Warning to those who eat Great Value Lentils

irrelevant

They must have switched to a sub-standard (cheaper) lentil because the nutritional information is completely different and new Fiber content is half what it used to be. I think I might switch to Great Value Mayocoba Beans.

edit: The old data says they have 11g Fiber for a 35g (1/4 cup) serving. The new packaging says the same serving has 4g Fiber so it's actually worse than I thought and is nearly 1/3 the previous amount of Fiber.

There are also 30 more calories per serving with the new product.

irrelevant

Yeah, unless I'm being stupid here which is extremely possible, this is a huge decline in the product. Definitely switching to Mayocoba or looking somewhere else for better quality lentils.

wizzybeth

It could be an error on the packaging too. I picked up a container of spinach artichoke dip once and the calories were about half per serving of what I expected - it was not a "light" version either - calories said 35 per 2 tbsp when all the other brands were 60-80 cals per 2 tbsp. So either it was light and wasn't labeled as light, or they put the calories for a light version on a regular package.

There could have been a printing error - or just get a different brand of lentils!

autumnblade75

<s> It must be the GMOs? </s>

Do you suppose one or the other nutritional information charts might just be wrong? I suspect the lentils aren't changed.

autumnblade75

https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/4807?fgcd=&manu=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=50&offset=&sort=default&order=asc&qlookup=lentils&ds=&qt=&qp=&qa=&qn=&q=&ing=

It looks like you get 352 calories and 11g of fiber per 100 grams of lentils.

123 calories and 3.7g of fiber per 35g serving of lentils.

irrelevant

Here's the page with the old product data:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Great-Value-Lentils-16-oz/10314942




Sounds like the old nutritional data may have been wrong all these years.