I trust Bob's Red Mill brand more than any other brand on the market. I absolutely love their products and although they can run a bit pricier than their non-organic competitors, the quality is always far superior. I use an array of Bob's Red Mill products, but this cornmeal is one of my regular purchases. I buy this set of 4 bags at least once a month. I use this cornmeal for a variety of different things including my pets, my kids, and myself.
For normal customers, who don't make "food for pets" with cornmeal- I'll start my review with the 'normal' reasons this stuff is so great. It's made of one single ingredient; organic yellow corn. Ya, it's that simple- and yet somehow it's so great. This stuff is always very well packaged. Each small bag is manageable, and the contents inside always seem fresh. The meal itself is never clumpy- and there are never any large chunks of corn. It's just perfectly, evenly milled meal. And I love it! The taste is great- mild and slightly sweet (as you'd expect with corn). I've used this meal to make cornbread, muffins, and scalloped corn. This stuff never fails me. Everything I make with it tastes delicious. No additives. No preservatives. No chemicals or 'non organic' worries. It's awesome and always worth the price.
The four bags come neatly packaged away in a small box that can easily be stored in a pantry. Like I already mentioned, the individual bags are very manageable in size and great for storing in a cupboard- but the box itself is also great and if you're ordering in bulk you can neatly store the box away as well. It's one of the reasons I usually make orders of 2 to 3 boxes of this set at a time; they're easy to store!
But the real reason I love this corn meal is the fact I use it to save animals lives (say wah? - I know! Keep reading!). I foster small pets through our local rescue who need special care. One of the main things I work with are severely malnourished and underweight animals. I make my own 'weight gain supplements' for a variety of pets including rodents and birds. This cornmeal is one of the main ingredients in my weight gain supplements for mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, and all domestic birds (including poultry). It's very high calorie and high fat for 'grain / seed eating animals', which means it can easily help those animals put on healthy weight quickly. I mix this cornmeal with corn, bob's red mill coconut flour, coconut oil, and hulled sunflower seeds to create an organic all natural weight-gaining supplement for small pets that is free of steroids or hormones. And IT WORKS. 9 out of 10 times that little mixture alone will help an animal quickly, efficiently, and healthily put on weight- often times literally bringing them back from the brink of death. So- thank you Bob's Red Mill, although your intention wasn't to save animals- you've helped me do so with your very high quality product!
I really can't get enough of this stuff. The quality is great. It's fresh. It's well packaged. It's organic. And it comes from a company that drives out equally as high quality products with the other items they offer. If I could give this stuff 6 stars, I would.
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| Serving size | 1/4 cup dry (33g) |
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