Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Read The Label!


Shocking, isn't it. The following is the list of ingredients in Kellogg's Froot Loops cereal.

SUGAR; WHOLE GRAIN CORN FLOUR; WHEAT FLOUR; WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR; OAT FIBER; SOLUBLE CORN FIBER; PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (ONE OR MORE OF: COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OILS)†; SALT; SODIUM ASCORBATE AND ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C); NIACINAMIDE; REDUCED IRON; NATURAL ORANGE, LEMON, CHERRY, RASPBERRY, BLUEBERRY, LIME AND OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS; RED #40; BLUE #2; TURMERIC COLOR; YELLOW #6; ZINC OXIDE; ANNATTO COLOR; BLUE #1; PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6); RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2); THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1); VITAMIN A PALMITATE; BHT (PRESERVATIVE); FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN B12.

I am of the opinion that any food worth eating has five or fewer ingredients. Please read on for my revised list of ingredients for Froot Loops.

* Sugar
* Air
* Food Coloring
* Natural and artificial flavors
* Some indefinable abrasive stuff that renders the roof of your mouth raw and shredded.

Thank you, and enjoy.

5 comments:

Ed said...

Did you eat that?!?!?!?!?!

Bellona of Avalon said...

Worse than that, I allowed my child to eat it!

Ed said...

Argh

Anonymous said...

Dandelions! I have dandelions! Wow!

Bellona of Avalon said...

As a ps to this post, we have switched to the Malt-O-Meal brand and are eating Tootie Frooties. They're cheaper, arrive in less packaging, and do not contain the evil trans fats found in Froot Loops.