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Trader Joe's Organic High Fiber O's Cereal

I am not even going to try to address the people who are like, "What is this gross cereal? Are you 80?" If you are not interested in fiber, I don't know what to say to you. I don't hate you or anything, just, well, some of us need some fiber, OKAY? Ingredients: organic whole grain wheat flour , organic wheat bran , organic evaporated cane sugar, organic oat fiber, sea salt, organic caramel color, natural vitamin E. Nutrition Blend : niacinamide, vitamin C, niacin, iron, zinc, vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamin, folate, vitamin B12. How does it taste?: The underlying assumption I (Shin Ae) have with a cereal like this is that taste is secondary. Maybe even tertiary. The point is 9 grams of fiber . Also, 6 grams of protein, which is nothing to shake a stick at when it comes to a breakfast cereal. (I am not even trying to use geriatric-themed sayings, it is just HAPPENING. SPONTANEOUSLY.) Anyway, how does it taste? You mean you still want to know? Okay. Uh. A little swee...

Trader Joe's Mango Lemonade

Here is something my kids begged for: lemonade! Specifically, mango lemonade. Not because they're fancy, but because the lady at the store gave them a sample then we could never stop hearing about how "good it is, Mom, it's SO GOOD! PLEASE BUY SOME! PLEASE! Please?" Ingredients: Filtered water, organic evaporated cane sugar, organic mango puree, organic lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors. How does it taste? To me (Shin Ae), an adult who does not generally choose to drink lemonade, it is less than awesome. Considerably less. I like powdered lemonade mixes, and I like freshly-squeezed lemonade, but this is something in-between the two, and it's not so good. It's made from concentrated lemon juice, and you can definitely tell. You know that lemon juice you can buy at the grocery store in the green bottle? What is the name of that stuff? Oh. Just, "lemon juice?" Okay, well, that's the stuff I mean. If you like the taste of that, you will l...