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Granola has been a popular breakfast choice for decades.
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Granola is also a portable snack for school, work, hiking, and car trips.
Many of us think ofgranola as a healthy option.
And at its core, it should be.
Costco
You need some sweetener to flavor and help the granola stick together in those snackable clusters.
Many granolas on grocery store shelves make impressive-sounding health claims (High protein!
Organic ingredients!).
Kashi
It’s sweetened with cane sugar, honey, and molasses.
The dried cranberries mixed in are further sweetened, and brown rice syrup is a binder.
The second ingredient is sugar, and the cereal is further fortified with rice syrup and honey.
My Wild Harvest
Post Consumer Brands
Bear Naked
Cascadian Farm
Back to Nature Foods
Honey Bunches of Oats
Jessica’s Natural Foods
Trader Joe’s
Wegmans
Nature Valley
