"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/8/2016 12:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2016-01-08 9:27 AM, Helpful person wrote:
>>> Years ago I used to buy sugar free cereal; cornflakes or bran. (I
>>> just don't like the sugar.) This seems to be unavailable today. Does
>>> anyone have a source for this?
>>>
>>
>>
>> ??? Your grocery stores don't carry non-sugared cereals. They all do
>> around here. The breakfast cereal aisle is split roughly 50-50 with
>> sugared and non-sugared cereals. I have no problem getting Shredded
>> Wheat, corn flacks, bran flakes, Shreddies, Cheerios, Wheatabix, Muffets
>> and a few others. Some of those might have a small amount of sugar to
>> make them more edible, but you can always make yourself some porridge
>> and know it is sugar free.
>>
>
> Of course all of those brands contain a small amount of sugar, Dave. The
> thing is some of them (such as original Cheerios, which I love) don't
> taste sweet. But they do contain sugar.
>
> I doubt you can completely get away from *any* added sugar. However, the
> amount is likely miniscule unless you're buying something like Frosted
> Flakes. Maybe that's where the line of demarcation is in your store's
> cereal aisle.
>
> I'm not sure why the OP wants/needs to completely avoid sugar. I tend to
> avoid sweet tasting food. But dry cereal doesn't have to taste sweet or
> be loaded with sugar. It simply contains sugar.
>
> He's already stated he doesn't want to eat *hot* cereal. He's not
> interested in porridge/parritch/oatmeal/Maypo or Cream of Wheat. Or
> grits. LOL

Most cereals do contain sugar. Some are sweetened with fruit juice but they
are still sweetened. You can get some without but in terms of finding them
in your regular grocery store, you may not. Or if you do it will be just
one or two kinds.

I was not allowed to have any sugar when I was pregnant so I bought some
sugar free stuff at the health food store. It was pretty icky.

This is the stuff that Angela loves.

http://www.fiberone.com/products/cereal/original

It does not contain sugar but it does contain Sucralose which is a
non-nutritive sweetener.

This is where I recently bought cereal. As you can see, some, such as the
puffed rice or the shredded wheat have no sweeteners at all. Some have
honey, cane syrup or maple syrup. You have to look at the ingredients. But
these unsweetened ones are not likely to be at your local grocery store
unless perhaps they have a health food section.

http://www.vitacost.com/productresul...real&ta=cereal

Another thing that the OP might consider is popcorn. It is often eaten as a
cereal in the Midwest. My mom liked to put it in a tall glass, pour milk
over it and eat it with an iced tea spoon. My uncle said at his house they
just used leftover popped popcorn as they would a breakfast cereal. Put in
a bowl and pour milk over.