Grains
Go for a variety of whole grains.
Prioritize items with limited added sugar and saturated fat, when possible.
Ingredient names
Breakfast
Lunch & Dinner
Ingredient names
You can find the ingredient names near the nutrition facts label.
Examples: whole (grain, wheat, rye, oats), rolled oats, quinoa, bulgur, buckwheat, millet, corn, or brown rice.
Strive for 1/2 of your stocked grains to be whole grains.
Breakfast
Examples: whole grain cereals, oatmeal, bagels, muffins, and pancake/biscuit mix.
Lunch & Dinner
Examples: wheat bread, pita, tortillas, brown rice, whole wheat & regular pasta (spaghetti, elbow, macaroni, egg noodles), barley, and quinoa.
Stocking Grains
Organize them into groups using the example items from breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Grain items like flour and snacks (granola bars, crackers, popcorn) are going to be in another category reviewed later.
Due to taste and texture differences, neighbors may prefer the regular, “refined” grain products over the whole grain products. Encourage them to slowly work up to the full whole grains. For items like pasta, rice, or cereal, neighbors could try a 50/50 split with a whole and regular version and work their way up to eating more whole grains.
