Wild Oats Natural Waffles (frozen)

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Anyone else eat them??

My grocery store started carrying these a few weeks ago. I had purchased a pkg of Kashi frozen waffles and went to get more the following week and there were none. Instead they had this new brand I had never seen before. I took a chance and grabbed a box and I'm glad I did! They are super yummy and seem to be reasonably clean and good for you too!:9 :) :9 They have a couple different kinds but I've just been buying the (plain) homestyle ones. They are so good that I will often eat them absolutely plain! I am addicted! LOL

So who here is going to tell me that I am dilusional and that these waffles are NOT, infact, clean at all and are not nearly as healthy as I think they are!?!? I know *SOMEONE* is gonna spoil it for me so go ahead...make my day!:p



:7 ;) :7
 
The only way to eat a truly "clean" waffle is with butter and pure maple syrup. Eating them plain is just a dirty thing to do!

Cheryl
 
I wish I could find those or the Kashi. I loved the Kashi blueberry frozen waffles but cannot find them anymore. I thought they were pretty good for you. FAR better than Eggos!!!!

Mary
 
>The only way to eat a truly "clean" waffle is with butter and
>pure maple surup. Eating them plain is just a dirty thing to
>do!
>
>Cheryl

Cheryl speaks the truth. And none of that Aunt Jemima crap - only REAL maple syrup. :) :9
 
>The only way to eat a truly "clean" waffle is with butter and
>pure maple syrup. Eating them plain is just a dirty thing to
>do!
>
>Cheryl


:7 :7 :7 Good one! ;)
 
Hi Mary.

Kashi IS good for you! I think my store stopped selling them too. It's okay though as this new brand I found I actually like BETTER!:9

I hope you find a good replacement or that they put the Kashi brand back in stock for you!

Happy Waffling!:7
 
I just looked at the ingredients and it says organic white wheat flour and whole wheat flour so YES?? I don't know what "white wheat flour" is...anyone??
 
i just got the Food for Life Book. i read that the first ingredient should be whole wheat flour. wheat flour(refined) is the same as white flour.

laura
 
Grrrr-I knew it was too good to be true!!!

x( x( x(

Heck with it! I'm eatin' 'em anyway...I don't care cause they are YUMMY!

:9 :9 :9

My diet isn't 100% clean anyway so Phbbbbt!!!!!

:p :p :p
 
A question for those that are really up on what is "clean"...


Here are the ingredients for the Kashi Go Lean Waffles.. is the unbleached/unenriched wheat flour just white flour disguised? LOL

If so, why do they do this? they have WW flour as the 3rd ingredient.. why do they need this other stuff? They do still sound yummy and I think I will look for them in my supermarket!



Water, unbleached/unenriched wheat flour, whole wheat flour, wild blueberries, soy protein isolate, evaporated cane juice, red wheat bran, oat fiber, expeller pressed canola oil, chicory root fiber, Kashi® Seven Whole Grains and Sesame™ Flour (Stone ground whole: oats, hard red winter wheat, long grain brown rice, rye,triticale, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds), baking powder (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), natural flavors, soy lecithin, egg white powder, whey powder.

Allergen Statement: CONTAINS WHEAT, SOY, EGG AND MILK INGREDIENTS.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving Size: 2 Waffles (84g)

Amount/Serving %Daily Value**
Calories 170
Calories from Fat 25

Total Fat 3g* 5%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g 0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1.5g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 300mg 13%
Potassium 130mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 33g 11%
Fiber 6g 24%
Sugars 4g
Protein 8g
 
I'm with Cheryl and Evily on this one. A lil' waffle with a dab of butter and an itty bitty drizzle of REAL maple syrup....yum
 
Wendy-
I think that I might have good news for you. I believe that "white wheat" flour is not regular "white flour", but actually a whole grain flour made from "white wheat." It's actually a different type of wheat. As per my understanding it has the same *nutritional* profile as regular WW flour, but I don't know if it is actually as good for you as regular WW (i.e.-contains as much of the whole grain). But I DO know that it is better for you than white flour. Sometimes it's called "ultra-grain" flour. You can find bags of it in the baking aisle in most stores now, check it out the next time you're at the store and compare to a bag of WW flour.

It's popular b/c it is better for you, but it makes the food product taste more like that made with regular flour, with a similar consistency. I think it's part of what they use to make that Sara Lee bread to fool your kids (and some DH's), white bread that isn't "white."

Enjoy!
Mattea
 
> I don't know what
>"white wheat flour" is...anyone??
It's just regular old wheat flour (as in NOT whole wheat).
 
>Here are the ingredients for the Kashi Go Lean Waffles.. is
>the unbleached/unenriched wheat flour just white flour
>disguised? LOL
>

"Wheat flour" just means it comes from wheat. In order for it to be whole wheat (with bran and germ retained), it must say "whole" wheat flour. Unbleached means that, after the bran and germ were removed, the flour was not bleached to make it whiter.

As for 'unenriched,' usually white wheat flour replaces some of the nutrients removed when the bran and germ are removed with (usually synthetic) vitamins (but not all that are removed). In this case, none of the removed nutrients were replaced. Call me suspicious, but I wonder if this is because in "You, the owner's manual" (and on the Oprah show), Dr. Oz lists "enriched flour" as one of the ingredients you should avoid? (because it means it's not whole). I wouldn't put it past the makers of Kashi to do this: make their product sound healthier than it is, because I remember years ago, they used to call it "organic," but there was absolutely no organically grown certification listed, nor were the ingredients listed as 'organic'(just the promo on the front of the box). I figured that since the term was not regulated at the time, they took it to mean "not artificial."

>If so, why do they do this? they have WW flour as the 3rd
>ingredient.. why do they need this other stuff?
For taste, texture, keeping ability, maybe because these other ingredients are cheaper.

Looking at the ingredients, it does seem odd that they removed the fiber (the bran) of the wheat, then put some back in when they make the product.
 
>I believe that
>"white wheat" flour is not regular "white flour", but actually
>a whole grain flour made from "white wheat." It's actually a
>different type of wheat. As per my understanding it has the
>same *nutritional* profile as regular WW flour, but I don't
>know if it is actually as good for you as regular WW
>(i.e.-contains as much of the whole grain).

But it's still not listed as 'WHOLE white wheat flour" so it isn't whote grain.

There are different kinds of wheat: red winter wheat is one. Spring wheat is another, and that might be what they are callíng 'white wheat'? I've never heard it called that (but if the other is 'red,' then that might be the case).
 
I have been getting the "wheat free" version of Van's waffles. I have found them at Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Wegman's and I am sure other chains carry them as well. I really like them. They also have whole wheat versions:

Here are the ingredients for the organic regular waffles:
INGREDIENTS:

WATER, ORGANIC WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC WHEAT FLOUR, ORGANIC SOYBEAN OIL, ORGANIC PEAR JUICE SWEETENER, ORGANIC FLAX MEAL, BAKING POWDER (CALCIUM ACID PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH), SEA SALT, SOY ISOFLAVONES, SOY LECITHIN

They also have flavored waffles. Here is a link to the site. You can find the nutritional information for each kind here as well:

http://www.vanswaffles.com/organic.php

HTH
:)
 
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