Some food questions

Various products in different countries have different brand names. You provided brand names for the products which might not be familiar to those in other countries, and they responded similarly.

The basic Canderel Red is a mix of artificial sweeteners something like Splenda and Equal together which is detailed on this web page: http://www.canderel.co.uk/canderel-red/sugarly

Marvel dried milk appears to be a standard dry powdered skim milk much like the Carnation or other brands you can buy in the stores here in the US. Probably not going to work in coffee as well as Coffee Mate does, but might be OK.

For the cereal, you might try Weetabix which is available everywhere on breakfast buffets in England. It has 10g of fiber per serving, just short of the Fiber One amount.

Thank you so much. I can use light cream or half and half in my coffee if necessary, go with the UHT or switch to tea for the duration!
Didn't realize that about General Mills; thanks. I will check into the other cereals.

I'm sure it will be an adventure, in more ways than one!!

I think the only US produced food items found universally these days are Coca Cola and McDonalds. Neither good for a diabetics diet. Or when I think of it, anyone's diet but I digress....

Might have to substitute Kellogg instead of General Mills for a bran cereal. http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/home.html.

I'd also take your own packets of Splenda.

As Emma says the groceries on amazon tend to be specialist that are not necessarily on general sale in the UK.

General Mills do not have a general presence in the UK, but according to wiki some of their cereals are available in the UK branded as Nestlé, Cheerios is one of these.

But as Emma points out the best sources for what is generally available here are the supermarket websites, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons, ASDA etc.

There is no sweet-n-low in England. I believe it hasn't passed their FDA inspections. But that doesn't deter me. I use it as my sweetener (I don't like pure sugar) and plan on bringing my own supply when I visit in July. I didn't care for their sugar substitute, it didn't really make the coffee sweet. I know, us American's have an unhealthy sweet tooth!

Sweet n Low is available--at least in Scotland. It was on the table at the Premier Inn.

My hotel room has canderel with sucralose in small tubes but that may only be made available in bulk to hotel/restaurants. Not something a B & B might be able to get.

Splenda is a brand name so you will be better off telling your hosts you need a sucralose based sweetener. Sucralose is available everywhere.

Almost every hotel I've stayed in has offered small pods of real UHT semi-skimmed milk instead of the fake stuff found in the States.

I don't think dried milk has less carbohydrates and sugar than the real stuff so why not just drink the real stuff? Cream and half/half is also available.

Sweet n Low is available over here, saw some the other day in a "caff", in pink packets.

We use Splenda (tablet and powder form) and you can buy it in most supermarkets/drug stores.

This site has links to the main supermarkets in the UK

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/

experience new things: local foods and local tastes, and wean yourself off the artificial sweeteners

I agree with trying some new brands/things as long as it doesn't harm your health. I could never stand instant coffee until I tried the little Douwe Egberts Gold tubes in London. I thought it was a-okay. Course, it helps that the water gets heated to the right temp in the UK!
Have a good trip!

I was about to say what Mrs EB said -- why don't you just buy your one little travel pack of Splenda (or whichever sugar substitute) and take it with you? then you'll have it not only for your B&B but if you go out for tea or coffee etc. Those small little containers are easy to stick in one's purse.

FWIW, Canderel is equivalent to Splenda (sucralose).

Thanks, everybody. I've written to my hostess and she will be providing me with soya or almond milk. It's for my cereal; I don't actually drink cow's milk at all. In addition to putting sucralose in my coffee/tea, I sprinkle it onto my cereal, because Fiber One is so godawful without something on top of it that it tastes like cardboard. LOL

The last time I visited England I didn't drink coffee at all, just tea, and I do remember putting milk in it, which is something I never do these days. Growing up I was always allowed coffee but only really began to drink it daily when I was over 30! These days the kind of tea I go for is herbal.

What an adventure this is going to be!

In the stores and on the table, Splenda is the yellow container, in tablets or powder, and Canderel is red. We use Splenda powder and Canderel tablets.

As said above, try Weetabix. You may never go back. (full disclosure - made just down the street from me and all the farmers locally sell premium wheat to them). Alpro almond milk is from the same gang.