Exploring the Popularity of Eggo Waffles

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Eggo is a brand of frozen waffles that is owned by Kellogg. They have a variety of flavors, for example, homestyle, chocolate chip, blueberry, strawberry, buttermilk, miniature, vanilla bliss, cinnamon and many more. They have a variety of different ingredients which of course like most processed foods are not very good for you. The primary ingredients of Eggo waffles are enriched wheat flour, vegetable oil, eggs and baking soda. These ingredients are mixed into dough, which is allowed to rise. Eggo waffles are cooked by the manufacturer before they are packaged, so the customer only needs to heat them. Eggo waffles are popular because of they can be prepared in three minutes or less and because of the eggs in the waffles that provide their …show more content…

Vitamins & Minerals: calcium carbonate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Reduced Iron, niacinamide, vitamin b1, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Hydrochloride and Riboflavin. Niacin is a water-soluble B vitamin also known as vitamin B3. Niacin helps your body use fat, protein, and carbohydrates from foods to make energy. Reduced iron meaning that iron is added in the ferrous form, which is very reactive and easily absorbed. Thiamin Mononitrate is important in the breakdown of carbohydrates from foods into products needed by the body. Thiamine is used to treat or prevent vitamin B1 deficiency. Riboflavin is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Folic Acid is a form of a water-soluble B vitamin. Folate occurs naturally in food, and folic acid is the synthetic form of this vitamin. Water. Vegetable oil is a triglyceride extracted from a plant. Soybean Oil, vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean. It is one of the most widely consumed cooking oils. As a drying oil, processed soybean oil is also used as a base for printing inks and oil paints. Palm Oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms.Eggs. Leavening is a substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Baking soda, Sodium bicarbonate, commonly known as baking soda, is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO₃. It is a salt composed of sodium ions and bicarbonate ions. Sodium Aluminum Phosphate is used as acids for baking powders for the chemical leavening of baked goods. Upon heating, SAlP

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