Photo comparison of side-by-side cereal from the US and Canada sparks heated debate: 'I am not buying a box... "The ones that looked like they had literal paint in them were American."

www.thecooldown.com ^ | April 16, 2025 | Noah Jampol

[mass55th]

None of those cereals existed when I was a kid in the 50’s. We ate Rice Krispies, shredded wheat, and sometimes Sugar Pops.

[metmom]

I tried them and found the overly strong artificial fruit flavoring to be disgusting.

Even as a kid, I never got what people saw in them.

And American ones are prettier colors, though.

[metmom]

Lucky Charms is my personal favorite.

Same here.

But we couldn't afford them.

[dfwgator]

Lucky Charms is my personal favorite.

[dfwgator]

They probably get enough Vitamin D from Poutine............

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Or from “Kroff Dinner”.

[Adder]

Puffed Rice, Puffed Wheat, Wheaties, Sugar Smacks,Chex [rice, wheat and corn], Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes and hot cereals like oatmeal, cream of wheat, cream of rice and Maypo.

I am sure there were others. But in addition to your list we had a variety of options in the 50’s.

[Red Badger]

I don’t much like the sugary cereals, I eat a lot of Cheerios and Oatmeal..............

[metmom]

I preferred the less sweetened ones myself, except for the Lucky Charms.

But they’re long off the menu these days as is most food.

[Red Badger]

My wife eats Lucky Charms every morning................

[wbslws]

All the sugary cereals are useless carbohydrates.

[yldstrk]

Our food industry is in cahoots with our drug industry. Our people are fat and unhealthy; we have gobs of people with diabetes and who need drugs to loose weight. Trust no one.

Don’t eat that processed garbage and don’t take pharmaceuticals. Don’t drink soda. Drink water. Make your own food from scratch. It’s not that hard people. You are being made fat, ugly and sick deliberately so these huge corporations can make money.

[glennaro]

... not really sure what "literal paint" is.
If it exists, I'm sure it's regulated (likely because it's presumed to cause global warming or it's "racist").

[dfwgator]

Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast!

[cyclotic]

I don’t have a dog in this fight. I’m somewhat allergic to milk so I never really ate cereal. When the kids were younger I’d occasionally eat some dry. I actually really liked shredded wheat with cinnamon sugar coating. It’s probably been 30 years since I’ve had any though.

I’ve been desugaring in the last year with great results. (-35 lbs)

I really like what Sec. Kennedy is trying to accomplish. His press conference yesterday showed a serious man tackling a serious subject.

Yesterday I had some zero sugar strawberry yogurt. It was white with just a very slight hint of color. That told me there were no artificial colorants in it. Guess what? It still tasted fine, especially with a handful of fresh blueberries tossed into it.

We’re becoming more of a “shop the outer rows of the store” consumers.

My wife was just diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer so our already helathy eating is kicking up a couple notches.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

But you do notice that the color does come off in the milk...

Drink the milk leftover from a bowl of Cocoa Puffs. Not chocolate flavored. Distinctly vanilla.

[9YearLurker]

Nobody should eat the contents of either box!

[Red Badger]

You are better off eating the box.................

[9YearLurker]

More fiber!

[Vaduz]

I can hear how the board meeting went at Kellogg’s listen we paint the Cheerios and double the sales the kids will love them.

Later in life he got a job at Budweiser.

[dfwgator]

Later in life he got a job at Budweiser.

Or at Conquistador Coffee....