New Product Review:

Compleats Good Mornings Meals

Reviewed by Mr Breakfast on 1/20/2014

I have to declare shenanigans and false advertising on this one. I hope Hormel pays their photographers and food stylists a lot of money. They pulled off a miracle by making these products look vaguely appetizing on the packaging. They actually turn out looking like slop. The good news is that they taste better than they look.

I tried two kinds of Compleats Good Morning Meals:





Sausage Gravy & Roasted Potatoes

This was the better of the two I tried. It's real appearance might be best described as runny with chunks. The potatoes will remind you of canned potatoes like those in Campbell's Chunky Soups. The gravy is actually flavorful and has a little heat to it.

Unfortunately when you compare this to homemade or restaurant-served potatoes and gravy, this product tastes plain weird. That weirdness subsides a little as you eat more. Maybe you start to forget what the real stuff tastes like. Sadly though, the appearance and initial taste makes this a must-avoid product.





Sausage Breakfast Scramble

Whereas the Sausage Gravy & Roasted Potatoes were weird, this product is SUPER weird - almost unbelievably so. The eggs - which taste nothing like eggs - have the structure of crumbled tofu. The potatoes and sausage which were barely acceptable in the other product are obscured by the mysterious, artificial flavor of the so-called eggs.

The only reason I'm not giving these products the lowest score possible is because I like camping and hiking. If you need to carry hot meals that requires no refrigeration, consider fitting these in your backpack. That is the only situation in which these products are anywhere close to acceptable... in the wild when you're starving.

Nutritional Considerations:

A one-package serving of Sausage Gravy & Roasted Potatoes Compleats has 350 calories, 25 grams total fat (9 grams saturated and 0 grams trans), 55mg cholesterol, 670mg sodium, 21 grams total carbs, 0 grams dietary fiber, 3 grams sugar and 10 grams protein.

A one-package serving of Sausage Breakfast Scramble Compleats has 350 calories, 26 grams total fat (10 grams saturated and 0 grams trans), 480mg cholesterol, 920mg sodium, 8 grams total carbs, 1 gram dietary fiber, 2 grams sugar and 17 grams protein.

The price we paid: $2.79