What is commercial cereal made from?
Commercial single grain cereals are made from grains such as rice, barley and oat. These are refined grains. The process of refining takes out the Bran and the Germ (the most nutritious parts), leaving the Endosperm. You see, removing the germ and the bran allow grain products to stay on the grocer’s shelf longer. That’s not really a comforting thought when you realize that the box of baby cereal you may purchase might have been on the shelf before your baby was even born. While the refining process does strip away many nutrients, these nutrients are added back in after the milling of the grain. Many commercial cereal products offered to baby are fortified with iron and typically contain further additives. Commercial baby cereals are also precooked and dehydrated. This is best exemplified when you mix up some commercial cereal and find a pasty substance in the bowl. Many commercial baby cereals are whole grain and are made with whole grain flour. However there is nothing more pure and
