SLIM PICKINGS

belVita Pumpkin Spice
belVita Pumpkin Spice

Spotted: new flavors of some of our go-to brands on grocery store shelves.

BelVita Breakfast Biscuits Pumpkin Spice: Unlike the latte-sipping world, we don't crave pumpkin for breakfast. That being said, these mildly spicy biscuits reminiscent of subtle gingersnaps are mellow enough for autumn mornings.

(One packet of four biscuits contains 230 calories and 8 fat, 36 carbohydrate, 3 fiber, 11 sugar and 4 protein grams; more information at belvitabreakfast.com.)

Nature Valley Breakfast Biscuits, Lemon Poppy Seed: These mild, citrusy breakfast cookies are the first of their kind. Now, if only poppy seeds were kind to teeth first thing in the morning.

(One pouch of four biscuits contains 230 calories and 9 fat, 33 carbohydrate, 4 fiber, 10 sugar and 4 protein grams; more information at naturevalley.com.)

Fiber One Soft Baked Peanut Butter Cookie: We were sure we'd enjoy this individually wrapped Fiber One cookie as much as we like the others (in a variety of chocolate, sugar and oatmeal flavors). But the off-putting Peanut Butter version just didn't butter us up.

(Each cookie contains 120 calories and 5 fat and 20 carbohydrate, 5 fiber, 9 sugar and 1 protein gram; more information at fiberone.com.)

-- Jennifer Christman

Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email:

jchristman@arkansasonline.com

ActiveStyle on 10/05/2015

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