I needed small jars of preserves for a gift I was doing and couldn't find it locally. Bonne Maman saved the day. Delicious product in just the size jars I needed.
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Bonne Maman Mini Orange Marmalade (15)
I needed small jars of preserves for a gift I was doing and couldn't find it locally. Bonne Maman saved the day. Delicious product in just the size jars I needed.
Bob's Red Mill Organic 7 Grain Pancake & Waffle, Whole Grain Mix, 26-Ounce Bags (Pack of 4)
Wow! I'm impressed! Whenever I see whole grain/multi grain on anything, I think of chewing saw dust. This mix makes great pancakes! I make'em more on the crepe side by adding more milk than recommended. Add some chopped walnuts (omega3) and apples and I'm in heaven. Add couple spoonfuls of applesauce if you want even more moist pancakes. Make some raspberry sauce (rasperry jam w/ water zapped for 10 seconds in microwave) and even my most finicky 2 year wolfs them up. Bon appetit!
Addendum September 13, 2008:
I find myself using this mix much as someone would use any baking mix. It makes lovely scones and biscuits. I haven't tried any of the "impossible" dishes that rely on a well-known baking mix; however I suspect that Bob's 7-Grain Pancake and Waffle Mix would work splendidly in that capacity as well.
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I've been buying this pancake mix since way before the Internet era. My parents lived in Oregon and when visiting we always went to the Old Red Mill to buy cases of this pancake mix to bring home. I can't recommend it more highly. I've read other reviews where they mention adding extra ingredients but, in my estimation, you don't need to add anything to this mix to make truly wonderful pan "cakes." In fact, I like eating them just with butter, no syrup, they're so tasty. My last cake I add molasses for a special treat.For years I have been buying Hodgsen Mills Pancake and Waffle Mix...... I decided to try Bob's Red Mill and I LOVE IT!!! I wish I had tried it sooner. I received this yesterday and this morning I made them for my husband and myself. First thing he asked was, "What did you do different to these"? They're Grrrreat! LOL I explained that this was Bob's Red Mill Brand, and after tasting them I will be buying ONLY these from now on. They're whole grain, and Organic, and if you haven't tried them, do a switch, and see if you and your family don't love it.Extremely versatile and convenient mix. For a little variety just add raisins, chopped nuts, chopped dried apricots, etc. to each individual pancake while cooking and prepare a whole bag at a time. It freezes well, individually wrapped in ziploc bags, and is ready for a quick warmup in the microwave without the mess of preparation. To avoid a tough pancake, heat frozen pancake for 1-3/4 minutes on medium on each side and then 45 seconds on high. Should come out just like it was freshly prepared. Have found that one pancake is quite filling and is sufficient to last until lunch. Enjoy.
Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain
I wrote to Earth's Best to ask about soy in the vitamin E. They responded that the vitamin E is derived from sunflower oil, not soy. The top review of this product had me worried about the soy. I wanted to let others know that the review is either incorrect or outdated. Please find the full response from Earth's Best below.Thank you for taking the time to contact us regarding our Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal. We strive to maintain the highest quality products and your satisfaction is very important to us.
The source of Vitamin E (tocopherols) in Earth's Best Multigrain Cereal, Rice Cereal and Oatmeal is sunflower oil.
The Hain Celestial Group's labeling declares major allergens (peanuts, soybeans, milk, eggs, fish, crustaceans, tree nuts, and wheat) and we follow the U.S. FDA's regulations. We recognize the serious nature of the allergen issue and we strive to minimize risk.
Both major and minor ingredients of all products, as well as all processing procedures and equipment, are closely scrutinized and all potential allergen issues as determined by the Hain Celestial Group are declared on our labeling.
We assure you that strict manufacturing processes and procedures are in place and that all of our manufacturing facilities follow rigid allergen control programs that include staff training, segregation of allergen ingredients, production scheduling, and thorough cleaning and sanitation.
Thank you for your continued support. If we can be of further assistance, please feel free to contact us at 1-800-434-4246, Monday through Friday from 7AM 5PM Mountain Time.
Sincerely,
Christina
Consumer Relations Representative
Inorganic arsenic is a known carcinogen. Rice is also currently considered a significant source of environmental arsenic for humans, ranging from 17% (2009-10 EPA study) to the main cause of over half of the total environmental exposure, which is attributed to cereals according to a "more complete" study by the European Food Safety Organization (CR 2012).
This is not a new issue. Most of what I've seen online about baby cereals and arsenic have cited inorganic arsenic content PER SERVING and concludes that you should limit yourself and your baby to one serving per day. Among the four baby products CR tested, Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice infant cereal had the highest average levels of inorganic arsenic--ALMOST DOUBLE (193%) the average arsenic in the other three brands (Beech-Nut Homestyle Cereal, Gerber Rice, Gerber SmartNourish).
I was late to read this report, and when I did, I looked at a pdf containing detailed results of the tests before I noticed a chart at the end of the article published online.
What I was startled to find in the detailed data is something not reflected in the more popularly-viewed chart, which lists inorganic arsenic content in rice per serving rather than in parts per billion.
When I compared the 32 uncooked rice brands CR tested and the 4 infant cereals, I found that the inorganic arsenic (the kind that causes cancer) in Earth's Best brown rice cereal is not only the highest among the 4 baby cereals, but it ranks as the FOURTH highest in inorganic arsenic concentration, gram per gram of rice, among the other 32 products.
In parts per billion, the highest levels of inorganic arsenic were in:
#1: Della Basmati Brown,
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 179.66
#2 365 Everyday Value Long Grain Brown (Whole Foods)
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 176.67
#3 Carolina Whole Grain Brown,
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 164.33
#4 Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 152
#5 Jazzmen Louisiana Aromatic Brown,
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 149
The old news is that brown rice is known to be higher in arsenic content than white rice, and this was shown in the CR data.
The good news is that you can reduce the arsenic content of rice by about 30% if you wash it first and cook it using 6 parts of water to 1 part of uncooked rice. This is great, but it only applies to the uncooked rice products. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do to mitigate the arsenic that is in baby cereal.
If you were to prepare your uncooked rice according to the CR and FDA recommended methods, you will see that Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal for infants jumps into the number ONE spot as having the highest average inorganic arsenic contamination in parts per billion. (This is assuming that organic and inorganic arsenic are removed at the same rate.)
AFTER WASHING AND COOKING WITH EXCESS WATER*:
#1 Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal*
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 152
#2: Della Basmati Brown,
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 126.8
#3 365 Everyday Value Long Grain Brown (Whole Foods)
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 123.7
#4 Carolina Whole Grain Brown
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 115
#5 Jazzmen Louisiana Aromatic Brown,
Average inorganic arsenic in ppb: 104.3
* Unfortunately, you cannot reduce arsenic in baby cereal so it gets fed in totality to your baby or toddler.
I bought a case of this cereal among other available brands after reading on its packaging that it is organic, non-gmo, and "grown without potentially harmful pesticides and herbicides."
The arsenic in Earth's Best brown rice cereal is not only high b/c arsenic is higher in brown rice in general, it is higher than arsenic in other brown rice brands, particularly since there is nothing you can do to reduce it.
If you have this product in your home and if you are using it as a first food, you can switch to other grains, but if you want to continue using rice due to allergen or other reasons (I fully understand), you are much better off feeding your child 15grams of any one of the other 32 brands of uncooked rice using the FDA recommended prep guidelines, and you will be feeding your child less inorganic arsenic, gram per gram of rice. Remember that the chart at the bottom of the online CR study lists arsenic PER SERVING, and the serving size for uncooked rice is 45g and for baby cereal, it is only 15g.
If you feel you were mislead by Earth's Best's brown rice product, I urge you to contact your local stores to let them know about the arsenic in this product and to ask them to discontinue stocking it! If you care, please write to your local stores, take a moment to talk to the store manager, write a review online. Every time I see this product in stores, it makes me sad. I have more than half a case of unopened EB rice cereal and there is no way I would feed it to my son, nor is there any way I would give it away, knowing it will be eaten by another child or baby!
I wrote to the company. They have not taken any responsibility for the high levels of arsenic in their cereal, nor have I found anywhere online where someone has raised the issue of comparing the absolute inorganic arsenic content of infant and uncooked rice in parts per billion, rather than in micrograms of arsenic per serving.
If you have this product and would like to complain to the FDA, you can call your local coordinator. In the absence of a federal limit on arsenic levels in food, however, you can only complain about Earth's Best's inaccurate labeling on their package. The words, "Grown without Potentially Harmful Pesticides and Herbicides" appears on its label. EB does not ADD these harmful substances to its crops, however, research shows that much of the arsenic appearing in rice comes from pesticide residues IN THE SOIL that crops are grown on. "Organic" means that a producer does not ADD these substances TO THE CROP or soil.
However, the high inorganic arsenic content in Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Rice Cereal for infants suggests that the product WAS grown WITH potentially harmful pesticides IN THE SOIL. The statement "Grown WITHOUT" is a larger claim than the "organic" claim, which the company can support. Again, the arsenic concentrations in EB's brown rice cereal suggest the crop was indeed grown WITH arsenic-containing pesticides that got into the crop via soil and water used to grow the rice. If it wasn't grown with arsenic in the soil and then in the water, then the rice wouldn't contain such high levels of inorganic arsenic. This is common sense, and EB's labeling is inaccurate.
If you call the FDA, you will need to state when you bought your product, where, how much is left, any effects you experienced (which for carcinogens does not happen for many years, so you should state that inorganic arsenic is a known carcinogen and that the FDA already knows this and it also already knows the levels of inorganic arsenic CR found in EB's infant cereal), and the expiration date, lot number, place of production, size of package, and bar code, all on the box.I try to do what is best for my son on a day to day basis. Buying EB cereal was one of those things. I felt horrible, when I saw the CR pdf. I read it thinking EB's cereal was going to come out on top! I now cringe at my naive expectation. I immediately put the unused boxes in a bag for the trash, but I luckily kept it in the house long enough to have a box handy when I called the FDA. I feel so bad seeing something on store shelves that I believe is dangerous to feed my own child being marketed to other health-conscious moms trying to do the best for their babies.
I wrote to Whole Foods and am awaiting a response. The Hain-Celestial group that makes EB cereal gave me a generic (auto) response. The FDA will tell you they are already addressing the issue and that no violations have occurred in the absence of a federal limit on arsenic in food. However, it remains that it is not on the FDA's radar that EB's packaging has untrue claims. Infant formulas are more highly regulated, but this cereal is not a formula, even though it is intended for infants. This is a serious issue that potentially falls through the cracks.
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My 6 month old son has allergic colitis with sensitivities to both dairy and soy. When we gave him Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal for infants (which does not list any milk or soy ingredients), he had a bad reaction, so I called the company to find out if the tocopherols (vitamin E) in the cereal are soy-based and they said "yes" even though the ingredients on the package say nothing about soy. We were very disappointed in Earth's Best for failing to protect babies with allergies/sensitivities. Fortunately our baby is OK now, and we've switched to HappyBellies cereal which is great and clearly labeled as dairy and soy free.Read Best Reviews of Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Here
I had been feeding my baby this cereal for 3 months when I learned that Consumer Reports had tested this product for arsenic along with many other organic rice products and found it contains inorganic arsenic, the type that results from pesticide residue in the soil. This shouldn't be confused with the arsenic that they will tell you "occurs naturally" if you call. Inorganic arsenic is a know carcinogen and shouldn't be in anything labeled organic. Earth's Best rice baby cereal had the highest arsenic content of three brands tested. However, when I called them, I was disappointed by their lack of accountability and misleading information they provided, especially because their marketing (see above) goes on at length about the health benefits of organic, pesticide free products. They continue to claim that the product is safe, that arsenic occurs naturally, and they don't apply pesticides. However, they cover up the fact that the inorganic arsenic in question is not "naturally occurring," it is pesticide-derived and likely comes from pesticide residue in the soil. I asked if they planned to do testing of their own, implement safety measures and provide refunds to customers who choose not to poison their baby, but they said no. My opinion is that this "organic" product that is supposedly grown "without harmful pesticides" should be recalled and relabeled until they can show that it's arsenic-free. If you are buying this by the case and feeding it frequently to your baby, you may be unintentionally poisoning them.Want Earth's Best Organic Whole Grain Discount?
We had read good reviews for the Earth's Best baby food line (including a recommendation in the Baby Bargains book). So, when we began feeding our 6 month old baby boy solids, we were prepared to feed this exclusively except when we could cook for him. He had been getting the whole grain rice cereal and the jarred fruits and vegetables. Two weeks ago, I was making him cereal from a new box (the second time he had been fed from that box) and I found a live beetle larva in the bowl. I looked through the rest of the box and found an outer skin of another. Today, I was talking with a co-worker and she said that they had the same experience with the Earth's Best Whole Grain Rice cereal and now the beetles have infested their home! We suspect that theses are khapra beetles and have alerted the USDS and the FDA. The manufacturer offered to send coupons and said that this is rare, but now I am doubtful that this was just a fluke since my co-worker had the same experience and these were purchased in different states. I am disappointed that it is difficult to find good organic baby food.
Orange Ginger Sauce
This is a very good sauce, to be used either as a marinade or just right into the oven sauce. I use it regularly for chicken. It can also be used for salmon and shrimp. Eliminates the hassle of having to make my own orange-ginger marinade from scratch, which i used to do using orange marmalade, orange juice, salt and orange zest. However, it is $4.50 a bottle at my local grocer and i feel THAT is too high, so i went looking here at Amazon only to find it even more overpriced at $7.14. I will not pay that.
B&M® Brown Bread Raisin, 16 oz.(Pack of 6)
The best--I live in DC and no one sells it here--every time I go home (the Cape) I bring it back for my New England buds. Baked beans with everything added, hot dogs and hot brown bread--take me home!!!!
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Why are five stars "the best" when B&M Brown Bread in a can is so much better? This star system must be flawed. I suppose that if you're reading this you already know of the manna under discussion. If, however, you haven't tried canned brown bread, please stop reading and get to your local B&M dispenser. It is clearly in your interest.Read Best Reviews of B&M® Brown Bread Raisin, 16 oz.(Pack of 6) Here
A long-time traditional New England accompaniment to baked beans. Happy to find it available online after moving out of New England.Want B&M® Brown Bread Raisin, 16 oz.(Pack of 6) Discount?
I remember growing up in southern California and my Mom would make beanie/weenies for dinner. That was a good night cause we always knew we would get B&M Brown bread right along side. Now I'm almost forty, and terribly troubled that now where on the West coast can you find this wonderful treat. I will have to order some and hope that it is as good as I remember. I really don't want to be disappointed like I was when I tried Spam again for the first time as an adult, that was truly a disgusting venture. However I do believe how can you go wrong with a classic like brown bread in a can?????? Enjoy your childhood memories as have am and indulge in the past.
Lucky Charms Cereal, 11.5-Ounce Box
That is why he brought this down from the heavens for us mere mortals to taste.There's only 2 Cereals that the we've truly been blessed with. 1. Lucky Charms 2. Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I'd throw Fruitloops in there but that's a man made attempt at creating a God given cereal.
Okay...but seriously ... great price, cereal arrived promptly and in good shape. I especially like the Amazon automatic shipment program for cereals: it gives you an additional 15% discount, you set the shipment intervals and you can cancel at any time. Go for it!
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I am an adult and I still love this cereal. It is a great deal, but ONLY from the Amazon.com seller. It is currently sold out from amazon and some other sellers have it for much higher prices, which are not worth buying. But overall, I cannot say enough good things about this cereal. When I was younger, I used to eat a whole bowl of just the marshmallows because I loved them so much. Now, I eat the cereal the way it was intended, and I love it so much. Highly recommend. :-)Read Best Reviews of Lucky Charms Cereal, 11.5-Ounce Box Here
My kids love this cereal. They can probably live on this. I am trying not to give them too much of it due to its' high sugar content.Want Lucky Charms Cereal, 11.5-Ounce Box Discount?
it's lucky charms you should know what it is by now and whether you like it or not. what i want to comment is that if you have amazon.com prime, you can not beat the price. you empty your last bit of cereal into your bowl on monday morning. you looking at the news on your computer. you click onto amazon.com and order your cereal and get it by wednesday without anymore expense (if you have prime). no tax on food (in my state). better than driving to costco and spending a thousand for what was supposed to be a run for toilet paper. i love it. the subscription service is even better you save an additional 15%! and it auto ships for free whenever you want it to ship. and there are coupons on the item detail page sometimes. right now, it is the best deal around. you can even order from your phone, kindle wherever. how easy can it be! thank you amazon.
Lyons Gold Label Tea 80 tea bags
I'm drinking a cup right now! I started drinking it while visiting a friend in Ireland, mainly because he didn't have coffee. Soon I was craving it! I brought home a box when I flew back, and I was searching for more on the web when I found this.It's got a nice mellow flavor and I suspect it's got a pretty high caffiene content compared with the sweet tea we normally drink cold in Georgia. I feel like I've had my coffee after a cup of this.
I drink it with a little milk and sugar, and it's just great.
UPDATE: A few years later I had persisted in my belief that this is the best tea, worth special ordering. Then we got some Tetley's British Blend from the local store and did a blind taste test. Turns out I can't tell the difference. I still like Lyons just fine, but I don't think I'll special order it. Also, I learned not to be a snob. :)
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The best everyday, all around tea. Great balance, body, color, taste and versatility. Hot, cold, milk, no milk, sugar, lemon...however you like it it makes the best cup of tea hands down.Read Best Reviews of Lyons Gold Label Tea 80 tea bags Here
I first used this product on a trip to Ireland in 2003. It is the best tea of its type that I have ever tasted. I absolutely love it in the morning as a "set up" for the day or as a pick me up in the late afternoon for an afternoon tea. Even friends who do not usually drink tea enjoy this product.Want Lyons Gold Label Tea 80 tea bags Discount?
And that's pretty much all there is to say! You can't beat Lyons for a black tea. The taste is fantastic.
Dukan Diet Oat Bran Bars Chocolate - 5.28 oz
I was excited to get these bars. Unfortunately I was very dissappointed. The bars taste really bad and are hardly edible. Get your oat bran somewhere else. These are not worth the money.
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I made them and froze them and pull them out to eat. They are still moist and have a good flavor to them, since they are chocolate.Read Best Reviews of Dukan Diet Oat Bran Bars Chocolate - 5.28 oz Here
I would like to get all of dukan products but it says can not ship this item to Turkey:(Last week I bougth shirataki noddles there is no problem with that, but it's so disappointing to see 'worlwide shipment -but not to Turkey!