{"id":13161,"date":"2012-08-08T11:15:51","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T21:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13161"},"modified":"2023-08-14T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T03:40:46","slug":"review-kelloggs-2012-team-usa-cereal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/08\/review-kelloggs-2012-team-usa-cereal\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Kellogg’s 2012 Team USA Cereal"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kellogg's<\/a><\/p>\n

Ah breakfast. The most important meal of the day if you ask any medical professional, and the fuel that gives athletes around the world the competitive edge when competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics. Team USA, par usual, has been dominating this year\u2019s London Olympics, with golden boy swimmer Michael Phelps taking center stage once again. And what, praytell, fuels Phelps\u2019 dolphin like speed?<\/p>\n

Funny you should ask, because according to a Google search, it\u2019s actually three fried egg sandwiches, three chocolate chip pancakes, a five-egg omelette, three buttered and sugared pieces of French Toast, and a bowl of good old fashioned grits. It\u2019s just step one in a 12,000 calorie day feeding frenzy that would make Great White Sharks feel bloated.<\/p>\n

Of course, for someone like me, whose most celebrated athletic accomplishment is breaking an eight minute mile, Kellogg\u2019s has introduced 2012 Team USA cereal.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be fooled by the multicolored loops. This is no Froot Loops knockoff or Apple Jacks wannabe. No, these are red, blue, and yellowish rings of these here United States and its athletic prowess. Taking a look at the Collector\u2019s Edition box, one can\u2019t help be swept up in a mural of amber waves while imagining the sweet, seductive smell of victory over the Russian women’s gymnastics team.<\/p>\n

Maybe that\u2019s how the cereal smells in London, but on my couch watching the Olympics, I\u2019m instead struck by the unmistakable smell of slightly cardboardy and artificial vanilla flavor. Clearly, Team USA had a slow surge off the blocks.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s okay, right? I mean, even the Dream Team fights it out with Lithuania, but eventually Coach K gets Kobe, Durant and the boys to lay the hammer down on the road to Gold. That\u2019s it, I figure. The smell is just the pregame warm-ups. Wait \u2018till the hand goes down into the box. Then we\u2019ll get down to business.<\/p>\n

Or maybe not.<\/p>\n

\"Kellogg's<\/a><\/p>\n

The texture makes about as much of an impact on my taste buds as Nova Scotia makes in the sport of beach volleyball. That\u2019s to say it hardly registers. The dry crunch is virtually nonexistent, while there\u2019s no glazed coating to provide that crisp, Froot Loops-like sweetness. A mediocre and artificial vanilla flavor hovers in the background, but overall, the sweetness seems to lack any pop. I find myself wanting some kind of fat in the ingredient list to crisp up the cereal, and something other than plain old sugar to give the cereal sweetness.<\/p>\n

Okay, so we\u2019re clearly falling behind here, but Team USA always rallies. So it\u2019s time to go back for one final try and reach down deep, this time with milk.<\/p>\n

\"Kellogg's<\/a><\/p>\n

Ugh. The results aren\u2019t any better. Milk just turns the already light cereal soggy in a hurry, and not in that good soggy way that Life cereal gets. Little, if any, sweetness is transferred to the milk, and while the vanilla flavor is more pronounced, who has ever bought a Froot Loops-looking cereal for Vanilla flavor, anyway? Michael Phelps, in all his calorie laden breakfast glory, would not approve.<\/p>\n

If Team USA cereal was competing in the mythical (but currently patent pending) Cereal Olympics, it wouldn\u2019t even qualify in the prelims. Actually, I\u2019m not sure it would even be allowed to compete. Masquerading as Froot Loops in much the same way that the 2004 U.S. Men\u2019s basketball team masqueraded as the Dream Team, Team USA cereal does American breakfast eaters a disservice. With arguably half the calories per box<\/i> as Michael Phelps\u2019 breakfast, I think it\u2019s safe to say it\u2019s not the breakfast of champions, and won\u2019t be leading me to athletic glory anytime soon.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 1 cup \u2013 110 calories, 5 calories from fat, 0.5 grams of fat, 0 gram of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 170 milligrams of sodium, 25 grams of carbohydrates, 3 grams of fiber, 9 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein)<\/small><\/p>\n

Other Kellogg’s 2012 Team USA Cereal reviews:<\/b>
\nTime for Cereal<\/a><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Kellogg’s 2012 Team USA Cereal
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $1.99 (on sale)
\nSize:<\/b> 8-ounce box
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Weis Markets
\nRating:<\/b> 3 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Collector\u2019s Edition Box. Fun Olympic athlete trading cards on the back-of-the-box.Only 110 calories and nine grams of sugar per serving. Decent vanilla flavor in milk. Imagining all the crap I could eat if I had Michael Phelps\u2019 calorie needs.
\nCons:<\/b> More disappointing than the 2004 USA Men\u2019s basketball team. Lacks pop in sweetness. Smells like cardboard. No fruit flavor. Lackluster crunch. Leaves skim milk end-milk that tastes too much like Skim Milk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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