iron in grits

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I use a bulk product from my local natural health

foods cooperative. I believe it is distributed by

United Natural Foods. I don’t know its nutritional

status just that it is vegan – the only ingredient is

corn grits. Our store carries Bob’s Red Mill in

packages and it has no added ingredients (not

enriched). I found a few others similar to this

online. I couldn’t find a mainstream brand that listed

its iron status. Several brands I can think of are Jim

Dandy (Martha White) and Albers (Nestle). (BTW, we use

the yellow variety. I grew up on regular white grits

but love the yellow variety. They are already

“buttery” and you don’t have to add much Earth

Balance.)

 

 

Bob’s Red Mill – ingredients are only degermed corn

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Hoppin John’s – says nothing added

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Falls Mill – says no added preservative, don’t know

about iron

http://www.fallsmill.com/store.html

 

You can use these two websites to compare the

nutritional details between foods. Both enriched and

“unenriched” grits appear, but no brand names are

listed (other than Quaker).

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

http://www.everylastrecipe.com/idir.asp?id=203

 

HTH,

Carrol