Straight Outta Dorset...

There's lots of good things come out of Dorset, not least Dorset Cereals, who make rather nice muesli, which is now available in bar form for on the move consumption.

The bars are based on the company's three most popular muesli recipes -  Berries & Cherries, Fruit, Nuts & Seeds and Super High Fibre - and made with the same toasted flakes, nuts, seeds and plump dried fruit as the mueslis and held together with naturally sweet agave nectar. There are no artificial sweeteners or added salt, just straightforward 'real ingredients'.

We've had samples of the Berries and Cherries and Super High Fibre bars on test and they're really rather nice in a wholesome and not oversweet way, rather like a bar made from top quality muesli in fact, so no great surprise there.

There's just enough moistness to keep them palatable, but no cloying sweetness or stickiness. Nutritionally they vary slightly according to the variety - the fibre one contains 16 per-cent fat compared to 4.9 per-cent for the berries for example - along with 9.6 per-cent protein compared to 5.7 per-cent, but the mix of oats, dried fruit, wheat flakes, nectar and more works well for active use and is a slower burning alternative to choccy bars and less chewy than some dedicated sports energy bars.

Price is 99p per 35g bar or £2.19 for a box of three bars, so not cheap, but tasty. Available from the likes of Waitrose and Tesco or direct from www.dorsetcereals.co.uk