Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Hello. New Blogger

Hi,

This is Carol and Gregatron asked me to become part of this blog's family. So, without any major fanfare, I'm going to warn you to be cautious about Chex Cereal.

The reason this has come up is that I've never had this snack called puppy chow. I've been intrigued by it so I bought some Chex Mix with the idea that it was vegan per some vegan blogs. Well, my friend mentioned that it wasn't vegan. We both emailed the company and these are the responses that we have recieved:

from Corporate.Response@genmills.com
to hellomyavocado
date Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:21 PM
subject Your Response From "General Mills" - 2009/11/04-0790 ZJAG
mailed-by genmills.com
hide details 12:21 PM
Dear Valued Consumer:

Thank you for contacting us concerning Corn Chex cereal. We appreciate the opportunity to address this matter.
The vitamin D3 we use is animal based. It comes from lanolin, which is made from sheep's wool.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Jeremy Gold
Consumer Services

>Original Message From: hellomyavocado
>
>Originated by Consumer To Whom This May Concern: Thank you for taking the time to consider this message. I am a vegan and it's recently been discussed between myself and some friends that we were uncertain as to whether or not any of your Chex Mix cereals are vegan or not. Our main concern is the source of vitamin D as D3 is animal-derived while D2 isn't. Could you please let me know which source you use for your D? It would be much appreciated. Thanks, Carol Baylor. 001600027558:Corn Chex 14 Oz


The email she got back was:

Dear Valued Consumer:

Thank you for contacting us concerning Corn Chex cereal.
The vitamin D in all General Mills products is from mineral source.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Gwyn Walters
Consumer Services

>Original Message From: xxx@gmail.com
>
>Originated by Consumer Is the vitamin D in your corn or rice Chex derived from animal sources? Also/if so, would you consider making your rice Chex vegan, without any animal products? Rice Chex was my favorite cereal before I saw the "vitamin D" in the products list, where it doesn't specify the vegan form of D2. I know that most ingredients lists that include "Vitamin D" mean it could be either form or a mixture of the two, and couldn't be guaranteed to be vegan sourced.

So, my answer was more specific. Knowing this, I'm inclined to believe mine is the more correct answer. On top of that, if the answers conflict, err on the side of the it's not vegan.

Word has it that Crispix isn't vegan either. I don't know first hand but my friend had apparently emailed the company a few years back.