I recently noticed that Post's Fruity Pebbles cereal was advertising that it's gluten free. On a lark, I decided to read the rest of the ingredients. I thought it would be dairy free, but, never in a million years did I expect that it would also be corn free, but, as I read on, I was happily surprised to find that the cereal seemed to be safe for me to eat. I wanted to be 100% sure, though, so I sent an email to Post to ask for verification. Yesterday, I received the following response from Post Consumer Affairs Online:
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to your allergen concern regarding Post cereals.
Fruity Pebbles does not contain any corn or dairy products.
We hope this information is beneficial to you.
So, it's true! Fruity Pebbles is gluten free, corn free, and dairy free! Even better, it's way cheaper than a lot of other 'safe' cereals. The only downside is that it's super sweet, so moderation is important.
Here is the ingredient list from the side of the box:
Rice, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oils), salt, contains less than 0.5% of natural and artificial flavor, red 40, yellow 6, turmeric oleoresin (color), blue 1, yellow 5, blue 2, bha (to help protect flavor).
Edited to add:
It appears that Post's Cocoa Pebbles is also gluten-free and dairy-free, but may contain corn in the caramel color.
Edited to add:
It appears that Post's Cocoa Pebbles is also gluten-free and dairy-free, but may contain corn in the caramel color.
Ingredients:
Rice, sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut and palm kernel oils), cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, caramel color, natural and artificial flavor, bha (to help protect flavor).
Actually, they are all corny. Any claim by a company that a product is "x"-free only means that it does not contain the food or it's protein. The dyes, natural and artificial flavors, etc are common sources of undeclared corn derivatives. You needed to follow up Post's reply with more questions instead of taking it at face value. This blog could be deadly to someone who is anaphylactic to corn derivatives.
ReplyDeleteJust a heads up that this product is definitely not "corn free." It doesn't have any corn meal or corn syrup, which is great for people with extremely mild sensitivities, but there are a TON of ingredients that are corn derivatives, which can be dangerous for people with even a moderate allergy. Food companies often don't really understand allergies very well. It's a good rule of thumb to never refer to a multi-ingredient, pre-packaged food as "corn free," because (especially in the US,) that is almost never true. 😢 I was shocked to learn how many ingredients nowadays are actually corn-based. I agree it's awesome that at least it is made without corn meal or corn syrup or maltodextrin for those of us with very minor sensitivities, though.
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