[aishel]

I've heard Ha'adama, Shehakol, and Mezonos. Which one is it really?

The ingredients are (in order of it listed on the box): Sugar, wheat, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, honey, caramel, color, salt.

Since sugar was the first ingredient, I thought it was Shehakol. Then someone told me that it was mezonos, because of the wheat. However, it isn't cooked wheat, its puffed wheat, meaning it still has some form of the orginal kernel, and is therefore ha'dama.

Which one is it?

[cynic]

According to the Star-K brochos thing, it's mezonos.

[reelee23]

aishel, on Jan 20 2004, 10:19 PM, said:

I've heard Ha'adama, Shehakol, and Mezonos.  Which one is it really?

The ingredients are (in order of it listed on the box): Sugar, wheat, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, honey, caramel, color, salt.

Since sugar was the first ingredient, I thought it was Shehakol.  Then someone told me that it was mezonos, because of the wheat.  However, it isn't cooked wheat, its puffed wheat, meaning it still has some form of the orginal kernel, and is therefore ha'dama.

Which one is it?

First ingredient is suger? That's one way to wake up in the morning.

I don't know if it's mezonos or hadamah but it's not shehakol.

[aishel]

Thanks cynic for pointing me in the right direction. From the Star-K website:

Puffed Wheat: With the exception of Kashi Brand Cereal, all puffed wheat cereals that we reviewed, including Kellogg's Sugar Smacks and Post Golden Crisp, are similar to the case of the Mishna Brura. With these cereals, the grain is pearled with some of the endosperm being removed. The kernel is then placed into a pressurized, heated chamber and steamed. The Brocha on this "cooked grain" is mezonos.