Uncle Sam Skinner's Raisin Bran, Whole Wheat Berry Flakes and Rasinins, Cold Cereal, 13 Ounce, 4 Pack

This is America's first Raisin Bran. It dates back to 1926! I've been eating this cereal since I was a kid, when I could find it that is. It's different from any Raisin Bran most people have ever eat. Now, I don't go back that far, I mean 1926. I really like the fact that these are real whole wheat kernels and not the flattened flour stuff the other brands are made of. And they give you a lot of plump tender raisins too. It stays crunchy in your milk, as long as you don't fall asleep at the table, LOL. Go ahead try some! Amazon is the only place I can find this great cereal, and their price is very reasonable.

Holy Cow!, is this stuff terrible!.. Tastes like dirt. Or maybe cardboard. I bought the 4-pak, had one bowl out of the first box, threw that one and the other three in the garbage. Any granola-style cereal, or Raisan Bran, or Wheat Chex, or anything is better, and doesn't contain many more calories, fat, or carbs. Wouldn't buy it again, wouldn't buy anything of this brand. I know, I know, my South Beach Diet book recommended it. Can't imagine why. Most of the South Beach recipes and recommendations are pretty good, but not this one.

Nothing like the taste we remember from chilhood.Hoped to make the original delicious muffins. NOT.

The various names on the box are confusing, but this is the Skinner's Raisin Bran that we have liked since the 1970s (or earlier?). Excellent quality and taste. Raisins are fairly fresh, but I always add my own (Organic Raisins from Trader Joes).The organic version, called Erewhon, has really gone downhill. Rock-hard raisins and tasteless cereal. Avoid the Erewhon. Be sure it says "Skinners".UPDATE June 2019: All versions of Skinner's Raisin Bran are now equally bad. Stale raisins, poor cereal. I wrote to the company, now apparently owned by Post, and they sent me a gift cert. But the quality has not improved.

Typically, I LOVE this cereal because (1) it was the first Raisin Bran I ever ate and was provided to me by my beloved grandmother and (2) it doesn't become soggy within the first two minutes after milk is poured on it. However, for some reason that I do not quite understand, the bran flakes in the boxes of Skinner Raisin Bran that I ordered most recently are more like the former "sugar puffs" cereal - puffy, not crunchy. Yuck. I am hoping this was a fluke because I've got to get through four boxes of this stuff before I reorder. I'm going to give it one more try and hope that this was a mere processing error and not a conscious change on the part of Uncle Sam cereals. (If it ain't broke, don't fix it, please!)

I love the regular Uncle Sam cereal, which I buy through an Amazon subscription, so I thought I would try the Uncle Sam Raisin Bran. The raisin bran cereal is good, but I thought the raisins were awfully hard. Kinda like little pebbles lurking in the bowl. Dang. Still, I'll give it four stars because the cereal itself is good and if you leave the raisins at the bottom of the bowl so they can soak for a while, they soften up a little bit.

Since Albertson's pulled out of Miami, I've been unable to get this incredible cereal. But this online deal is very good, $4 a box is more than fair. The flake is minimally processed. You can see the imprint of the crushed bran seed in each one. The raisins are delicious and sweet and have no extra sugar added.I recommend trying the muffin recipe on the side of the box. It's the best bran muffin I ever made!!

Skinner's Raisin Bran was a staple in our household since the 50s. My Dad ate it almost every day and I grew up with it. In recent years, it's been more difficult to find in any stores locally, so as a fluke, I looked for it on Amazon. I was thrilled beyond belief to find it and my daughter, who remembers having cereal with her Grandpa, has spoken for a box. It didn't disappoint! It was the same great flavor that I remembered and I'm so happy to be able to get it again.