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My 14YO Thinks Everyone Should Know This About Grape-Nuts

4/14/2014

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I do my best to keep my kids versed on current events.  I cut clippings from the Wall Street Journal.  I make them listen to talk radio.  I'm trying to raise educated kids.  So I had to show my 14 YO how consumers are being shorted at the grocery store.
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Grape-Nuts now carry a "Certified GMO Free" label.  We're a big Grape-Nuts family, and I also had a box of the old fashioned grape nuts in the cupboard.  At first glance, the boxes look identical except for the Non GMO Project Verified Label in the corner.  Same size box, same labels, just the one minor change in the lower left hand corner.


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The expiration dates are less than a month apart, so I didn't pull out something from a few years ago.  These boxes were purchased within two weeks of each other, but they are not the same product.  I always have Grape-Nuts in my cupboard.  It's a staple in my family.


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First of all, the Non-GMO box is only 20.5 oz, where the old box is 24 oz.  I am not price sensitive to Grape-Nuts.  I don't like the store brand, Nutty Nuggets, so I always buy Grape-Nuts, even if they're not on sale, and Grape-Nuts are rarely on sale.  I didn't keep track of what I paid for the boxes.  My fault.  I hope Post Foods responds with a confirmation that they have dropped the price 15%, just like the box size fell 15%.


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When you read the ingredient list, it's the same 7 ingredients, until you get down to the "Vitamins and Minerals" section.  Now the Non-GMO Grape-Nut list is significantly smaller.  There's no vitamin D, vitamin B12, riboflavin (B2), or vitamin A palmitate on the Non-GMO box. 

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When you read the nutrition label, you can see the Non-GMO box has fewer, or no vitamins, in 4 different vitamins and minerals, compared to the old formulation of Grape-Nuts. 

So the box is smaller, and there are fewer vitamins and minerals in the newly formulated Non-GMO Grape-Nuts.  My 14 YO could not believe Post Cereals could do that.  "Why aren't people mad?" he asked.  So I'm telling all of you, and are you mad enough to let Post know, go to postfoods.com and ask them why they are making their cereals less nutritious? 

Anti-GMO advocates argue that genetic modification has never been proven safe, even though we've been consuming them for over 20 years.  Here I have proof that a non-GMO product is WORSE for you than the old fashioned version. 

We need to ask Post Foods how they can still label Grape-Nuts "The Original Cereal" when clearly the new version is not the original.  It may taste and look the same, but there are missing vitamins and minerals.


I'm going to try Nutty Nuggets for a few weeks.  Change is good, and Post Foods, you lost a customer.  I actually have 3 boxes of Grape-Nuts in my cupboard, bought before I recognized the change. My last three boxes....
8 Comments
Sue Gookin link
2/15/2016 01:54:14 am

Also wondered if there was going to be farmers, you can see a piece of land that used to be farming, and then some companies putting a building on the land.

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Diana Tuggle link
3/1/2017 08:13:11 am

Thank you for your POST LOL Sorry, couldn't resist. Big Grape Nuts family here too. Every day. Didn't realize this, but we also are fans of the Nutty Nuggets at Kroger. They are just as good to me, and you know the kids can't tell the difference!

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Betsy Jensen
3/1/2017 08:34:01 am

We have made the transition to Nutty Nuggets. It was hard at first, but we made it through. This is what the CEO of Pepsi, Indra Nooyi has said about food choices: “The consumer has turned the definition [of healthy] upside down,” she says. “If it is non-GMO, natural, or organic, but high in sodium and high in sugar and fat, it’s okay.” I wish consumers would take time to read labels, and not just the ones that proclaim "All Natural" or "Non-GMO." I mean the real labels on the side of the package.

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Kaylynn poland
8/10/2017 07:31:18 am

Noticed how small box is. Ridiculous. Why doesn't box open with pull up on side any more

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Casey
9/7/2018 06:12:13 pm

Thanks for the post. I didn't notice the changes in fortification or package size before. However, I disagree that we should panic and boycott the brand because there are fewer added vitamins and minerals under the argument that it's no longer "the original". I'm confident the "original" from 1890 had no added vitamins so ... maybe it's becoming more original?

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Linda
2/25/2019 12:53:32 pm

Thanks for the post. I googled a little and found out it may be the vitamins were from GMO or couldn't be shown to be non-GMO. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/12/05/368248812/why-did-vitamins-disappear-from-non-gmo-breakfast-cereal
Added vitamins aren't always a good thing for all people. See for example, "Iron Overload" & "folic acid MTHFR mutation". I'd rather have the food without added vitamins, and add my own vitamins if needed, or at least an honest explanation of why they add the vitamins in light of these potential issues. An organic version of Grape-Nuts would be a nice option, too.

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Adam
12/8/2020 04:17:13 pm

Thanks I'm switching from Grapenuts to Nutty Nuggets.

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Delores C. Sheppard
10/1/2021 03:21:56 pm

Just saw this. They don't taste the same either.

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