Bircher Muesli with Heritage Grains

Yes, as long as you pay attention to the right ingredients. Oatmeal is the perfect base for your muesli, as it is made up of many soluble fibres called beta-glucans. They lower blood and cholesterol levels and ensure that you feel full for a long time. Berries provide your body with many important vitamins and minerals. Nuts, seeds and kernels are the ideal supplement for a healthy muesli, also contain many vitamins and are an excellent source of vegetable protein.

Beta-glucan is a fibre with a special effect. A daily dose of 3g of beta-glucan has been shown to reduce blood cholesterol levels and has many health benefits. One of the main sources of beta-glucan is oats. One portion of muesli (50g) provides about 0.6g of beta-glucan and therefore provides you with 20% of your daily beta-glucan requirement.

Quality and careful handling of all ingredients, from cultivation to processing, is our top priority. That's why we only use high-quality organic ingredients in our Verival Heritage Grains Mueslis. By growing original cereal varieties, we also contribute to the preservation of biodiversity and counteract the lack of varieties.

With the cultivation and use of so-called heritage grains, we want to make an active contribution to preserving biodiversity and counteracting the impoverishment of varieties. Original grains are indigenous grain varieties that were already being grown before industrialisation entered European agriculture. The plants are therefore left in their original, natural form and not altered by various breeding methods. Together with our organic contract farmers, we make sure that these grains are cultivated, cared for, harvested and processed in a gentle way.

The recipe comes from Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner, who spread the Bircher muesli more than 120 years ago. During a hike in Switzerland, where he comes from, the doctor was served a muesli mixture that was already very similar to Bircher muesli. His enthusiasm was so great that in 1900 he created his own perfected mixture and thus the famous Bircher Muesli. From then on, doctor Bircher-Benner served this healthy breakfast daily to his patients as a healthy dietary meal.