The Trader Rater Rating: 7.26

Review Summary: Despite its obvious nutritional and health benefits, we couldn't get past the competing flavors and textures in this Oatmeal dish.

Full Review:

We’re big fans of oatmeal for a quick and nutritious breakfast treat. There’s something about the warmth and density that really kicks our day into motion.

So we were definitely intrigued when we saw this new item at our local TJ’s. Ancient Grains? Super Seeds? Sounds like a treat!

Sadly, we found a number of things wrong with this dish, and can’t say that we enjoyed it.

First, the positives – there is no question this oatmeal is good for you. It’s got a ton of super-food ingredients under one roof (whole grain rolled oats, quinoa, amaranth flakes, almond slivers, plus sunflower, pumpkin, hemp, flax and chia seeds). But therein lies one of our key issues.

Because of the hodgepodge of ingredients, there’s a lot of subtle – yet competing – flavors in there. The most obvious of which is quinoa, which we found to be rather overpowering.

Another issue: there’s more texture than you’re probably used to in your oatmeal – up to you if that’s a good thing. In our opinion, the combination of mushy and gritty and crunchy was a bit off-putting.

All told, this dish certainly didn’t live up to our expectations. It is no doubt healthy, and there’s no doubt an audience for it, but we won’t be back for more.