New Product Review:

Weight Control Cinnamon Oatmeal

Reviewed by Mr Breakfast on 10/27/2005

When the hot water hits these instant oats, you get a beautiful snoot full of cinnamon aroma. When the spoon hits your mouth, you say "This is sweeter than it should be." When you finish the bowl, you get a unique aftertaste to remember your breakfast by. Twenty minutes later, you still have that weird aftertaste and you'll never want to eat Weight Control Cinnamon Oatmeal again.

In their Weight Control line, Quaker has replaced all but one gram of sugar with "non-nutritive" sweeteners, the likes of maltodextrin and sucralose (sounds healthier already, right). There's six grams of fiber per serving to help you feel full. Unfortunately, this oatmeal tastes just plain bad.

The flavor reminded me of the film "A Clockwork Orange". In that film, the lead character, Alex (portrayed by Malcolm McDowell), was shown images of things he loved while being injected with a drug that made him ill. When you take your first bite of Weight Control Cinnamon Oatmeal, it reminds you of the Quaker Oatmeal you ate as a kid. There's a warm familiarity. As you eat more, a strange taste starts to permeate each mouthful - playing havoc on the taste of your childhood memories. By the time you're done, not only do you never want to have Weight Control Cinnamon Oatmeal again, but you'll have lost any desire for cinnamon oatmeal altogether.

On the plus side, this is a more filling oatmeal. I usually require two packets of instant oatmeal to fill me up. But it only took one packet of this oatmeal. But who wants to be filled up with something that tastes awful? This oatmeal should be called Cinnamon And Non-Nutritive Sweetener Flavored Weight Control Oatmeal.

The price we paid: $3.29