Strawberry Yogurt O's review

by Nicole Weston, Posted Apr 29th 2006 @ 9:02AM

In the market, sometimes you win and sometime you lose when you are picking out a new product to try. The Strawberry Yogurt O's from Trader Joe's, unfortunately, fall into that later category. I am a big fan of their other O's, both the plain and the honey-nut. They are light and flavorful and the honey variety has a fantastic honey taste. These, on the other hand, are small and dense, with little to remind the eater of the delicious taste of the other O's cereals. Instead of tasting vaguely oaty, they taste like whole wheat flour.

Their release can be attributed to the popularity of other yogurt-flavored cereals, but these don't have as much to recommend them. Other brands are very sweet, a fact that is often the primary criticism of them. The Strawberry O's themselves are not very sweet at all, any sugar overpowered by the wheat flavor. The yogurt covered freeze-dried strawberries, on the other hand, are incredibly sweet, with a hint of salt underneath and the non-yogurt covered berries were tart, making a strange contrast to the rest of the cereal.

Will I buy them again? No, but there is potential in these. All Trader Joe's has to do is add the yogurt flavoring to their standard O's and ditch the whole wheat ones.

[Photo by Nicole Weston]

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