Re: Total cereal (was Raw Oysters)

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RJB: I appreciate your analyzing this for me (and any others). The salt

doesn't look too bad, but Total has some sugar, corn syrup and few other

things that would make some CRONIES cringe. I eat 3/4 cup (a portion size).

And on behalf of the entire list, thanks for the new recipe for our files!!

So here goes:

Ingredients:

Whole Grain Wheat

Sugar

Calcium Carbonate

Whole Grain Brown Rice

corn syrup

Salt (190 mg per serving)

Lactose

Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil (Yikes!)

Distilled Monoglycerides

Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate)

Beet Juice concentrate and to Extract color

Zinc and Iron

Vitamin E (Tocopheryl Acetate)

Niacinamide (a B vit)

Calcium Pantothenate (a B vit)

Pyridoxine Hydrochloide (a B vit)

vitamin B2 (Riboflavin)

vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate)

Folic Acid

vit a (Palmitate)

Vit B12

Vitamin D

BHT (to preserve freshness)

Vit A 10%

Vit C 100%

Calcium 100%

Iron 100%

Vit D 10%

vit E 100%

Thiamin 100%

Riboflavin 100%

Niacin 100%

Vit B6 100%

Folic Acit 100%

vit B12 100%

Pantothenic Acid 100%

Phosphorus 8%

Magnesium 6%

Zinc 100%

Copper 4%

total fat 1g

cholesterol 0

Sodium 190mg

Potassioum 90mg

total carbs 23 g

dietary fiber 3g

sugars 5g

other carbs 15 g

Protein 2g

on 8/6/2002 2:16 AM, rjb at rjb112@... wrote:

> Regarding the question about eating " Total " for

> breakfast, I would like to see the list of ingredients

> from the box before I fully tackle that question.

> Would it be possible for you to type out the

> ingredient list from the box, exactly as the box has

> it (the order of the ingredients is very important,

> because they are listed in order from most to least)?.

>

> I would also like to know how much salt (sodium

> chloride) the box says that one portion has, the

> portion size listed on the box vs. your personal

> portion size, and whatever else the box says, e.g.

> amount of protein, fat, and to see if there is any way

> to find out how much sugar they added to the product.

> Also, the form of the minerals and vitamins and how

> much of each mineral and vitamin one portion contains

> (without milk added). When I say " form " I mean for

> example calcium carbonate or calcium citrate or any of

> the many forms of calcium. The same is true for all

> the vits/mins: they can come in many types of " forms "

> (chemical structures).