why you've got to read food labels!

[delfin]

So DH & I are at Costco, and we see the supersize box of Raisin Bran Crunch, figure why not?, and throw it in the cart. This a.m. I'm eating it, thinking how incredibly sweet it is, so decide to check the label. The first ingredient is RICE. The second ingredient is SUGAR. And I'm thinking, this is gotta be one of the worst things I can stick in my body first thing in the morning. I'm usually so good about reading label in the supermarket. Now I'm stuck with two megabags of cereal I won't eat.

 

[purple]

hi,
well can you mix it with other cereals like shredded wheat' bran which i believe does not have any sugar. When i buy cereals i look for the ones that have less five grams of sugar per serving.
violet

 

[LauraMax]

Oh I ALWAYS read labels. I do low carb & you just never know when they're gonna throw you a curve ball w/flour, wheat or sugar when you least expect it.

In fact, when I go to the grocery store & get prepared foods I ask about ingredients if they're not already listed in the case. There are some great grocery stores out there that completely mess up a meal by putting in fattening ingredients where they're completely unnecessary & in fact the food would taste better w/o them IMO.

Whole Foods is a classic example of this. They put some form of sugar or flour in almost everything. Granted it's the healthier sugars (not the high-fructose crap)--sometimes actual sugar, other times in forms like honey or some other kind of glaze. Also flour in lots of their sauces.

Send your megabags of cereal to your local homeless shelter, or a low-income daycare (you know, one of those WIC programs). It'll not only get eaten, it'll be appreciated.

 

[ShyWolf]

I was thinking along the same lines as LauraMax - donate it. Folks will appreciate you for that

 

[crazystepr]

I second Violet's suggestion to mix half of your bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch with a low sugar, high fiber one. It adds a little sweetness to an otherwise bland breakfast and you get the best of both worlds!
Of course, if you're not into that, Laura's suggestion to donate it is a goodie too....
Allison

 

[Mikkia]

I am shocked by what they put in foods. You have to read everything very carefully. I never paid that much attention until my son was born. He has egg, milk and wheat allergies. So I read every label, twice. One allergy that I didn't know he had was an allergy to sucrulose (Splenda). He has terrible GI problems with even a little. Do you know they put it in canned fruit and don't put it any where on the front of the can? Needless to say I about killed him giving him all of the "healthy" fruit laced with that nasty chemical. I just never thought that they would do that. I am sorry to go off on that but it scared me. Good luck getting rid of your raisin bran, is it opened? If not maybe a food bank would want it?

 

[kathryn]

> Do you know they put it in
>canned fruit and don't put it any where on the front of the
>can?

The front of boxes and packages is pretty much just advertising to get people to buy. The only place to find the truth about packaged foods (and a limited truth at that) is on the back of the package, on the nutrition facts and ingredients label.

Skippy's has a peanut butter they call 'Natural', but when you look at the ingredients, it contains sugar and palm oil.