Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? - Page 2

WI Mama05 · 04-25-2012, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Bumblebee

it was just something i hadn't known...i never said i doubted it.

now i do.

I in no way meant my post to sound snarky. I didn't doubt you at all

Just annoyed by our food choices.

charla · 04-25-2012, 09:57 AM

I am incredibly bummed by Kashi.

4MKfam · 04-25-2012, 09:58 AM

Ezekiel 4:9 is my fave --I'd be shocked if that had GMO ingredients in it, but I've been buying grape-nuts lately since it's a fair bit cheaper. Not as good nutritionally, but it's fiber and whole grain and very low sugar. The kids like cheerios and Honey Bunches of (sugar and) Oats

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I guess it's time to introduce the fam to the beauty of steel-cut oatmeal

. Thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into that.

hey mommy · 04-25-2012, 09:59 AM

I'd love to buy all non-gmo cereal(and everything else), but my grocery budget is stretched to it's limits already. I can get a giant box of Kellogs mini-wheats for the same price as a reg. size box of organic cereal, and it lasts a whole lot longer. It sucks, but that's the nature of the beast.

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Originally Posted by charla

I am incredibly bummed by Kashi.

Me too.

Bumblebee · 04-25-2012, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WI Mama05

I in no way meant my post to sound snarky. I didn't doubt you at all

Just annoyed by our food choices.

I'm sorry that I read you wrong...i agree, it is annoying!

fireweedmama · 04-25-2012, 10:04 AM

Then Kashi no longer offers organic options? I'm pretty sure GMOs are not allowed in certified organic stuff.

Auroras mom · 04-25-2012, 10:07 AM

We very rarely get a box of organic O's. I think those are GM-free.

NeshamaMama · 04-25-2012, 10:46 AM

Ever since I read about the study where rats fed the cardboard from the cereal boxes lived longer and had less side effects than the rats who were fed the whole grain cereal, I'm more than a little put off by it.

But I will also fully admit that cereal is my #1 guilty pleasure SAD binge food. I keep it on hand when I get it for pennies with coupons and occasionally I give dd a bowl in the morning to tide her over until I can make "real breakfast" (eggs), or I eat it as a snack in the afternoon. I'm not fooled into thinking that there are any "healthy choices" out there though - they're ALL produced using high temp extrusion, except for the Ezekiel 4:9 cereal, which I think is really more like granola...

hey mommy · 04-25-2012, 10:50 AM

Well, I don't know what else to make my oldest for breakfast, so he eats cereal. And he's fine with it.

Allison · 04-25-2012, 11:00 AM

Not a lot of time to explain, so check out this post.

I do not buy boxed breakfast cereal anymore. When I couponed, I did, because it was nearly free or completely free. It's not worth it, though.

HomeWithMyBabies · 04-25-2012, 11:04 AM

When we were eating cereal it was Nature's Path Mesa Sunrise organic. I assumed with most of the ingredients being organic it was non GMO, although I'm not sure if it said that specifically. Then we went to Bob's Red mill oatmeal, now we're off cereal/oatmeal completely.

Rabbit · 04-25-2012, 11:09 AM

If it isn't organic, and it contains corn or soy, you can pretty much guarantee it contains GMO products. That's what is "affordable" in the food supply.

Kashi makes a couple of certified GMO free lines, and a couple of certified organic lines. The rest uses conventionally grown (which now means GMO) ingredients.

mommylove · 04-25-2012, 11:25 AM

subbing for ideas until I can figure out how to get cereal out of our lives, too. My kids love the Kashi line.

In a perfect world, my kids would love homemade granola.

everydaygrace · 04-25-2012, 11:25 AM

I have been moving away from it. I was never a big cereal eater. DH eats it the most and he won't change that. Ds was starting to and I've been moving away from that as much as possible. Now he usually only eats cereal when DH gets up with him, which has been more and more often lately. I avoid it for the same reasons of others. The rat study, etc.

Being pregnant, our eating has changed a lot though. I have no energy to cook so it's whatever keeps out from spending money at restaurants at this point. Today it will be baked potatoes for dinner, but some nights it's ramen.

I had gotten away from the yucky stuff pre-preg though, and know we will again next year once we get settled with the new baby.

Elora · 04-25-2012, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Allison

Not a lot of time to explain, so check out this post.

i was afraid of this

i was REALLY hoping there could be just be ONE THING my kids can eat that I don't have to make myself

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Originally Posted by Rabbit

Kashi makes a couple of certified GMO free lines, and a couple of certified organic lines. The rest uses conventionally grown (which now means GMO) ingredients.

thx for this info

my next post...
do i want my $ going to kashi?

i'm really *trying* to spend more wisely. (whereas previously i didn't have the financial ability to take much into consideration ...diary free and cheap were my only criteria)

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04-25-2012, 09:58 AM	#18
4MKfam Rose Garden Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 4,758	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? Ezekiel 4:9 is my fave --I'd be shocked if that had GMO ingredients in it, but I've been buying grape-nuts lately since it's a fair bit cheaper. Not as good nutritionally, but it's fiber and whole grain and very low sugar. The kids like cheerios and Honey Bunches of (sugar and) Oats . I guess it's time to introduce the fam to the beauty of steel-cut oatmeal . Thanks for the heads-up. I'll look into that.

04-25-2012, 10:04 AM	#21
fireweedmama Rose Trellis Micah 6:8 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,130	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? Then Kashi no longer offers organic options? I'm pretty sure GMOs are not allowed in certified organic stuff. __________________ A, married to E (7/7/01), mama to Raindrop (2/8/08) and Dewdrop (8/24/12)

04-25-2012, 10:07 AM	#22
Auroras mom Rose Garden Bringing wacky back Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 9,730	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? We very rarely get a box of organic O's. I think those are GM-free. __________________ Mom to dd 2006, and a number of angel babies "You make beautiful things You make beautiful things out of dust You make beautiful things out of us You make things new You are making me new" - Gungor

04-25-2012, 10:46 AM	#23
NeshamaMama Rose Garden Formerly emilik :) Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southeast CT Posts: 3,756	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? Ever since I read about the study where rats fed the cardboard from the cereal boxes lived longer and had less side effects than the rats who were fed the whole grain cereal, I'm more than a little put off by it. But I will also fully admit that cereal is my #1 guilty pleasure SAD binge food. I keep it on hand when I get it for pennies with coupons and occasionally I give dd a bowl in the morning to tide her over until I can make "real breakfast" (eggs), or I eat it as a snack in the afternoon. I'm not fooled into thinking that there are any "healthy choices" out there though - they're ALL produced using high temp extrusion, except for the Ezekiel 4:9 cereal, which I think is really more like granola... __________________ Emili (INFJ, T2/4) wife to Christopher (INTP) Mama to Mayah Evangeline (01/10) and Miriam Anneliese (05/12) Living simply and loving my God!

04-25-2012, 10:50 AM	#24
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04-25-2012, 11:00 AM	#25
Allison Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: just exactly where I should be Posts: 6,741	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? Not a lot of time to explain, so check out this post. I do not buy boxed breakfast cereal anymore. When I couponed, I did, because it was nearly free or completely free. It's not worth it, though. __________________ Allison Blessed mother of my three sons: 22, 20, 18 Grateful for GCM since 2004

04-25-2012, 11:04 AM	#26
HomeWithMyBabies Rose Garden Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 24,062	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? When we were eating cereal it was Nature's Path Mesa Sunrise organic. I assumed with most of the ingredients being organic it was non GMO, although I'm not sure if it said that specifically. Then we went to Bob's Red mill oatmeal, now we're off cereal/oatmeal completely. __________________ Mom of 3

04-25-2012, 11:09 AM	#27
Rabbit Deactivated You know how we say, "It works both ways!" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Neighborhood Posts: 39,704	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? If it isn't organic, and it contains corn or soy, you can pretty much guarantee it contains GMO products. That's what is "affordable" in the food supply. Kashi makes a couple of certified GMO free lines, and a couple of certified organic lines. The rest uses conventionally grown (which now means GMO) ingredients.

04-25-2012, 11:25 AM	#28
mommylove Rose Garden Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9,120	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? subbing for ideas until I can figure out how to get cereal out of our lives, too. My kids love the Kashi line. In a perfect world, my kids would love homemade granola. __________________

04-25-2012, 11:25 AM	#29
everydaygrace Climbing Rose Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: SW Virginia Posts: 1,173	Re: Do you buy cereal? Does it contain Monsanto's genetically modified ingredients? I have been moving away from it. I was never a big cereal eater. DH eats it the most and he won't change that. Ds was starting to and I've been moving away from that as much as possible. Now he usually only eats cereal when DH gets up with him, which has been more and more often lately. I avoid it for the same reasons of others. The rat study, etc. Being pregnant, our eating has changed a lot though. I have no energy to cook so it's whatever keeps out from spending money at restaurants at this point. Today it will be baked potatoes for dinner, but some nights it's ramen. I had gotten away from the yucky stuff pre-preg though, and know we will again next year once we get settled with the new baby. __________________ Wife to Jack of All Trades since 2007. Mama to WiggleWorm (DS, 6/2010) and Snugglebug (DD, 12/12).

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