You do not have to buy one of the gourmet cereals to bring home a healthy cereal...Post Shredded Wheat & Grape Nuts are your answer. Shredded Wheat has one ingredient..wheat. Period. Grape Nuts has Wheat, Barley flour, salt, yeast, soy lecithin. Add some fruit and have a great start to your day
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I like shredded wheat, but you could not pay me to eat Grape Nuts. I have tried them and dislike them very much.
SUNIL4109/21/2010 10:22:00 AM
Lovely idea!
JAVAQUEEN745/23/2010 2:17:00 AM
I love both of them! Of course, I would much prefer frosted mini wheats.... :p
SILVERWITCH594/30/2010 7:48:00 AM
I love shredded wheat :)
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