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And that’s basically it!
Strange times to live through when even your goyslop gets a dose of enshittification.
The free market has spoken. There just isn't enough demand for rice grains in the rice crispies. It's simple economics.
Smart. Should also raise the price, just to be sure
A spokeswoman for Kellogg’s said: “We have updated the Rice Krispies and Coco Pops recipes, which are now made using corn flour and rice flour.
“This recent change helps us maintain consistent quality at a time when changing weather conditions are affecting the quality and availability of some of the rice and grains used in our cereals.
“We appreciate that even small changes to a much-loved product can feel noticeable and that’s why we have approached this with a lot of care and consideration.
How about address climate mitigation with pollution-belching factories and logistics?! 🤯
An entire whole half of the world eats rice in large quantities. I don't believe this bullshit about "weather conditions". This is just ol' fashioned enshittification, using some excuse to justify it.
The other part of this that's notable is they're substituting in corn in place of rice. Corn production is heavily subsidised in the states. This is also part of the reason why there's so much high fructose corn syrup in their food and they turn a ton of corn into ethanol.
You should believe it. Between global warming, overworked soil, deforestation, drought, water waste, water pollution, and lack of fertilizer, we better do something yesteryear. Today is the next best time.
They don't even acknowledge global warming/climate change, it's just the weather 😅
Accepting that global warming is real is not mutually exclusive with doubting it's the sole or even primary cause for this change.
Exactly. Of course global warming is one of the biggest problems we haven't tackled yet. But, also, corpos do this shit all the time where they misdirect the excuse for their cost-cutting actions.
No one said it's not.
Because that's the job of government, not business.
Because business can't be proactive. You know what's great for roi? More live customers.
Now they’re just reshaped packing peanuts
They replaced it with another natural ingredient that fills even more, and that ingredient is wood.
Extra fibre.
Back to sawdust?
Holupaminit, I thought this was a figure of speech! They meant "changing weather conditions" literally, as in, the rice grains don't work for them as an ingredient any more due to poor quality? WTF?!
Welcome to some direct effects of climate change.
So it's just gonna be "Krispies" now? How are Snap, Crackle, and Pop taking being fired?
They’re starting a podcast.
Uh, so what are they now, just sugar and vitamins?
They’re taking rice flour not whole grain rice and apparently aren’t gluten free anymore
Also adding corn flour to the mixture as well.
But like, rice crispy bars were the one sweet "baked" good that anyone could make for gluten free needs...
Uhhh rice crispies have never been gluten free tough? The malt flavor is derived from barley and contains gluten.
Shit, did my mam lie to me all these years, lolol
According to the article, they've previously been labeled as "may contain gluten" do to being processed in a facility that makes other things with gluten, so they were probably fine for non-celiac gf folks. Now it's actually part of the ingredients, so that's over.
You would think with something like rice they would have a warning that it may contain gluten, people assume too much. But that’s also why stuff is labeled as gluten free if it is and designed so.
If they’re anything like my parents, they just choose to accept what they want and don’t want to be corrected -.-
I don't know if the article is true, but the article did mention there was a warning on the package.
It’s not listed on the package I have, Canada usually has better labeling too, but the article says “may contain” because it’s produced in factories that produce gluten, they don’t even talk about the malt flavoring having gluten.
Edit, interestingly, the Rice Krispies treat bar lists “barley malt extract” and specifies it contains barley.
rice bubbles are still GF, but coco pops now contain gluten.
Everything will be corn and you'll like it, god dammit.
Yikes
Oh boy, gluten in another thing I occasionally eat. Fuck yourself, Kelloggs.
They've always had gluten in them though... same with corm flakes.
They've never been gluten-free, tho.
Previously, Rice Krispies and Coco Pops were labelled “may contain gluten” because they were made in a factory where other cereals containing gluten were also handled.
That, and the fact that they've been flavored with barley this whole time.
Malt flavor can also be made from corn or rice.
Super ka duper mega, to the max El nino will affect grain throughout the world. I'm assuming that's what's happening.
So are they going to just call them "Krispies" now?
Considering they're still made of rice? I don't see why.
“It’s the economy, you see? It’s not our fault we have to cut the milk with chalk water again.”