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The general name for proteins found in cereal grains such as wheat. It holds the food together, like a ‘glue’, and gives dough its elasticity.

Breakfast cereals usually have a high or medium GI score – which will be lowered by adding milk. Lots of things can affect a cereal’s GI, like the heating and processing of the grains during manufacturing to make them safe and tasty to eat. Some intact whole grain cereals, like oats and mueslis, may have a low GI score – but not always: you can’t work out the GI just by looking at a product’s nutrition label. It’s calculated by testing each product in the human body. During manufacturing, cereals can change their GI, so the GI of a cereal made in one market could have a different GI in another market due to differences in production. Batch cooked corn flakes, for example, have a very different GI value (132) from extruded corn flakes (72). It’s not just the GI of a product that’s important. What really matters is the overall impact on blood sugar levels of a whole meal, since foods interact with each other. For instance, the GI of breakfast cereals will significantly decrease when consumed with milk.

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The germ is the embryo the new plant grows from. It’s used in whole grain flour, not white flour.

People with Coeliac Disease or non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, need to avoid gluten, but others might simply choose to go gluten-free now and again. Whole grain foods may be suitable for everyone (except those requiring special diets), as they contain nutrients found naturally in all 3 parts of the grain. Dietary recommendations in many countries encourage consumption of whole grain foods as part of our daily grain intake.

No, breakfast cereals do not contribute to cholesterol intake.