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So then, what are my two main reasons for disrespecting Cherrios?First four ingredients: Whole grain oats (includes the oat bran), modified corn starch, trisodium phosphate and wheat starch. Ingredients are always listed in the order of amount - so the ingredient which makes up the largest part of the cereal is listed first. But there's no way to know if the largest part is 99% or 30%... it's just never listed.
Yup, whole grain oats is a positive for many people (unless you are gluten-sensitive). However, a lot of breakfast cereal is still processed through equipment that extrudes it into the round "o" shape... or flakes or whatever. So it bears little resemblance to actual whole oats (think oatmeal here). But fundamentally this is an important first ingredient.
One of my issues is the type of processing that the main ingredients go through to become cereal. People living with chronic pain benefit from choosing whole foods as much as possible. Cereal just isn't a whole food!
So then, what are my two main reasons for disrespecting Cherrios?First four ingredients: Whole grain oats (includes the oat bran), modified corn starch, trisodium phosphate and wheat starch. Ingredients are always listed in the order of amount - so the ingredient which makes up the largest part of the cereal is listed first. But there's no way to know if the largest part is 99% or 30%... it's just never listed.
Yup, whole grain oats is a positive for many people (unless you are gluten-sensitive). However, a lot of breakfast cereal is still processed through equipment that extrudes it into the round "o" shape... or flakes or whatever. So it bears little resemblance to actual whole oats (think oatmeal here). But fundamentally this is an important first ingredient.
One of my issues is the type of processing that the main ingredients go through to become cereal. People living with chronic pain benefit from choosing whole foods as much as possible. Cereal just isn't a whole food!
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