Warning to those who eat Great Value Lentils

irrelevant · February 2018

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 · February 2018

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 · February 2018

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 · February 2018

<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 · February 2018

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 · February 2018

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.

Warning to those who eat Great Value Lentils

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