On 2/9/2013 10:52 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:06:19 -0800, The Other Guy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 22:04:59 +0000, bigwheel
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 'jmcquown
>>> Heh. In the 1980's I bought some Oroweat hamburger buns, figuring okay,
>>> whole wheat, gotta be better! Higher in fiber and all that. Too bad I
>>> didn't read the ingredients before I got the package home. That extra
>>> fiber was wood pulp.
>
>
>>
>> On their website, here's the ingredients for hamburger buns and their
>> English muffins, and NO mention of wood pulp, and I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
>> that that was EVER an ingredient in any of their products!!
>>
>> (hamburger buns)
>> 100% Whole Wheat: Ingredients
>
> Why would you doubt it? She said it was in the 80's and that was
> about the time that fiber (wood pulp) was being used by many bakeries
> in their products. Trends come and go with that sort of thing.
>
I even attached a link to an article from 1985 about wood pulp in bread.
(It came up when I searched Oroweat wood pulp, just to refresh my memory.)

http://tinyurl.com/aysjsab

> Not just bread. Look at some of the items listed here
> http://www.thestreet.com/story/11012...d-so-good.html
>
>
> Is it really bad for you? These people think so.
> http://www.naturalhealth365.com/food...wood-pulp.html
>