![[VIC] Kellogg's Rice Bubbles 880g $1 @ Coles Chadstone](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/68/693168.jpg?h=83071167)
Went to buy rice bubbles for daughter. Shelf price was $8, scanned as $1. Good luck at other stores.
[VIC] Kellogg's Rice Bubbles 880g $1 @ Coles Chadstone
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Best of luck getting a kid to eat something healthy. However, if you look at a lot of the “healthy” alternatives they are loaded with sugar as well.
However, if you look at a lot of the “healthy” alternatives they are loaded with sugar as well.
It's more about balance…
There isn't any healthy about Rice Bubbles.
The point with a lot of kids stuff is looking for the least worse option. If you get the choice between Rice Bubbles and Cocoa Pops you get Rice Bubbles. Food is about what you enjoy as well as what is healthy. It is where you intend to fight your battles.
Yes you are right. I thought rice bubbles would be better than say Coco pops or Crunchy nut. I could be wrong.
Look at the info on the packs. That is your starting point.
They definitely are. Most cereals could be considered dessert due to their sugar content.
You should set an example. See I eat healthily and they eat junk. See how I look and how they are? Kids are smart enough to understand
You suggest such a radical and terrorising idea to Junkie society, you will get negged. My kids never ate cereals in their life. People can't comprehend that.
Haha personally hate the stuff. Probably not worth the $1 also but daughter loves it. Better than some of the other ones with lots of sugar.
Better than some of the other ones with lots of sugar.
Rice Bubbles are 85% carbs.
So 15% of the ingredients isn't rice?
Can't seem to upload receipt. Anything I am doing wrong?
I gather your kids are perfect, and have never touched a single junk food so far?
Quit being a hypocrite.I gather your kids are perfect
Nope, but I don't buy this rubbish for them to eat.
Don't suggest to people that they are doing wrong. They can't take it even though they know it's truth.
She got the habit from childcare.
It starts with Rice Bubbles, then they get you on harder junk food…
Before long, she'll be hooked on Maccas cheeseburgers.
its one choice of cereal whos to say donkeyrollers doesn't cook healthy food other time, plus if your like me you grow out of this stuff as you get older and your taste buds mature. And jv this is a site for bargains don't forget so no guidelines here on parenting
And jv this is a site for bargains don't forget so no guidelines here on parenting
It's also for commenting on the deals…
@jv: but your not commenting on deals your commenting on a choice of food and calling this guy a bad parent. it be a different story if you said that this is not a deal because based on the amount of bad nutrients its not worth a dollar that be useful information, but you want to give your prejudice opinion, in fact i rather this guy feed his kids rice Bubbles rather than have you teach your kids how to be a nuisance, and if you don't have kids don't have them because theres already alot of bad in this world
but your not commenting on deals your commenting on a choice of food
I'm commenting on the food posted in this deal.
don't send jv to the naughty corner!!
@froogletom you are right. Thought it was a bargain. Was about to pick a smaller pack for $5.80 then I thought the 880gm was a better deal. And to my surprise it scanned at $1. So just wanted to post it to help someone who would have bought it anyway.
@donkeyrollers: yeah this is a deal if this was nationwide you would have a crazy amount of upvotes, i get really pissed off now with people acting how jv is, considering all thats going on there's more to complain about then cereal, and generally you can tell if a parent is buying crap for their kids all the time and you don't seem like that
i get really pissed off now with people acting how jv is
Your choice to eat junk if you want too…
People are free to post opinions in the comments about the deal that is posted.
+1 upvote from me for putting up with jv
looks like you downvoted by mistake.
Don't waste your time trying to justify anything to this carbophobe.
Can you name any Nutritionists that recommend Rice Bubbles?
Can you give any reason why I give a sh1t?
I give a sh1t about you shaming this dude
You must be a very sensitive and caring person then…
first time I've ever heard someone referred to as a carbophobe. I guess "Big Carb" has gotten to you !!
Website shows the 860 gram pack is $8.00. So looks like they are clearing the old stock of 880 gram packs.
The old "we give you less but charge the same and hope you don't notice"
Yes I think you are right. There were only a few on the shelf. Expiry is Jan 2023.
Chocolate crackles. Because they aren’t bad enough on their own :)
We all know JV. No offense taken. It's hard to feed kids fruits and veggies all the time. Being Asian we eat carbs most of the time. We try to mix veggies in anything we can like broccoli peas paste in lentils, pancakes etc. I prefer giving her rice bubbles instead of say Coco pops or Crunchy nut.
Spag Bol is the ultimate meal for hiding veggies. We have 500g of mincemeat and whiz up 2 kg of frozen veggies when we make ours. You load it up with tomatoes, and tomato paste, and you can barely taste the veggies in it. I do similar with Spanish eggs, Thai curries, etc. Anything with a decent strong flavour is a good base for “hidden veggies”.
Good idea. Will try it :)
Another good one is DIY flavoured yogurt. If you whizz up the fruit, especially things like blueberries, you don’t need any added sugar for them to be sweet enough. We do this as an “instant” dessert quite a bit.
We have 500g of mincemeat and whiz up 2 kg of frozen veggies when we make ours.
You can do the same thing with home made hamburgers…
50% mince
50% grated carrot, zucchini, celery, capsicums, onions, garlic… even some shredded cabbage…Mince is great that way. We do a 'mexican' dish where we add in mince, a tin of lentils, refried beans, salsa, taco spices, and "one night in" stir in seasoning packs. Makes a good base with noodles. Lots of fibre and very tasty. You could whizz up any vegies you want to get rid off to bulk it out.
I make sure to cook the vegies (then cool them before making the burgers) as it helped hide the "vegetabley" texture a bit more
@shmahoo: If you get a good vitamiser then you can get rid of a lot of the texture without cooking. But whatever works for you is good.
What's the carb content in carrot, capsicums, onions & garlic?
@lychnis: I don't have any handy to test.
typically, carrot would be the highest at 10% carbs.
Root vegetables are usually higher in carbs than above ground veggies.
@jv: oh. so could they have close to rice bubbles then? how can you test them to know for sure that they don't?
how can you test them though?
Probably a biochemist or food scientist could do an accurate test.
@lychnis: but jv - what is the carb content of rice bubbles when they are cooked? C'mon, be fair !! :)
@lychnis: By one serve -
rice bubbles is 35g and it contains 136 calories. - 29.75 carbohydrate
carrots is 78g for 30 calories - 7 g carbohydrate
Cauliflower is 99 for 25 calories - 5 g carbohydrate
Capsicum is 148 for 25 calories - 6 g carbohydrate
Onion is 148 g for 45 calories - 11 g carbohydratehttps://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/nutrition-i…
@lychnis: I can't find any sort of definitive chart but the basic answer is that cooking doesn't affect the carbohydrate levels of vegetables.
However how you cook them might have some effect. If you tempura them then you are, likely, to increase their carbohydrate content.
I suspect that cooking vegetables in a way that reduced their water content would, effectively, increase their carbohydrate level per gram. However, you might, also, eat less because of the intensified flavour.
Time for you to hit Dr Google so you can come to your own conclusion.
@try2bhelpful: Yeah I was thinking that too but I couldn't see anything specific.
Like someone listed onions as 90% water. But if you cook them it seems like could end up closer to 90% carbs, depending on how crispy you like your onions!
@lychnis: I think the bigger problem is if you create onion rings or smother them in oil.
Frankly the whole thing is a lot more complicated than just carbohydrates anyway. It all depends on what is added as part of the creation of the meal. The holy grail is to make your meals as tasty as possible whilst making them as healthy as possible. I've never been a "food as fuel" believer, eating is part of the enjoyment of life.
Me I've got into the Ottolenghi recipes. You can adjust oil, etc, to meet your own requirements but they are very tasty and a good way to get vegetables into you.
https://ottolenghi.co.uk/recipes@try2bhelpful: if you're cooking food from fresh and are carb-curious/conscious, the only thing that matters is the amount of carbs per weight when raw. because that's how you buy and portion your food. You then gook it, and depending on how you cook it the carb content remains the same. The water content will (usually) reduce, and as @try2bhelpful says, the net "carbohydrate level per gram" will increase compared to when raw. But unless you can "buy" cooked zucchini for instance, I don't it being necessary to "know" the carbs per cooked serve of certain veggies
@shmahoo: I, suppose, the issue is not about carbs, per se, it is about getting a balanced diet taking everything into account.
JVs biggest problem is her kids rebelling and shoving her in an old people's home where cheap bulky foods, based mainly around carbs, are the order of the day. Hopefully, by then dementia will have set in so she won't care.
good for making rice bars/snacks?
Why didn't you get something healthy ?