![]() ![]() I would also recommend Honey Graham Oh's if you like crunchy corn based cereal. I love to eat crunchy cereals, and Puffins definitely fit the bill. I live in Florida, and saw these in the clearance section at Publix. The addressing of environmental concerns by cereal companies today seems to be a natural progression of this connection between cereals and the goodness of earth.Ĭlick here to see all cereals from Barbara's Bakery. Cereal, by the the very nature of it's name, is "of the earth" - a point that was often made in the marketing of early cereals. While cereal like Puffins, Peace Cereal (who donate 10% of their profits to "peace") and the EnviroKidz label from Nature's Path may sometimes seem self-important and sanctimonious, they are keeping with a tradition that began with the very earliest breakfast cereals. The movement began in the 1990's and continues today. Puffins was part of an industry-wide push among smaller, independent cereal makers to equate natural cereals with environmental concerns. The kit consisted of a bottle of water, a Puffins pedometer and a fitness bookmark. In 2008, the cereal offered a send-away premium for a Puffins Hydration Kit. Those who really love puffins are also told they can buy a puffins tote bag, a puffins beanie and other puffins-related items by visiting the company's website. The box then goes on to further describe the birds and explains to those interested how they can adopt of bird through the Audubon project by sending in box tops. Now in its third decade, Project Puffin continues to help the Atlantic puffin population. Stephen Kress and his innovative restoration program, Audubon's Project Puffin. The whimsical name rose to the top of the list and the rest is history.Īs Puffins (the cereal) gained a national following, puffins (the birds) gained an active supporter in Barbara's Bakery - and a promised foothold on their Atlantic nesting ground thanks to Dr. ![]() A longtime employee suggested the name Puffins in honor of the adorable little sea birds that she fell in love with on a trip to Alaska. The puffy, crunchy pillows of corn, lightly sweetened with molasses were a cereal like no other. The back of the cereal box in 2008 explained how the cereal got its name:īack in 1995, we needed a name for our newest all natural breakfast cereal. The first ingredient listed for Puffins is yellow corn flour, which explains occasional comparisons to another classic cereal called Corn Kix, as Kix was once called. The cereal pieces taste vaguely similar to Cap'n Crunch Cereal - but as you might expect from the claims on the box, the flavor is a bit more adult and healthy tasting than the famous kid's cereal. The top of the box-front also points out that each serving has 5 grams of fiber, 90 calories and 1 gram of fat. ![]() Unfortunately, due to lack of label disclosure and the trans fat labeling loophole, only the food scientists will ever know just how much trans fat these refined oils and emulsifiers are contributing to foods and the American diet.The box for Original Puffins Cereal describes it as being high in fiber, low in fat and wheat-free. Emulsifiers produced from hydrogenated fats “contain measurable concentrations" of trans fats (Hasenhuettl and Hartel 2008). Textbooks for food scientists reveal that the mono and di-glycerides and other emulsifiers are often made from hydrogenated fats (Hasenhuettl and Hartel 2008) and at temperatures above 220☌ (Sikorski and Kolakowka 2011). The United States Department of Agriculture National Nutrition Database has tested refined, partially hydrogenated and fully hydrogenated oils and found trans fats in all of them (USDA 2013). In the case of fully hydrogenated oils, they should theoretically be free of trans fat, but since no hydrogenation process is 100 percent efficient, trans fats are often found in fully hydrogenated oils at low levels (FDA 2013). The World Health Organization recommends limits on trans fat of less than 1 to 2 grams a day-in this context, it’s easy to see that 0.6 grams is not an insignificant contribution. A 2012 study conducted by FDA scientists estimated that refined oil contributes an average 0.6 grams of trans fat a day (Doell 2012). Artificial trans fats are generated in refined oils when they are processed at high temperatures from the crude oil into a bland, odorless, colorless oil (Greyt 1999). Both refined oils and fully hydrogenated oils contain small amounts of unhealthy artificial trans fats and contribute to the total intake of trans fat in the diet (Biofortis 2014). ![]()
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