So much for making the recipe more natural. People would rather eat artificial ingredients than give up vibrant colors.
The people have spoken. They've had enough of General Mills' attempts to make its breakfast cereal more natural and want the old version back. In a surprising announcement made last Thursday, the company said it would do precisely that -- reintroduce its classic Trix cereal, in all its artificial glory, because that's what people want.
[...] Ever since General Mills announced in 2015 that it would start phasing out artificial colors and flavors from all its cereals (an announcement that boosted sales by 6 percent in early 2016 and pleased many shoppers and scientists who have concerns about the health effects of these petroleum-sourced food dyes), there has been a parallel outpouring of protest from committed cereal lovers. People weren't happy with the way the cereal looked or tasted.
"Petroleum-sourced food dyes," it's what's for breakfast!
(Score: 2, Disagree) by stretch611 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @02:21AM (12 children)
Just make sure that you know which cereals are actually low in sugar.
It goes against common sense... when you actually look at the labels nearly all generic and brand name raisin bran have twice the sugar per serving than the majority of "sugar" cereals.
No joke... I do actually look at the nutrition labels...
Most sugar cereals per serving before milk...
1g Fiber
10-13g Sugar
20-25g Total Carb
Most Raisin Bran before milk...
4-5g Fiber
20-25g Sugar
45-50g Total Carb
Seeing how most cereals are also fortified, they all end up with roughly the same vitamins.
IMO, The extra Fiber in Raisin Bran while nice, is not worth all the extra sugar and carbs.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P
(Score: 4, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:12AM (1 child)
Not true. Perhaps you forgot to check the number of grams in the serving size? Once you normalize Post, General Mills, or Kellogg's Raisin Bran to a 27-32g serving size, it has about the same amount or a little less of sugar and calories as the sugar cereals. Not twice as much. If you divide the sugar by the weight, you get around 30-32%, comparable to the sugar cereals. Now, Raisin Bran is hardly the healthiest cereal. Grape-Nuts has comparable fiber and protein at less than 30% of the sugar content of Raisin Bran. But Raisin Bran is a better choice than Fruity Pebbles/etc.
Sugar Cereals
"Healthy" Cereals
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @07:24PM
Not to mention that most of the sugar in raisin brans come from the raisins.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:12AM (2 children)
Bob's Red Mill muesli http://www.bobsredmill.com/shop/cereals/granola-and-muesli/old-country-style-muesli.html [bobsredmill.com] Similar to Swiss Muesli. Comes in a plastic bag, no cardboard box comparisons... Much less sugar than cereals you mentioned, personally I find too much sugar cloying.
Nutritional Facts
Serving Size: 1/4 cup (35g)
Servings Per Container: 15
Amount Per Serving % Daily Value
Calories 140
Calories from Fat 25
Total Fat 2.5 g 4 %
Saturated Fat 0 g 0 %
Trans Fat 0 g 0 %
Cholesterol 0 mg 0 %
Sodium 0 mg 0 %
Total Carbohydrate 24 g 8 %
Dietary Fiber 4 g 16 %
Sugars 5 g N/A
Protein 4 g 8 %
Vitamin A 0 %
Vitamin C 0 %
Calcium 2 %
Iron 6 %
* Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Ingredients
Whole Grain Wheat, Dates, Sunflower Seeds, Raisins (Raisins, Sunflower Oil), Whole Grain Rye, Barley, Whole Grain Oats, Whole Grain Triticale (wheat), Almonds, Flaxseed and Walnuts.
*Manufactured in a facility that also uses tree nuts, soy, wheat, and milk
I buy enough of this cereal that I should probably buy stock in the company, but I haven't (yet).
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:20AM
Grape-Nuts Original (Post)
Serving 58g / 35g
Calories 210 / 126.8
Calories from Fat 10 / 6
Fiber 7g / 4.2g
Protein 6g / 3.6g
Sugars 5g / 3.0g
Carbs 47g / 28.4g
That's Grape-Nuts brought down to 35g serving size. Pretty comparable although I don't know about the taste. Grape-Nuts has been fortified massively in some areas... it has 90% DV for iron, for example.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:25AM
What I like about Bob's Red Mill is that they have gotten some relatively niche products into mainstream supermarkets, like their flours [bobsredmill.com]. Probably helped by the gluten-free craze.
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(Score: 2, Informative) by khallow on Tuesday September 26 2017, @03:24AM (4 children)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday September 26 2017, @04:06AM (3 children)
Definitely. Honeycomb with its puffed up and holey shape is 33g in 1.25 cups [postconsumerbrands.com]. Kix has 30g in 1.25 cups [generalmills.com].
Man, Kix has only 3 grams of sugar per serving? I remember it tasting pretty good for that level of sugar.
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(Score: 2) by steveha on Tuesday September 26 2017, @06:10AM (2 children)
Man, Kix has only 3 grams of sugar per serving? I remember it tasting pretty good for that level of sugar.
I remember a bunch of years ago they announced that they had reduced the amount of sugar in Kix while keeping it tasty. IIRC they said they were more or less spraying the sugar on the outside of the cereal balls, where you would really taste it, rather than mixing it in to the batter used to make those balls. But don't quote me, that's from memory and I have nothing to back it up.
I ought to buy some Kix now. Haven't had it in years. I usually eat cereals with lots of fibre.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @01:54PM (1 child)
That's... actually a good way to do healthy without sacrificing flavor.
Assuming it works.
I can't eat Kix though, my mom didn't let me eat anything but Kix, Cheerios and Rice Crispies for breakfast for years, and I can't eat any of them now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @01:55AM
Kix is doing something right. Much less sugar than most cereals but still tastes pretty sweet.
No fibre of course, and not exactly a balanced breakfast. I'm not claiming it's health food.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 26 2017, @04:49AM
So what?
there's sugar, but not much, in the flakes. Needed to help bind the flour to make the flakes.
There's definitely sugar in the raisins. LOTS of sugar. Inherent sugar. There are no low- or sugar-free raisins.
There is really no effective difference between sugars from dried fruits vs good ol' white crystal sugar. Except perhaps you get marginally other nutritional components from the dried fruit bits. fructose/glucose vs sucrose, blahblahblah. sugar is sugar.
The generic/store brand raisin bran tends to not put as much sugar on the raisins as Post or General Mills raisin brans cereal.
If you want a true low sugar cereal, there's some granolas that add very little sugar (Great Northern, in the milk box is one). Shredded Wheat (the big biscuits of it, not the mini shredded wheat that's got sugar frosting on it).
Or just eat some plain ol' Cheerios instead.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday September 29 2017, @04:40PM
Holy hell!
I mostly eat two kinds of cereal -- corn flakes and chex. The flakes are 3g sugar per 28g serving; chex are 2g per 27g. And I'd consider the corn flakes to be a fairly sweet cereal actually. Rice Chex are nice and bland, just how I like my food :P