On Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 5:55:50 AM UTC-10, Mike Duffy wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Apr 2021 11:30:23 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> > On 2021-04-08 10:29 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> >> Corn Flour, Sugar, Oat Flour, Brown Sugar, Palm and/or Coconut Oil,
> >> Salt, Reduced Iron, Yellow 5, Niacinamide*, Yellow 6, BHT (to preserve
> >> freshness), Thiamin Mononitrate*, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride*,
> >> Riboflavin*, Folic Acid*.
> > At any rate, they had a little Pomeranian whose main diet was Cap'n
> > Crunch cereal. Sometimes they put milk on it, but mostly it was just
> > plain old Cap'n Crunch. Surprisingly, the dog had teeth even when he
> > was older.
> The bad taste was not what I was questioning. I was wondering how they
> stayed crisp when ALL the other cereals turn to mush by the time you get
> to the bottom of the bowl.
>
> Maybe they cook it longer until actually starts to burn, and then add a
> bunch of yellow dye to make it look like they just added even more sugar.

My guess is that it was a good amount of oil. I loved Cap'n Crunch. That stuff used to be sweeter because they would spray with a clear coat of sugar 'n oil. That made it glisten like a bowl full of jewels. Don't even get me started on Peanut Butter Crunch.