GENERAL MILLS SALES, INC.

Is Cocoa Puffs made with normal ingredients?

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Too many artificial and processed ingredients!

Such a long list of ingredients for simple cocoa! Enriched flour and artificial flavor are not from my kitchen, Mamma Mia!
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All 24 ingredients, analyzed.

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Is Cocoa Puffs made with normal ingredients?
No. Cocoa Puffs contains 3 industrial ingredients that wouldn't exist without a factory: Enriched Flour Bleached, Corn Syrup, Artificial Flavor.
What ingredients are in Cocoa Puffs?
Cocoa Puffs by GENERAL MILLS SALES, INC. contains 24 ingredients: Enriched Flour Bleached, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, Modified Corn Starch, Palm Oil, Corn Starch, Propylene Glycol Mono and Diesters, Monoglycerides, Salt, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose Gum, Carob Powder, Artificial Flavor.
What should I buy instead of Cocoa Puffs?
We found 4 CEREAL products made with real ingredients: Muesli Cereal by Bio-Familia AG, Honey'd Corn Flakes by Unknown, Homestyle Instant Oatmeal by Nature's Path Foods Inc., and more. All of them passed Nonna's kitchen test.

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