{"id":220,"date":"2005-05-02T18:52:09","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T02:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/songoose.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2025-07-22T18:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T18:38:00","slug":"an-open-letter-to-post-cereals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/?p=220","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Post Cereals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote the following letter to Post Cereals\/Kraft Foods. No, I&#8217;m not trying to organize a mass boycott, but I do feel strongly and wanted to share my letter with the world. Feel free to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kraftfoods.com\/main.aspx?m=contact_us\/cu_form2&#038;age=4&#038;coppa=False&#038;prod=True&#038;sub=31\">contact Kraft Foods<\/a> yourself if you agree.<\/p>\n<p>**************************************************************************<br \/>\nTo Whom it May Concern:<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, I&#8217;d like to say that Honey Bunches of Oats is without a doubt the best tasting cereal ever created. It has it all &#8212; just the right amount of sweetness (not too much like most sugared cereals), crunch of oats, softer flakes&#8230; it is really just the perfect cereal. Or so I thought, until recently.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve decided to take my health much more seriously, and pay more attention to what I eat. (I&#8217;ve also noticed that you are taking advantage of the &#8220;Whole Grain&#8221; craze on your new boxes.) So, imagine my surprise when I discovered that your &#8220;perfect&#8221; cereal has a little secret: Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, a.k.a. TRANS FAT.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;m sure you know, trans fatty acids are pretty much the worst thing a person can put in their body. (I&#8217;d hardly call anything made with them &#8220;the greatest&#8221; anything!) I am hopeful that you are already taking measures to remove this from your cereal, since I&#8217;ve noticed some other Kraft foods making the change (Wheat Thins, Triscuit, etc.) to become trans fat free, but nothing is certain, which is why I am writing this note..<\/p>\n<p>I really do hope that you eliminate this horrible part of a great cereal. Although it is only 0.5 grams per serving, I for one am looking to keep my diet as trans fat free as possible. That said, ** I will not buy another box of Honey Bunches of Oats until you stop using Partially Hydrogenated Oils. Period. **<\/p>\n<p>Please change your formula soon. For me, so I can go back to my favorite cereal, and for the rest of the country, to promote good health everywhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently wrote the following letter to Post Cereals\/Kraft Foods. No, I&#8217;m not trying to organize a mass boycott, but I do feel strongly and wanted to share my letter with the world. Feel free to contact Kraft Foods yourself if you agree. ************************************************************************** To Whom it May Concern: Firstly, I&#8217;d like to say that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":621,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.mikemadaio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}