100% wholesome

Nutrition Action Healthletter, July-August, 2004

What took them so long?

For years, Oroweat has been offering 100% Whole Wheat English Muffins to its customers west of the Mississippi. Now that Pepperidge Farm has all but the West Coast covered, whole-wheat English muffins are no longer geographically challenged.

Don't confuse them with "wheat" or "multigrain" English muffins, which are mostly white flour. Whole wheat means that you can expect a mouthful of healthy phytochemicals plus three to four grams of fiber in your muffin. That's as much as you'd get in a bowl of a whole-grain cereal like Cheerios or Total. All for only 130 calories.

What's more, both companies have made their muffins free of trans fat. So there's nothing to keep that whole-grain fiber from cutting your risk of heart disease and stroke (not to mention diverticulosis and constipation).

So break out some hummus, light cream cheese, a dell-thin slice of Swiss cheese, apple butter, or whatever else you like to put on your English muffins.

With your eyes closed, your tongue might not even know that your scrumptious muffin is whole wheat. But your gut, your heart, and your blood vessels will know the difference.

Pepperidge Farm: (888) 737-7374.

Oroweat: (877) 224-7374.