CAN YOU SPOT THE WHOLEGRAIN?
Wholegrain foods are healthy for you because they contain more fibre and nutrients. But food labels and ingredients lists can be deceiving. Here's how to tell if you are buying the real thing.
IT'S WHOLE GRAIN IF IT'S CALLED: · Brown rice · Bulgar or cracked wheat · Whole-grain barley or pearled barley · Whole oats or oatmeal · Whole wheat
IT'S NOT WHOLE GRAIN IF IT'S CALLED: · Corn flour · Cornmeal · Enriched flour · Multigrain- (this means it's composed of various grains, not necessarily whole) · Rice flour · Wheat · Wheat flour
TIP: Look at where the whole grain falls in the ingredient list. Foods are listed in order of weight, starting with the heaviest. If a whole grain is the only grain listed, that is good, but you will see wheat flour (white flour) as the first ingredient, followed by some sort of sweetener, then whole-wheat flour. This means there might be just a trace amount.