NEMS-DS/whole-grain.md

Whole Grains

Whole Wheat Bread

NOT ALLOWED

• includes flour besides whole wheat flour, bromated whole wheat flour, whole durum wheat flour

Whole Grain Bread

NOT ALLOWED

• < 50% whole grain
• primary ingredient not whole grains

Whole Grains

NOT ALLOWED

• added fats
• added sugars
• added sodium

ALLOWED

• Brown rice
• Wild rice
• Quinoa
• Bulgur
• Oats
• Whole-grain barley
• Millet
• Triticale
• Amaranth
• Cornmeal (including blue)
• Corn masa flour
• Whole wheat macaroni (pasta) products
• Whole wheat bread products (i.e., pita, English muffin, bagels, naan)
• Soft corn or whole wheat tortillas
• Buckwheat
• Teff
• Kamut
• Sorghum
• Wheat berries
• Other intact whole grains (e.g., red rice, black rice, freekeh, spelt, farro, etc.)

Breakfast Cereal

NOT ALLOWED

• First ingredient not WHOLE GRAIN
• Iron
  • < 28 mg / 100 g
• Added sugar
  • > 21.2 g / 100 g