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Calories in Quaker Grits instant flavor variety
100Calories
| Amount Per 1 original 1 packet | |||
| Calories | 100 Kcal (419 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 0 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 0g | 0% | |
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| Sodium | 310mg | 13% | |
| Total Carbs | 22g | 7% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1g | 4% | |
| Protein | 2g | 4% | |
| Iron | 6.8mg | 38% | |
| Calcium | 100mg | 10% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 1.8, PointsPlus: 2, SmartPoints: 3
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Salty! Has over 13% of the daily sodium max
The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium daily — twice the recommended amount amount of 2400mg for healthy adults, this is 1 teaspoon of salt.
For medical reasons many people should not exceed 1500mg of sodium.
Surprisingly, you're responsible for only 15% of the sodium in your diet the bigger part - 75% of the sodium that you consume each day comes from processed foods, not home cooking or the salt shaker.
Excess sodium intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, hypernatremia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other heart problems.
Are these reasons enough to cut the sodium intake? No doubt! -
Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
Low fiber :-(
It is not really good to have a breakfast with so little amount of fiber!
Your morning meal should have more fiber or it won't have good effect on your health.
You should add some natural fiber to your cereal or switch to a better one, that has more than 4g of fiber per serving.
Some suggestions to make this product better:
- add some fresh fruits or eat them as a dessert
- add some seeds or nuts
- add any high fiber cereal (for example Granola or bran)
There is not much fiber in here and that's not good!
Your breakfast should have more fiber and this cereal alone won't do the trick.
Either switch to a healthier cereal (with at least 4 grams of naturally occurring fiber)
or add some healthy natural fiber to your cereal or breakfast.
TIPS on adding fiber to cereal:
- Mix in some high fiber cereal, like wheat bran
- Add 2 Tbsp of ground flax seeds
- Eat fresh fruit or berries
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Interested in getting more protein?
Protein is important, but some of the protein you find in this product isn't exactly natural.
The protein comes from one of the following sources:
- milk protein concentrate
- whey protein isolate
- soy protein isolate
and that it's not ideal to get protein only from processed goods.
If you're looking for more protein, try beans, quinoa, nuts, seeds, peas and spinach & leafy greens.
Not only do they have protein, they're filled with other vitamins and minerals. -
A very good natural source of Iron
You get real, natural easy absorbing Iron from this product, not as an artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
Contains MSG!
Monosodium Glutamate is used as a flavor enhancer with an umami taste that intensifies the meaty, savory flavor of food.
Naturally occurring glutamate does it in foods such as stews and meat soups.
Despite the fact that MSG is one of the most extensively studied food ingredients and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by FDA.
Some people should steer away from it as they feel that react adversely to MSG.
MSG is generally found in processed, low-quality foods, stuff that you shouldn’t be eating much.
REMEMBER: Any food ingredient listed as hydrolyzed, protein-fortified, ultra-pasteurized, fermented or enzyme-modified is often MSG, or creates free glutamic acid during processing. -
Contains MSG-like ingredients
People feeling reaction to MSG may also react adversely to MSG-like substances.
Glutamates or chemically similar items are added to improve a product's taste.
Here is a short list of common MSG-like substances:
- Yeast extract
- Autolyzed yeast
- Hydrolyzed proteins
- Textured proteins
- Anything "enzyme modified"
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Controversial additive BHT present
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is primarily used as an antioxidant food additive, mainly to prevent oils and fats in foods from oxidizing and becoming rancid.
It is GRAS in the US, but forbidden as food additive in Japan (since 1958), Romania, Sweden, and Australia.
Some studies have shown that it is carcinogenic.
Avoid it, there are foods available without this danger.
Allergens
Corn Allergy, Milk Allergy, Soy Allergy, Lactose Allergy, Gluten Allergy
Grits instant flavor variety Ingredients
Original Ingredients: Specially Processed Degerminated White Corn Grits, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Reduced Iron, Niacin*, BHT and Citric Acid (As Preservatives), Thiamin Mononitrate*, Riboflavin*, Folic Acid*. *One of The B Vitamins. Butter Ingredients: Specially Processed Degerminated White Corn Grits, Dried Margarine (Margarine Solids [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil**, Salt, Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin, Mono and Diglycerides, Annatto Color, Artificial Flavor], Whey, Sodium Caseinate, Maltodextrin, Mono and Diglycerides), Salt, Maltodextrin, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel and Palm Oil**, Rice Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Natural Butter Flavors, Oat Fiber, Soy Lecithin, Color Added (Annatto, Turmeric and Beta Carotene), Reduced Iron, Yellow 5 Lake, Niacin*, BHT and Citric Acid (As Preservatives), Thiamin Mononitrate*, Riboflavin*, Folic Acid*. *One of The B Vitamins; ** Adds A Dietarily Insignificant Amount of Trans Fat; Contains Milk and Soy Ingredients. Cheddar Cheese Ingredients: Specially Processed Degerminated White Corn Grits, Cheese Flavor Blend (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Food Starch -- Modified, Sodium Caseinate, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Citrate, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate, Yellow 5 Lake, Yellow 6 Lake), Salt, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Calcium Carbonate, Nonfat Dry Milk, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Mono and Diglycerides, Sugar, Reduced Iron, Niacin*, BHT and Citric Acid (As Preservatives), Thiamin Mononitrate*, Riboflavin*, Folic Acid*. *One of The B Vitamins. Contains Milk and Soy Ingredients. Country Bacon Ingredients: Specially Processed Degerminated White Corn Grits, Textured Vegetable Protein (Textured Soy Flour, Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Hydrogenated Starch Hydrolysates, Natural Smoke Flavor, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Sugar, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Yellow 6, Red 3), Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Reduced Iron, Niacin*, BHT and Citric Acid (As Preservatives), Thiamin Mononitrate*, Riboflavin*, Folic Acid*. *One of The B Vitamins. Contains Soy Ingredients.
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
5%
of RDI* (100 calories) 0 g
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Cal: 5 %
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Fat: 0 %
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Carb: 7.3 %
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Prot: 4 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (91.7%)
- Protein (8.3%)
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