I recently had a chance to sample Weight Watchers’ and FiberOne’s versions of blueberry muffins thanks to sample coupons from their respective PR agencies. I thought it would be fun to compare the two.
Fiber One Frozen Ready-to-Eat Muffins review
Pros:
- Delicious – sweet, moist, flavorful. As good as you’d get at a store bakery but without the guilt.
- Fairly inexpensive - $3.99 for 4 (about $1 each)
- High in fiber – 7 grams per muffin
- Calories/Weight Watchers POINTS – 180 calories and 3 POINTS
- Mostly made from “real” ingredients like sugar, whole wheat flour, rolled oats, eggs, etc. Click here for full nutrition information.
Cons
- Need to keep refrigerated or frozen. (There are Fiber One muffins that don’t need to be refrigerated. Here is the list.)
- High in fat – 4 grams per muffin
- High in sugar – 15 grams per muffin
- Inulin (for fiber) and invert syrup are used. The rest of the processed food list (contains 2% or less) are ingredients like fortified vitamins, high fructose corn syrup, guar gum, etc. Click here for full nutrition information.
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Weight Watchers Blueberry Muffins review
Pros:
Yummy – sweet and moist.
- Bigger – 3.3 ounces versus the 2.3 ounce Fiber One muffins
- Convenient – no need to refrigerate or keep frozen
- Calories/Weight Watchers POINTS – 190 calories and 3 POINTS
- Less fat – 2.5 grams per muffins
Cons:
- More expensive – 3 muffins for $3.19 ($1.06 per muffin)
- Highly processed – enriched wheat flour bleached is the first ingredient, followed by sugar, water, blueberries, nonfat milk, glycerin, whole eggs, soy fiber, dextrose, soybean oil, inulin, salt, leavening, and a bunch of stuff you need to have a degree in food chemistry to understand.
- High in sugar – 21 grams per muffin
- Low in protein – 2 grams per muffin
- Lower in fiber – 4 grams per muffin (full nutritional breakdown available at Walmart.com)
Winner in the diet muffin smackdown?
Neither!
While both are delicious and convenient, they’re both too processed for me. Still, they’re a tasty treat to have once in awhile when you are dying to have a baked good and don’t have time to bake up a batch of healthy, high fiber muffins or you’ve run out of 1 POINT super high fiber Vitalicious Blue Bran Vita Tops
However, if I had to pick between the two, I’d go with Fiber One Frozen Ready-to-Eat Muffins because they’re higher in protein and fiber and slightly less processed that the Weight Watchers muffins. I like that you have to keep them in the freezer, too.That way you’re not constantly reminded that you have muffins in the house every time you enter the kitchen. Out of sight, out of mind.
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Publicists for Weight Watchers and Fiber One sent me sample coupons to facilitate this review. I was also sent sample coupons to giveaway by Fiber One.
