Who owns Ready Brek?
Bright Food
China’s Bright Food has bought a controlling stake in Weetabix, which owns the breakfast cereal brand as well as Alpen and Ready Brek. Bright Food will take a 60% stake in Weetabix in a deal that values the company at £1.2bn.
Is Ready Brek discontinued?
Ready Brek (stylized as Ready brek) is an oat-based breakfast cereal produced by Weetabix Limited. It is intended to be served hot, and comes in two varieties — ‘original’ and ‘chocolate’. Other variants were available but have since been discontinued.
Is Ready Brek healthy?
Ready Brek is good for a healthy diet because it contains calcium (for healthy teeth and bones), Vitamin D (for a healthy immune system), Oat Fibre (for a healthy digestion) and no added salt or sugar. Suitable for Vegetarians and those aged 6 months plus.
What is Ready Brek made from?
Ingredients. Wholegrain Rolled Oats (60%), Wholegrain Oat Flour (38%), Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Rivoflavin (B2), Vitamin B6, Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.
Who owns Weetabix?
Post Holdings
Westminster Acquisition LimitedLion Capital LLP
Weetabix Limited/Parent organizations
Is Ready Brek same as POrridge?
POrridge is just oats. Ready Brek has all sorts of other stuff in it. Ready brek is smoother and porridge is oatier. The ready brek is very powdery so it cooks more quickly.
Is Ready Brek just as good as porridge?
Ready Brek, which is made by Weetabix, is streets ahead of any sugary cereal but is not seen as being quite as good as other porridge. It appears as a mush because it is very finely milled. Regular porridge oats, such as those from Flahavan’s or Odlums, take longer for the body to digest.
Is Ready Brek better than porridge?
Ready brek is smoother and porridge is oatier. The ready brek is very powdery so it cooks more quickly. But it doesn’t take long to microwave porridge anyway and the difference in price is HUGE. Ready Brek has salt in, and lots of other crap I assume.
Is Weetabix a British company?
UK cereal brand Weetabix is to be snapped up by the US company Post Holdings in a deal worth £1.4bn. The breakfast cereal favourite, made in Britain since 1932, was put up for sale in January by China’s Bright Food which took a majority stake in 2012.
How many Weetabix factories are there in the UK?
The two Corby Weetabix factories are two of four in the UK. There are also large bases at Burton Latimer and Ashton-Under-Lyne in Manchester.
Is Ready Brek high in sugar?
Super smooth and with no added salt or sugar, start your day the Ready brek way… Rich in calcium, Source of vitamin D, No added sugar or salt and High oat fibre* *Vitamin D contributes to the normal function of the immune system.