2/21/08

Fruit Loops and Art



Today we went to the Brooklyn Museum for a kiddie story and some general kiddie fun. All is going well and then we get to the lets make patterns with blocks and cubes and HOORAY....Fruit Loops! Great, the last thing I want my kid eating is fruit loops...true they don't have to eat them, but who can resist the colors and the smells and the annoyingly perky helper telling them to eat the fake fruity loops! Argh. Just so you don't think I am some kind of food nazi being overly controlling of what my children are ingesting why don't you just peruse the nutritional facts/ingredients:


Kellogg's® Froot Loops® -
Multi-grain, fruit flavored loops cereal.
Good source of 8 essential vitamins and
minerals. Low fat.
Meets the requirement for 1 bread
serving. Made in U.S.A.
WHAT THE....???? So don't worry about
whole grain bread folks, my
kid had her serving of fruit loops.
Kosher YES- K /PAREVE
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 0.8 oz. (22.64 g)
Servings Per Case: 12
Amount per Serving
Calories: 90 Calories from Fat: 5
% Daily Value*
Total Fat: .5 g 1 %
Saturated Fat: 0 g 0 %
Trans Fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg 0 %
Sodium: 100 mg 4 %
Total Carbohydrate: 19 g 6 %
Dietary Fiber: g 0 %
Sugars: 10 g
Protein: 1 g
Vitamin A: 6 % Vitamin C: 15 %
Calcium: 0 % Iron: 15 %
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Ingredients

SUGAR; CORN FLOUR; WHEAT FLOUR;
OAT FLOUR; PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED
VEGETABLE OIL (ONE OR MORE OF:
COCONUT, COTTONSEED, AND SOYBEAN);
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; ZINC OXIDE; YELLOW #6;
TURMERIC COLOR; PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE
(VITAMIN B6); BLUE #1; RIBOFLAVIN
(VITAMIN B2); THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
(VITAMIN B1); ANNATTO COLOR; VITAMIN A
PALMITATE; BHT (PRESERVATIVE); FOLIC ACID;
VITAMIN B12; VITAMIN D

Need I say more?

2 comments:

fork said...

I like that fruity photo though and this blog- you guys my favorite natural family xooxxoxo
Fork

TnD said...

Welcome to the blogosphere. i will read every post, like a true blog stalker. You need to go pick up the book "In Defense of Food". In fact, I can even loan you mine. I think you will really enjoy it. It is all about nutritionism and how the nutrients people process in imitation food do not make the equivalent of actual food and the way the nutrients in them act synergistically together. Great read and made me never want to eat another imitation product, except maybe Oreos. They can't be that bad, can they?