What advice would you give to consumers to help them meet the goal of eating three or more servings of whole-grain products per day, with the rest of the recommended grains coming from enriched products?

Answer 1

Choose foods that have whole grains—brown rice, bulgur, graham flour, oatmeal, whole-grain corn, whole oats, whole rye, whole wheat, or wild rice—first on the ingredients list. Don't use color as an indicator of whether a food is whole grain; read the ingredient list. Substitute whole-grain for refined products whenever possible. Substitute whole-wheat or oat flour for up to half of the flour in pancakes, waffles, muffins, or other flour-based recipes. Choose whole-grain chips and snacks, such as baked tortilla chips instead of fried chips. Foods labeled "multigrain," "stone-ground," "100% wheat," "cracked wheat," "seven-grain," or "bran" are usually not whole grain. Foods that are made with whole grain will have "whole grain" spelled out on the label.