How much fiber do you need every day? At least 25 grams for a healthy diet, experts say. Who knew? Fiber One® folks knew, since the Original Bran Cereal contains 14 grams per 1/2 cup. (I'm a daily Fiber One® user, have been for a very long time.) Do you know how much fiber you eat every day?
Fiber One® recently rolled out many new, great-tasting cereals, chewy bars, toaster pastries, yogurt and even cottage cheese, all in an effort to get us to eat more fiber. And now, there's an interactive web site and online game that puts fiber in the spotlight and players’ fiber expertise to the test by playing the Fiber One® Fiber Friend Face-Off. This new, game-show style online game is available at www.fiberfriendfaceoff.com, only until April 11, 2009. I just tried it, it's really fun to create your own avatar. (and, you can change it!) I can't wait to go in every day and see how much fiber I'm getting.
“Many people don’t know how much fiber they need each day, and the game is an entertaining way to learn about this important nutrient,” said Tanya Zuckerbrot, registered dietitian and author of The F-Factor Diet™. “The Fiber Friend Face-Off also helps show that there are easy ways to get fiber with smart and delicious food choices, such as Fiber One® yogurt and convenient Fiber One® chewy bars.”
The Fiber One® Fiber Friend Face-Off introduces players to a game-show stage, where they face-off against weekly opponents to reach the daily recommended grams of fiber. After creating a personal avatar, players select foods from the pantry, which is filled with fiber-rich and other foods. As participants select foods, the Fiber One Fiber Friend Face-Off game show scoreboard adds up the number of grams per serving of each food item and reveals the grand total. The player first to reach the fiber Daily Value wins the game. Players can download Fiber One coupons for Fiber One yogurt, snack bars, breakfast cereal, toaster pastries, muffin mix and pancake mix.
Players are also entered into a sweepstakes for daily prizes (cash card worth $50), weekly prizes (Flip Video™ camcorder) and one grand prize luxury spa getaway for two. All visitors are entered into the sweepstakes by logging in (one entry per day), and participants will receive five additional sweepstakes entries each day they play.
Each 4-ounce cup of Fiber One® yogurt contains 5 grams of fiber – 20 percent of the Daily Value of fiber. Fiber One® yogurt comes in great- tasting Strawberry, Vanilla, Peach and Key Lime Pie. Each cup has only 80 calories, 0 grams of fat, is a good source of calcium and vitamins A and D.
www.fiberone.com or www.yoplait.com.
While you're on the sites, visit the recipe section for the latest high-fiber recipe creation using cereal or yogurt, created right here in the Betty Crocker Kitchens.