Rosengarten Organic Muesli

While in Germany only 40% of the population cook every day, in Switzerland the number is 64%. And the Swiss not only cook more often, but also longer and with more enthusiasm. Every second person even calls cooking a hobby. Only about 10% see this as a duty. The Swiss are often said to be more bureaucratic and conservative. In the kitchen, however, they are extremely keen to experiment. The weekend in particular is the time for new recipes. However, this does not mean that traditional dishes are forgotten. On the contrary, the grandmothers' recipes, alongside Italian dishes, are among the absolute favourites of most amateur cooks.

The Swiss not only like to cook, they also have a special preference for sweets. Almost 200,000 tons of delicious Swiss chocolate leave the factories every year. However, just under 65% of them are exported abroad. On average, every Swiss person enjoys 11 kg of chocolate a year. Americans only eat half as much. Right after cheese, chocolate is the most famous luxury food from Switzerland. In solid form or melted as fondue, both are world famous. But there is another Swiss creation that is now eaten all over the world: muesli. Porridges made of ground grains were eaten in Europe already in the Neolithic Age. The forerunner of the muesli as we know it today, however, is just under 100 years old.

Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, doctor and nutrition reformer, is considered to be the inventor of the muesli. He had the idea for the muesli supposedly around 1900 when he stopped in an alpine cabin while hiking. There the dairymaid served him a raw food dish made of soaked oatmeal. Bircher was so enthusiastic about this that he developed an “apple diet meal” for the guests of his sanatorium afterwards. His creation consisted of grated apples, oatmeal, grated nuts, lemon juice and a tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk. At first, this apple meal was almost only found in the circles of the life reform movement. In the early 1920s, it was already on the menu in vegetarian restaurants. Over time, the name Bircher muesli became established. In Switzerland, ”Birchermues“ was a widespread dinner in the 1940s and 50s.

Bircher was an advocate of the vegetarian raw food nutrition. The grating of unpeeled apples was therefore indispensable for his recipe. But not everyone wanted to spend so much time on preparing the dish. That is why ready-mixes made of cereal flakes and dried fruits came onto the market as early as in the late 1940s. Since it was quick and easy to prepare, the muesli was also eaten more and more often in the morning. It only became a breakfast classic in the 1960s due to the hippie and environmental movement. As an alternative to bread with sausage or bread rolls with jam, muesli also became a symbol of resistance. You could differentiate yourself from the establishment and its breakfast habits. In the meantime, muesli is no longer a political statement, but a breakfast option for everyone. Unfortunately, many cereal mixes today contain tons of sugar. However, there is also another option.

The Organic Unsweetened Mueslis by Rosengarten completely do without added sugar. It is enough for the palate that the ingredients naturally contain sugar. The Rosengarten Organic Blueberry Vanilla Muesli Unsweetened is a mixture made of spelt flakes and wholemeal emmer flakes. Dried fruits such as sultanas, freeze-dried blueberries and raspberries give the muesli a natural sweetness. The flavour is rounded off with Bourbon vanilla. The Organic Apricot Quinoa Muesli Unsweetened contains wholegrain oatmeal, golden-yellow linseed and quinoa, among other ingredients. Dried apples and apricots ensure a pleasant aroma and a fruity component. In the Organic Apple Prune Muesli Unsweetened wholegrain oatmeal, spelt flakes and barley flakes are refined with dried apples, plums, Ceylon cinnamon and Bourbon vanilla.

In addition to its unsweetened organic mueslis, Rosengarten also has many other delicious varieties in its range. Organic Spelt Chocolate Dream is a spelt muesli with milk chocolate, dark chocolate, dried apricots and apples, spelt flakes and cinnamon - and no sultanas at all. For all those who like to flavour their own muesli, there is the Rosengarten Organic Basic Muesli. Wheat, barley, rye and wholemeal oat flakes form the basis of this mixture, which also contains linseed, sunflower seeds, amaranth and buckwheat. Rosengarten Organic Nut Muesli owes its irresistible flavour to roasted hazelnuts, almonds and cashew nuts as well as honey and Ceylon cinnamon. Whether with quark, milk, yoghurt or plant-based drinks, Rosengarten mueslis are always a delight.