A dry organic breakfast blend with apple, vanilla and maca root — add water or plant milk, stir, and eat. No cooking, no pan, no waiting.
What the nutrition panel actually says
Most instant breakfasts are cereal and sugar. This one is not, and the figures are worth reading rather than taking on trust. Per 100 g it provides 12 g of fibre, 16 g of protein, 200 mg of magnesium and 3.7 mg of iron, with 12 g of sugars — all naturally occurring, from the fruit.
Those numbers qualify it, under European rules, as:
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High in fibre (a food needs at least 6 g per 100 g)
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High in magnesium (at least 30% of the reference intake per 100 g — this has 53%)
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A source of protein and a source of iron
Because it is high in magnesium and a source of iron, the authorised claims for those nutrients genuinely apply: magnesium contributes to a reduction of tiredness and fatigue, to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to normal muscle and nervous system function and to normal psychological function; iron contributes to normal oxygen transport, to normal cognitive function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
Those are real, checkable claims about nutrients that are demonstrably in the pack. That is a different thing from the vague wellness language usually printed on breakfast products, and it is the reason to buy this one.
The maca note
Maca is the dried root of an Andean plant, and it is what gives this blend its malty, faintly butterscotch character underneath the apple and vanilla.
It is also a brassica — a relative of turnip and mustard — and concentrated brassica root contains goitrogens, compounds that can interfere with the thyroid's uptake of iodine. In a normal diet this is of no consequence. If you have a thyroid condition, take levothyroxine, or know your iodine intake is low, mention it to your doctor before eating this daily. It is a small note rather than a warning, but it belongs on the page.
Some people also find maca mildly stimulating — which for a breakfast is no bad thing.
How to make it
Roughly a 50 g portion — check the pack for the exact serving — with about 150 ml of liquid. Water works; oat, almond or cow's milk works considerably better, because the fat carries the flavour.
Wait three to five minutes after stirring. This is the step people skip. The blend contains ground seeds and fruit that need time to absorb liquid; eaten immediately it is thin and gritty, and left for five minutes it thickens into something like a good porridge.
Better still, make it the night before. Stirred into plant milk and left in the fridge overnight it becomes properly thick and creamy, and the flavours settle. Add fresh fruit, a spoon of nut butter or a few nuts in the morning.
It can also go into a smoothie, or be used as the base of an overnight jar with yoghurt and fruit layered on top.
Allergen and coeliac note
Vegan and organic. Only the variants specifically labelled gluten-free are declared as such — check this pack, and ask us if you are coeliac and unsure. Check the full ingredient list for nuts and seeds if anyone at your table has a serious allergy.
Storage
Cool, dry and airtight. It contains ground seeds whose oils will eventually go rancid, so use it within a few months of opening rather than keeping it a year.
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