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> So in reality when you see "100% Whole Wheat" on the shelf, most times it's really more like a blend of white and whole wheat (plus a whole bunch of other pre

> So in reality when you see "100% Whole Wheat" on the shelf, most times it's really more like a blend of white and whole wheat (plus a whole bunch of other preservatives and other junk). If you see the "100%" it will use all whole wheat flour. Simply stating "whole wheat" could mean different things. There are multiple efforts to improve the labeling surrounding all this. Here's one: https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/identifying-whole-grain-products https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/identifying-...

snaky 8y ago
> Even Walmart’s “Great Value 100% Whole Wheat Bread” contains seven ingredients that Whole Foods considers “unacceptable”: high fructose corn syrup, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ethoxylated diglycerides, DATEM, azodicarbonamide, ammonium chloride, and calcium propionate. http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/whole_foods_and_walmart_how_many_groceries_sold_at_walmart_would_be_banned.html http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/02/whole_...