Lizi's Low GL Granola - Product Review

You may remember Lizi's Granola from my Christmas Giveaway .. well, here is their official, non-biased review! Lizi's granola is created by, you guessed it, Lizi.. who served her home baked granola to guests at her Oxfordshire B&B in the 1990's and has since developed an entire range (see the picture below!) after working as an organic farmer in Wales.

Lizi's Granola pride themselves on having a low glycaemic load (GL), which is worked out by taking into account the glycaemic index (GI: how quickly a food releases its energy) AND the carbohydrate load (i.e. the amount). The reason why GL is more important than GI is because it's the AMOUNT of carbohydrate eaten that has the biggest effect on our blood glucose (blood sugar) levels. So, this means that that Lizi's granola provides a steady release of energy and should keep you feeling fuller for longer.

A quick look at the ingredients list reveals a whole host of healthy things including fruit, nuts and seeds, with no added table sugar. You only have to look at the packets of other granolas in the shops to see that more often than not sugar is the second ingredient.. which means more calories but no more nutrients (table sugar, also known as sucrose provides 'empty' calories).

The pictures above show what the suggested serving is - 50g which is the equivalent of 1/2 a cup and ~240 kcal, 23g carbs, 5g protein, 13g fat (3g saturated) and 5g fibre. I personally like to enjoy this cereal for breakfast with either skimmed milk or fat-free plain yoghurt or for dessert as pictured below.. baked apple (chopped and heated in the microwave for around a minute), topped with a diet-fruit yoghurt, blueberries and 20g (heaped tablespoon) of granola.

Lizi's granola is available from selected Sainsbury's and Tesco's as well as online, and just so you know my two favourite flavours are the Belgian Chocolate flavour and Pink Apple & Cinnamon (pictured below).