What first attracted me to this cereal the first time I laid eyes on it about 10 years ago was… the design of the box . Before the redesigns over the past decade, the beautiful, warm and inviting design of Post Banana Nut Crunch was in a class of its own. At that time cereal box designs can be classified into two main categories — cartoon characters on garish colours for kids or a close-up of a spoonful of cereal on a white background for the healthy adult set.

A Banana Nut Bread Inspired Cereal

Post Selects Banana nut crunch is a cereal inspired by the taste of home-baked banana nut bread. This cereal consists of multi grain flakes, walnuts and banana-flavoured clusters. Clusters that look like rustic pieces of pie crumb topping and nuts chopped to about the size of chocolate chips dot gritty-textured flakes, provide a wholesome visual treat.

With milk, the flakes, being quite thick, retain their crunch longer than the average cornflake, providing a nice texture to carry the banana and nut flavors. Indeed the best part for me are the flavored clusters which are bursting with a wonderful banana flavour. The flakes if eaten separately, taste kind of bland. You may argue that all the pieces are supposed to be enjoyed together however, in my household it is common to be left with just a box of dull flakes because everyone seems to love picking out the banana and nut pieces first.

A Healthy Snack

The good thing about Banana Nut Crunch is the fact that it tastes as good without milk which is why I often snack on handfuls of it out of the box. In fact, this has become my substitute for popcorn. Though quite high in calories (240 kcal a serving) compared to other cereals, the box have the words “Whole Grains”, “13 essential vitamins and minerals” and “Naturally Flavored” on it, which I decide to blissfully translate to mean “a very healthy snack”.

Photo: Kraft Foods

Good-tasting, healthy snack