Basic 4
Melissa and I were delving into a nutritious cereal called “Basic 4″ by General Mills. Ever since I was a kid, I would scrutinize and eye up practically every cereal box that I ever ate from. It all started when my sister and I were forced to sit across from each other at the dining room table.
We were always in little battles with each other, and so I would stack the cereal boxes in a wall so that I wouldn’t have to acknowledge her presence.
Basic 4 touts that it is a low fat part of your heart healthy diet, and you’d think that it comes jam packed with the “basic 4″ of something. On the box (click the image to see it larger), it states that it comes with fruits, nuts, and grains. But that’s only 3 items. What was the mysterious 4th item?
Instantly, we thought it must be the milk, but that’s not included in the box, and I was hoping for something more mysterious than that.
The next day at worked I asked around about the Basic 4 phenomenon. Alas, nobody had an answer…until Shelby decided to do a Google search on it. But, that’s cheating and no fun…With Wikipedia and Google, a lot of the world’s uncertainties are suddenly revealed with ease…And so, it is the milk.
Regardless, now that there are 5 food groups, they really have to revamp this cereal into something a whole lot better. Come on, now.
