Zeno Marx
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Not about the pandemic scarcity or halted production.
GN is my favorite backpacking food. Good for morning cereal (with powdered milk reconstituted). Good for a rest break snack. Doesn't get crushed. Good energy food. Great fiber...practically don't need toilet paper when in good doses (TMI).
I was searching for a How It's Made video, and ran across a couple short documentaries. One of the oldest cereals, if not the oldest cereal. First cereal to include coupons, some of which were for other Post cereals so people would try them. The most surprising thing was the glycemic index. Its index is 71, and straight table sugar is only 60. That's nuts (pun intended). The serving size is 58 grams, which is nothing. So, not necessarily the most healthy food. Post doesn't even know why it is named Grape Nuts, but with what little history they do know, the recipe has probably only been changed once, when they shifted to whole grains when they were trying to compete on the health market. It's never been comparatively inexpensive, but geez, it's pricey.
GN is my favorite backpacking food. Good for morning cereal (with powdered milk reconstituted). Good for a rest break snack. Doesn't get crushed. Good energy food. Great fiber...practically don't need toilet paper when in good doses (TMI).
I was searching for a How It's Made video, and ran across a couple short documentaries. One of the oldest cereals, if not the oldest cereal. First cereal to include coupons, some of which were for other Post cereals so people would try them. The most surprising thing was the glycemic index. Its index is 71, and straight table sugar is only 60. That's nuts (pun intended). The serving size is 58 grams, which is nothing. So, not necessarily the most healthy food. Post doesn't even know why it is named Grape Nuts, but with what little history they do know, the recipe has probably only been changed once, when they shifted to whole grains when they were trying to compete on the health market. It's never been comparatively inexpensive, but geez, it's pricey.