According to an investigation from Mike Adams, the blueberries you commonly find in your favorite cereals, muffins and breads may not be actual blueberries.
It turns out, that many of the “blueberries” are nothing more than hydrogenated oils, liquid sugars and artificial colors. There are absolutely zero nutritional benefits in these fake blueberries, yet you would never know, because the boxes still say they’re healthy. The video below will expose a deceptive and dishonest practice that big-name food companies use to trick you into thinking you’re eating healthy.
The Alleged Offenders
- Blueberry Bagels sold at Target
- Total Blueberry Pomegranate cereal by General Mills
- Kellogg’s Blueberry Pop Tarts & Blueberry Frosted Mini Wheats
- Betty Crocker’s Fiber One Blueberry Muffin Mix
Remember to Read the Ingredients List
If any of your favorite blueberry products were mentioned in the video above, go to your pantry right now and read the ingredients list. You may be shocked at what you’ll find. I hate to recommend wasting food, especially in tough economical times, but just know it may be healthier for you, if you didn’t eat any more of these fake blueberry products.
It’s not always easy to avoid fake blueberry products, but you can take actions to prevent them from making their way into your pantry. When you’re browsing the shelves at your local supermarket, be sure to read the ingredients list and find out what is actually in your food. If you see Red #40 or Blue #2, then you know they added artificial colors to give their “blueberries” more blue.
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Damn..blueberry muffins were my favorite kind of muffin but now i am turned off by them
disgusting isn’t it? It makes my blood boil what the food industry does. The best thing is to cook your own using good quality ingredients. At least you know whats in those
Oh, that is such a bummer! You hope that you can squeeze some fruit into your family’s diet and they will gobble them up. But, I definitely don’t want to be giving my children the foods listed above. Very disappointing. Thanks for the important information.
Victoria
I’m all for pointing out false advertising, but I also prefer to do my own research. I checked the ingredients for the Fiber One Blueberry Muffin Mix (http://www.generalmills.com/~/media/Images/Brands/Nutritional_Images/Betty_Crocker/Fiber_One/Fiber_One_Blueberry_Muffin_Mix-102.ashx, from http://www.fiberone.com/product/baking.mix.aspx?key=blueberry), and it does list dried blueberries. Granted, it’s listed below “Monoesters of Fatty Acids” (whatever that is), it’s still quite disingenuous to say that there are NO blueberries in it.
The Kellogg’s products really don’t contain blueberries though, only “Blueberry Flavor”. I wasn’t able to find the ingredients for the other two products listed.
That’s disgusting! Companies should really not be allowed to do stuff like this. Nothing wrong with using fake blueberries…but they should have to print it in big letters on the front of the box
Thats really disgusting! I chose muffin with blueberries because I think they are a little bit more healthy then others. Although they are still as tasty as the not so healthy. But this make its even worse.