How many calories in a bowl of muesli
A bowl of muesli has about 180 kcal before you add milk.
Portion
To burn it off
Muesli is oats, nuts and dried fruit, raw rather than baked. A bowl has 32 g of carbs, 5 g of protein and 3 g of fat.
Unlike granola, it isn't baked with oil and sugar, so it's lighter for the same bowl. The Swiss invented it as a health food and they weren't wrong.
The milk is extra. A splash doesn't change much, a full bowl of whole milk adds a fair bit.
Tips
- 1Pick a no added sugar muesli, the dried fruit is sweet enough.
- 2Soak it overnight in milk or yoghurt for Bircher muesli, it feels like more.
- 3Use a smaller bowl, muesli likes to expand to fill whatever you pour it in.
Where it comes from
Swiss doctor Maximilian Bircher-Benner created muesli around 1900 for the patients at his clinic in Zurich, where he believed raw food healed. His original was oats soaked in water with lemon juice, condensed milk, grated apple and nuts. He is said to have got the idea from a dish served to him on a hike in the Alps. Muesli is Swiss German for a little mash.
Where does our food come from? · Source: SWI swissinfo.ch, Muesli celebrates a century of good health
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Questions
Is muesli lower in calories than granola?
Usually, yes. Granola is baked with oil and sugar, muesli isn't.
How many calories in muesli with milk?
The muesli is about 180 kcal. Add your milk on top of that.
Is muesli high in protein?
Not very, about 5 g in a bowl. Yoghurt on top helps.
How many calories in Bircher muesli?
Soaked in a pot of plain yoghurt (about 95 kcal), a bowl is around 275 kcal. With 150 ml of semi skimmed milk instead it's about 250.
Is muesli gluten free?
Not usually. Oats are often grown and processed alongside wheat, and many mueslis add wheat or barley flakes too. Look for one labelled gluten free.
