Why is Puffed wheat and Puffed Kumat cereal hard to find in stores anymore (cheapest, price)

[Tiger500]

The main grocery stores I shop at are Publix, Winn Dixie, and Walmart. I have not seen those stores stock Puffed wheat, or Puffed Kumat in a long time. I remember buying those cereals in large bags and it was super cheap. The only puffed cereals I see are coated with sugar. So my only option is Amazon which is expensive. Maybe I should check some health stores.

[HJ99]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGpS6LHeBC0


Yea try health food store. Health food stores arent cheap. Maybe Amazon??? Yea sounds insane to order breakfast cereal mail order. But if they are cheapest place to get what you want....

[Tiger500]

Back in Jan 21 2020 I bought 12 packs of puffed Kamut 6oz for 22.56 from Amazon. Thought it was a good price. The price today is 30.07 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[fleetiebelle]

I've never heard of puffed kumat before, so it it might be a niche product that major grocery stores don't find profitable to carry. Whole Foods, the internet and health food stores are going to be your best bet.

[jlawrence01]

Since most brands PAY slotting fees for their shelf space, brands that sell a lot of product are the ones that get the space. Products that don't sell well are discontinued. These days, you find many of those products on Amazon.

There is very little demand for puffer cereals. It is stuff that my grandparents would eat.

[burdell]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

I've never heard of puffed kumat before, so it it might be a niche product that major grocery stores don't find profitable to carry. Whole Foods, the internet and health food stores are going to be your best bet.

I had to look. Tiger500 got it right, it's kamut, not kumat.

[Tiger500]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

I've never heard of puffed kumat before, so it it might be a niche product that major grocery stores don't find profitable to carry. Whole Foods, the internet and health food stores are going to be your best bet.

Sorry I meant to type Kamut.

[HJ99]

Ok, I think most of the generic in a bag puffed cereal was by Malt O Meal. It seems gone. Thats the rEason only high priced stuff is Arrowhead Mills is only big producer and its always been expensive. Still get Kelloggs Rice Krispies I guess. Aldis has their storebrand Millville puffed rice much like Rice Krispies. They have puffed corn too but its got sugar, not coated in it, but sugar in ingredients.



And yea the candied cereals apparently sell better. You pretty much have to move to cooking own porridge to get away from the sugar entirely. Or buy from somebody like Arrowhead Mills via health food store. Even supposedly "heart healthy" cheerios have some sugar. Just less sugar than the candy in a box kids cereals that have more sugar and artificial flavorings than they do grain.


Here is article commenting on unavailability of big generic bags puffed wheat: https://carolhenders.blogspot.com/20...fed-wheat.html


Course she used it as an ingredient in some cookie/cake using puffed wheat much like the more widely known Rice Krispie squares.

[HJ99]

Its not puffed and nothing to do with original question. Will point out I used to cook rolled oats and frankly they needed a boat load sugar to choke down... UNTIL....


I discovered adding some dehydrated burdock rook when cooking the oatmeal. Yea, for whatever reason, the two truly go very well together and I could happily eat the oatmeal without any added sugar or honey or other sweetener. Just heads up if your are on quest for cheap no sugar cereal. I personally like buckwheat porridge too, without any sugar. Cant really eat any grain anymore due to diabetes and keeping low carb, so cant eat either of those anymore.

[Tiger500]

Originally Posted by HJ99

Ok, I think most of the generic in a bag puffed cereal was by Malt O Meal. It seems gone. Thats the rEason only high priced stuff is Arrowhead Mills is only big producer and its always been expensive. Still get Kelloggs Rice Krispies I guess. Aldis has their storebrand Millville puffed rice much like Rice Krispies. They have puffed corn too but its got sugar, not coated in it, but sugar in ingredients.



And yea the candied cereals apparently sell better. You pretty much have to move to cooking own porridge to get away from the sugar entirely. Or buy from somebody like Arrowhead Mills via health food store. Even supposedly "heart healthy" cheerios have some sugar. Just less sugar than the candy in a box kids cereals that have more sugar and artificial flavorings than they do grain.


Here is article commenting on unavailability of big generic bags puffed wheat: https://carolhenders.blogspot.com/20...fed-wheat.html


Course she used it as an ingredient in some cookie/cake using puffed wheat much like the more widely known Rice Krispie squares.

Thanks for your contribution. I found this amusing article on the Quaker Oats company has stopped puffing.

https://maefood.blogspot.com/2019/04...s-stopped.html