Earnest Eats Hot and Fit Cereal, Mayan Blend, 2.35 Ounce (Pack of 12)

I have tried two of the three flavors of hot and fit cereal blends... the American and the Mayan. I LOVE them both. Very different, but equally filling, flavorful and ohhh sooo convenient! My mornings are jam packed and I need a quick, delicious, low calorie, healthy go to breakfast that I can depend on and one less decision to make throughout a busy day..... This is IT!!! I also LOVE the convenience of the single packet.... No bowl required, just hot water, stir, wait and go! Perfect for my on the go schedule, to the office.....business travel, airplane rides, etc. I will definitely be packing this in "go bag"....LOVE!

This has all kinds of goodies in it, and I was excited to try it. I learned quickly that it *needs* a sweetener. I'll eat plain oatmeal, but all the cocoa in this stuff is pretty awful without something sweet. I eat this at work, so I cheated and used a flavored coffee creamer, which instantly made any quantity of the stuff pretty yummy.

It's good. It tastes good, it's made of good stuff, and I'm pretty happy with it.

It has "WHEAT-FREE" in all caps on the front (along with VEGAN, SUPERFOOD, and some other marketing words), but notes that it's made in a facility that also processes wheat. I'm not as sensitive as some and more sensitive than others, but I didn't die or explode, so that's good.

My big complaint about the stuff is that the nuts and oils seem a little stale. I hate rancid oil and can pick it out a mile away, so I'm pickier about that than some people would be. My parents are older now and eat all kinds of things I consider past their prime. The expiration date on my can of chocolate hot cereal (let's call it what it is: it's oatmeal with lots of other fun stuff mixed in) is over a year into the future and I've always stored it sensibly, but I'm just not crazy about the quality of the ingredients. I know the ingredient list is awesome, but they've really suffered from bad storage, old age, or maybe just getting a sub-par crop mixed in.

My review is based on only one can of the stuff, so perhaps my experience is unusual. It's impossible to tell without buying a second can, and based on the too-far-gone smell of this one, I'm not sure that's going to happen any time soon. If you're familiar with rancid oil or nuts that are past their prime and have a different experience with your own batch of this stuff as you get toward the end of your can, I'd love to hear about it. This is the kind of food I really *want* to like, as it's convenient for work breakfasts and full of ingredients that should be healthy and delicious.

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