When I reviewed the new Kingsmill Fruit & Fibre bread a few months ago I was also keen to try the other products in the range, especially the bagels. They have proved extremely hard to find, but I finally spotted them in my local Iceland for £1 a pack (4 bagels).
These bagels are described as "bagels with delicious mixed fruit -they're a source of fibre and each bagel provides you with 50% of your daily wholegrain". The mixed fruit in this case is a combination of cranberries and raisins.The high fibre content comes from the mixture of wholemeal wheat and white flour used.
I kept it simple with these bagels and tried one lightly toasted with some butter (or rather some soya spread!). There was no fruity smell coming from these bagels, which I found surprising. There is also none of the usual fruity bread spices such as cinnamon added to these bagels, which makes them much more similar to a regular bagel.
The taste was akin to a wholemeal bagel but with added sweetness from the fruit. However, all the fruit pieces were quite small and I could almost forget I was eating a fruity bread, apart from the occasional sweet hit. I did enjoy these bagels and I would definitely buy more from this range but I would have preferred a bit more flavour to the fruit, especially the cranberries. The Kingsmill Fruit & Fibre Bagels are a good option for anyone who wants to try a sweet bagel but doesn't like the usual non savoury bagel option of cinnamon and raisin.
Nutritional Information (per bagel) : 225 calories, 8.3g protein, 43.2g carbohydrates (of which sugars 10.4g), 1.2g fat, 4.4g fibre, 0.29g sodium
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I do like a good bagel but shockingly I have never tried a fruity one, I always tend to stick to onion or plain. I always think of a bagel as a sandwich type thing to have with cheese etc but these do actually sound nice, especially with cranberries.
ReplyDeleteI often eat bagels without any filling, just toasted and buttered, although these sweet ones do taste very good with jam too ;)
ReplyDeleteJust ate this with some cream cheese and was very sweet but very enjoyable. I am a fan of simple textures- a very fussy eater! I would recommend and will buy in future.
ReplyDeleteThank you for that suggestion - it sound delicious! I haven't bought these bagels in a while but I think I need some more now :-)
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