While shopping this week, I made a special note of all the fiber-enhanced products that wind up in my cart. After writing about the pros and cons of fortified foods in my last post, I wanted to give you a few of my favorite examples.
Some I like because they are inherently nutritious, like Fiber One Nonfat Yogurt and Progresso High-Fiber Hearty Vegetable soup. Others—like the Quaker Chewy Oat Granola Bars or Fiber One Chewy Bars—end up in my cart because they help my husband and me feel slightly less guilty about eating gooey, sweet, chocolaty treats.
I am not suggesting that you add these fiber-full products to your shopping list; after all, natural sources of fiber are still likely your best bet, nutritionally. But since you’re probably coming up short—even if you are eating some of those natural sources—you might as well try a higher-fiber version of any of these foods you’re already eating on a regular basis.
- FlatOut Flatbread 100% Stone Ground Whole Wheat Lowfat Wraps: One flatbread has 90 calories and a whopping 9 grams of fiber (most wraps only have 2 to 3 grams).
- Wheat Thins Fiber Selects: A serving of 15 crackers provides 120 calories and 5 grams of fiber.
- Quaker Chewy Oat Granola Bars with Fiber & Omega-3s: One bar has 150 calories and 9 grams of fiber.
- Fiber One Oats & Chocolate Chewy Bars: One bar has 140 calories and 9 grams of fiber.
- Progresso High Fiber Hearty Vegetable and Noodles Soup: A serving has just 90 calories and 7 grams of fiber.
- Ronzoni Healthy Harvest: One serving is 180 calories and 6 grams of fiber.
- Barilla Plus Penne: One serving is 210 calories and 4 grams of fiber.
- Barbara’s Bakery Ultima Organic High Fiber Cereal: One half cup is 90 calories and has 8 grams of fiber.
- Sunsweet PlumSmart Light: One cup provides 60 calories and 3 grams of fiber.
- Splenda No Calorie Sweetener with Fiber: This artificial sweetener, made with sucralose, has zero calories per packet and 1 gram of fiber. Used in moderation, this is a diet-friendly alternative to sugar.
What fiber-fortified foods have made their way into your grocery carts? Do you notice a difference in these products’ tastes and textures? Share your thoughts below.
Comments (12)
All pre-packages food listed here. Most of these have very high ratio of sugar and starch to fiber.
I don’t like any of these selections. What happened to fresh fruits & veggies. I’m a protein type–if I ate these foods, I would be shaking like a leaf!
I especially do not partake of artificial sweeteners!
Progresso soups have MSG.
Not a fan of sugar substitutes, would prefer the regular sugar, pure maple syrup or honey. Sugar in moderation isn’t a bad thing.
FiberOne has asparatasme in it. If anyone has tried a light yogurt with it, very strong aftertaste.
I have been eating high fiber food for a while now so barely know the difference. LOVE the new fiber select wheat thins but definitely agree with Lois above about getting most of your fiber intake from veggies and a moderate amount of fruits. Also, so many of these sweet fiber rich food have a ton of artificial sweetners which is not good.the high fiber/ high protein pastas are really good too! Try Dreamfields!
Most of foods with fiber may have high fructose corn syrup which we have to watch out for. We need to watch out for HFCS.
I am definitely trying to eat more fiber-rich foods these days. Thanks for all of the great ideas.
While I get lots of fiber from apples and oranges, I do really enjoy Thomas english muffins. The multi-grain light one is 100 calories and 8 grams of fiber.
The Barbara’s Bakery Ultima cereal has a serving size of 1 cup, not the 1/2 cup as mentioned above. That puts the calories at 170!
The Fiber One Raisin Bran is very tasty and has, I believe, 11 grams of fiber per serving.
I do not agree with getting your fiber using products with artificial anything in them, flavorings, colors, preservatives. I think the Splenda, which is sugar with bleach on it, is the worst listed here. Who would use their artificial sweetener to get their fiber? What is this country coming to? We can do better than that! Whole natural foods are the best, and, there is a company out there who makes NATURAL products when you can’t eat whole foods!!! I get an average of 31 grams of fiber per day using these healthy, 100% natural products: http://bit.ly/NW4j5
has anybody got recipes on oat fibre/ low sugar muffins or cookies, for those who are wheat fibre intolerant ?
My favorite fiber-rich food is French Meadow Bakery’s Hemp Bagel – 13 grams of fiber per bagel! (Not to mention 19 grams of protein)