lot of people in this thread, I don't find porridge filling at all.

Crappy cereals aren't either, mind.

April O Neill

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

You're doing it wrong. :rolleyes:

Nope, some people just don't like it.

I'd bear it if I found it filling, but I don't...

rugbyman

Funkey,
i am a regular enough porridge eater,(sticky old bowls to wash ,though)'
you micro wave it, as i do, but often it goes a bit stodgy, so remove, stir up with some more milk and give another minute.

am currently using lidl porridge with fruits in it, very nice, though have not looked at the ingredients

Rugbyman

mad m

My combo.

Porridge oats, Almond milk, water, raisins. Once done in microwave throw in some mixed nuts and blueberries....

two wheels good

mad m wrote: »

My combo.

Porridge oats, Almond milk, water, raisins. Once done in microwave throw in some mixed nuts and blueberries....

Almond milk! That's pretty decadent, Cleopatra. I'll give it a try. First catch some almonds...