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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / January 2007Is this stuff healthy?
At the grocery store, I noticed a pancake mix called Frontier Flapjack & Waffle Mix. The front of the carton says "Baker Mills", "Kodiak Cakes","100% Whole Grains", "Whole Wheat, Oat & Honey", "Add Water Only", "No Added Fat, No Cholesterol, No Added Sugar". The ingredients are: 100% whole grain wheat flour, 100% whole grain oat flour, non-fat dry milk, dry honey (honey, wheat starch), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate), egg whites and salt. (It bothers me that it says "100% whole grain wheat flour" instead of "100% whole wheat flour".) Serving size is 1/3 cup and the nutrition chart says, per serving: Calories: 130; Calories from Fat: 10 Total Fat: 1g; % Daily Value: 2% Saturated Fat: 0g; % Daily Value: 0% Trans Fat: % Daily Value: 0% Cholesterol: 0mg; % Daily Value: 0% Sodium: 216mg; % Daily Value: 9% Total Carbohydrate 27g; % Daily Value: 9% Dietary Fiber: 4g; % Daily Value: 15% Sugars: 2g Protein: 7g It concerns me that under Trans Fat, above, it does not list a % grams, just the % Daily Value. Is this the gimmick the FDA permits in advertisements, i.e., if the product has less than X% trans fat, they don't have to list it? Is this just another junk flour junk food? They have a web site if you're interested: http://www.kodiakcakes.com Any comments? Thanks. > At the grocery store, I noticed a pancake mix called Frontier Flapjack > & Waffle Mix. The front of the carton says "Baker Mills", "Kodiak [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > egg whites and salt. (It bothers me that it says "100% whole grain > wheat flour" instead of "100% whole wheat flour".) Whole grain is better than whole wheat flour - you want the entire grain. > Serving size is 1/3 cup and the nutrition chart says, per serving: > Calories: 130; Calories from Fat: 10 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > don't have to list it? Is this just another junk flour junk food? They > have a web site if you're interested: http://www.kodiakcakes.com Given the ingredient list, you will find no trans fats or at most, extremely little and that present will be naturally occurring. Yes there is a lower threshold that does not need to be reported - I don't recall the fraction of a percent that it must be above. The product looks like it should be pretty healthy.  Signature__________ "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." H.L. Mencken (1880 - 1956) > At the grocery store, I noticed a pancake mix called Frontier Flapjack > & Waffle Mix. The front of the carton says "Baker Mills", "Kodiak [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > don't have to list it? Is this just another junk flour junk food? They > have a web site if you're interested: http://www.kodiakcakes.com What do you want it to say? 0.1% DV for trans fat? There is a cut-off below which they can say 0%, probably 0.5%. That means that a serving has 1/200th of the DV of trans fat. Values that low are irrelevant. BTW, the food is not healthy. It's dead. To be healthy, you have to be alive. It is, however, healthful. Jeff > Any comments? Thanks. You are quite an a.shole. > <sberne...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1169165384.563682.256480@s34g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > Any comments? Thanks.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - I guess that's why I didn't see "Jeff's" post: he's already in my bozo filter. sbernelli@hotmail.com wrote in part: >You are quite an a.shole. > [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >> >> > Any comments? Thanks.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text - -- Jim Chinnis Warrenton, Virginia, USA |
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