"Canadian" Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

[Markus]

What's the deal with bringing stuff like foods back into the country? Could I bring 20 boxes back to the states? Presumably they would be taxed at the border? How badly?

Thanks to NAFTA, shouldn't you be able to just bring them in?

[pyro]

Invite me over for some boating and I'll bring Frosted Flakes. Windsor isn't so far from you.

I'm probably a little over 2 hours away. It's a private lake here, but I can get you launched no problem. There's also a couple of bigger lakes only 5 miles from here.

I would need you to bring LOTS of Frosted Flakes.

[sho305]

Thanks to NAFTA, shouldn't you be able to just bring them in?

I think only if the profit from their sale will go directly to the CEO payroll/bonus fund of a large importing/manufacturing company. Citizen rights must be very limited to leave more for non-citizens/illegals/criminals/big business management because they deserve much more than the peons do.

[BIG "V"]

So I read every page and now I have to get a box to see for myself!!!

[pyro]

Good luck finding any on store shelves with this weak American dollar. Got friends in Canada?

[David]

I can bring all the Flakes that will fit in my Miata and gas money, but not a boat. I keep my boats north of Toronto. I was hinting for a ride in your boat.

It can be funny bringing food across the border, NAFTA aside. Lots of people in Windsor (where I live) work in Detroit suburbs, just across the river. The US border guards will no longer let Canadians bring their lunch to work. I really think the US is deliberately slowing border traffic to keep as many as possible out.

Frosted Flakes would probably be OK to cross with. Not dairy, not fresh fruit or vegetables, and not meat.

[pyro]

If the offer still stands, I'd like to buy a few bootleg boxes of Canadian Frosted Flakes if someone is willing to make the drive. I'm 1.5 hours from Windsor, and there's gas in the boat.

Who's got the goods?

[hometown45]

If there was anything worthwhile in Canada, we would have kicked thier butts and claimed that country for our own like we did to the mexicans and the indians.

Look up the War of 1812, we handed you your asses on a platter.

[pyro]

Never mind, I found some Canadian Frosted flakes in the small size boxes. I bought about six.

Presently, the Canadian box top numbers are printed in a white box, the crappy Battle Creek flakes have the numbers in a pink box on top.

[Riverman]

Where is the Canadian product manufactured?

[David]

Too bad for me you found some. I will be stuck at home away (no cottage no boat) the weekend of August 27. I bet I could get a lot of boxes in the Miata.

How's the baby? I assume that's why you don't post so much these days.

Kelloggs manufactures in London and Belleville

[lightchop]

were is the hot chick thread?

[pyro]

Apparently I caught the tail-end of the last Canadian Frosted Flakes shipment. They've all dried up now. I ate three small boxes this week, and I only have about 3 more left.

[John S]

I dont know whats funnier about this thread... That a cereal thread made twelve pages, or that it turned into a political debate, even with a war of 1812 reference... Only on the internets.

Now Im hooked and gotta chime in. Chad, I think this is all in your head. My company does work for a competitor of Tony the Tiger, and Ive worked on equipment that has gone to different plants all over the country. The standardization/ quality checking of the process is mind numbing, and is batch tested every cycle to assure so. I would highly doubt that there is a difference in the product unless it was a mistake, or if by some strange reason, the ingredients werent from the same supplier. Like I said, food production is crazy about consistency. I think them 2 stroke fumes are gettin to ya, lol.

[pyro]

Chad, I think this is all in your head... I think them 2 stroke fumes are gettin to ya, lol.

Tell Greg then. I sent him a box a couple of years ago to compare, and he backed me up 100%.

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Someone already pointed out that the ratio of sugar to corn syrup is different (ingredient order), and the malt flavoring also tastes much different.

The Michigan-made FF product has much thicker and rougher flakes with more air pockets. The frosting has a flat/satin appearance. Sugar powder typically sheds and accumulates at the bottom of the box.

The Canada FF product has thinner flakes with fewer/smaller air pockets. The frosting has a shiny appearance. There is typically very little sugar accumulation at the bottom.

Once you try the Canuck Flakes, it's hard to go back. This isn't a small difference. It's like night and day.