Cascadian Farms Purely O’s now with Sugar

November 2nd, 2009

Why did Cascadian Farms add sugar, tapioca syrup, molasses and corn meal to their Purely O’s without notice? I used to buy them because there was no added sugar. Now there is 3 times the amount of sugar. Not to mention their color is different, the taste and texture are unappealing – cheap. I guess their parent company, General Mills,… is trying to create a less expensive product. Well, they lost a long time customer, and from the looks of the comments on their own blog I’m not the only one.


new on top – old on bottom

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5 Responses to “Cascadian Farms Purely O’s now with Sugar”

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January 28th, 2010 at 8:49 pm

jeanne solomon Says:

I couldn’t agree more – have already complained to the company and now have 2 boxes of junk that none of us will eat and I intend to request a refund from the company – these o’s were our staple for almost 5 years; and the only reason I didn’t notice the change sooner was that we had a good supply of boxes that we finally finished up recently. This is such a bait and switch and is so frustrating. The new o’s taste terrible – our 4 year old won’t eat them. He tried Whole O’s and said they were too sweet too and now is eating Heart to Heart O’s with hearts that are a little bit sweet but fruit juice sweetened, so that’s what we’re doing for now – but I’d prefer NO sugar/sweetener, Purely O’s were the best

February 5th, 2010 at 2:28 am

Bill Forsyth, III Says:

My eagle-eye wife caught the ingredient change on the purely-O’s box. Which is pretty impressive on my wife’s part since NOTHING else on the box changed except the copyright date. We bought (past tense) purely-O’s for our (now 4 year old) son as we were trying to bring him up not so dependent on sugar. We returned the the offending boxes, even the opened one in hopes to impress upon the retailer as to the offensiveness of Cascadian Farm’s hypocrisy. We started lurking at grocery stores all over the county and buying every box we could find with the 2008 copyright. Tragically our stash has now come to an end, we’ve open the last box of of real purely O’s. Anybody have any suggestions or know of a stash of the real stuff? I’d be great if I could find a supplier in Akron, OH area, but I’d be willing to buy a case of it if you could prove that it’s sugar free.

If anybody finds original recipe purely-O’s, or an adequate alternative, please email me at cereal@nomademail.com

Thanks,
Bill

February 7th, 2010 at 10:31 am

Kate Says:

I am so disappointed in Cascadian Farms or, as I’ve heard, now General Mills
I have emailed them to voice my own concern and got a response that ended with this:

“In keeping with our satisfaction guarantee, we would like to send you an adjustment for your purchase and it will be mailed to the address you have provided. Please allow 10-14 business days to arrive.
We appreciate your loyalty to General Mills and hope you continue to choose our products.

Sincerely,

Imee B. Roberts
Consumer Services”

Guess what I got? Coupons for Cascadian Farms products! ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? Why would I waste my time????

BTW, here are the replacements I’ve found and my daughter LOVES them: 1) Natures Path Kamut Puffs (Kamut is the ONLY ingredient) 2) Natures Path Rice Puffs (Rice is The ONLY ingredient) and 3) Barbara’s Bakery Breakfast O’s (contain corn)

ALL OF THESE ARE ORGANIC!!!!!

February 11th, 2010 at 5:07 pm

Jen Says:

I’ve been buying purely O’s for just the past 4 months for my now 11 month old baby. This was the first and only cereal (other than Organic baby oatmeal) that he’s eaten and until this morning he’s had NO sugar. I opened a new box of Purely O’s for him this morning, tossed them on his highchair tray as usual, so you can imagine my shock when I picked one up and popped it in my mouth and discovered the newly sweetened taste. I looked over the whole box and was instantly angry to see the change and to see that other than the ingredients list the box was identical to the old one (I even dug the old box out of the garbage to compare). I feel this is completely deceptive. Why try to “pull the wool over” loyal customers? Why not indicate a change somewhere on the box? Are we really expected to re-read the ingredients for EVERY single product we buy EVERY time we shop???? If its a trusted product one shouldn’t have to do this. I have already called the company to complain, but where does that leave me with no organic/sugar free safe for babies alternative.

April 12th, 2010 at 8:54 am

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