UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, PALM AND\/OR SOYBEAN AND\/OR CANOLA OIL, RESISTANT CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED AND\/OR PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SEMISOFT CHEESES, CHEDDAR CHEESE POWDER, WHEY, SALT, LEAVENING (CALCIUM PHOSPHATE AND\/OR BAKING SODA), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CELLULOSE GUM, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTOSE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC AND CITRIC ACIDS, SOY LECITHIN, DRY CREAM, MONOSODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), CHEDDAR CHEESE, ANNATTO EXTRACT (VEGETABLE COLOR), SODIUM CASEINATE.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Mmmmm… just like mother used to make. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n
Although it’s a long list, you don’t have to look much past the first ingredient – “unbleached enriched flour” to get a good feel for this product.\u00a0 “Unbleached enriched flour” is simply “code” for “white flour.”<\/p>\n
Funny how white flour is the first ingredient of this “whole-grain” cracker, no?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, it’s not so funny when you consider what a common practice this is.\u00a0Whenever a label claims a product is “multigrain” or “made with whole grain,”\u00a0 it’s a good bet that white flour is one of the\u00a0main ingredients.\u00a0 You\u00a0cannot go by cues such as\u00a0color (which can be faked with caramel coloring) or a “grainy” look (which can be affected by a sprinkle of rolled oats or whole grain flakes brushed on the surface) – you have to look at the ingredients to discern the truth.<\/p>\n
Ok, I’ll happily admit that\u00a0“Crackerfuls” are\u00a0made with “real cheese,” although this adds very little from a nutritional perspective – the amounts of protein (2g) and calcium (6%)\u00a0provided by\u00a0the cheese-derived ingredients\u00a0are small. And do I need to add that half the cals in each serving of\u00a0 “Crackerfuls” come from fat (7g)?<\/p>\n
To put it bluntly,\u00a0Ritz Crackerfuls’ appearance of wholesomeness\u00a0is a facade, just like it is for so many other snack foods. There’s precious little nutritional “bang” for your calorie “buck” in a product like this… which doesn’t exactly make\u00a0it “perfect,” does it?<\/p>\n
As noted in an earlier post<\/a>, “whole grain” doesn’t necessarily mean “good for you.” Products like Ritz Crackerfuls illustrate this point perfectly.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
*FWIW, the web site and some product images\u00a0sez it’s 5g, but other product images and ads say 6g… it’s a distinction without a difference, IMHO, but I figured I’d note it, anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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