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Bob's Red Mill Polenta, Organic, Yellow Corn 24 oz
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📊 NOVA 1🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-Free🥛 Dairy-Free✨ Seed Oil Free

Bob's Red Mill Polenta, Organic, Yellow Corn 24 oz

Bob's Red Mill
24 oz
Available at Foodtown
170
Calories
4g
Protein
0mg
Sodium
2g
Fiber
1
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Bob's Red Mill Polenta, Organic Yellow Corn (24 oz) sits quietly in the grocery's dry goods section among flours, cornmeal, grits and other baking staples. You’ll find it on shelves near whole grains, specialty flours and the organic baking aisle rather than in ready-meal or refrigerated sections—often adjacent to other Bob’s Red Mill items and Italian pantry staples like polenta mixes and arborio rice. It’s a product for shoppers doing a planned grocery run: home cooks assembling pantry basics for weeknight dinners, weekend brunch hosts looking to make creamy bowls or crispy cakes, and shoppers stocking up for simple, shelf-stable meals. Bob’s Red Mill positions itself as an artisanal, mill-focused brand that appeals to health-conscious and culinary-minded consumers who prefer traditional milling and single-ingredient foods; its marketing skews toward whole-food shoppers, home bakers, and families seeking reliable pantry staples. The label reads plainly: organic certification, a single-ingredient list (corn), and a heritage-mill visual identity rather than bright, kid-focused graphics. That “organic” claim and the brand’s stone-mill storytelling give it a wholesome health halo. Processing is minimal—dry-milled corn transformed into coarse polenta—so it’s closer to a whole grain than an industrial mix. Sensory-wise the product is a coarse, golden grain with a slightly gritty texture that blossoms into creamy, porridge-like polenta when simmered or a firm, sliceable loaf when cooled; it comes in a 24-ounce shelf-stable retail bag with printed branding. The ritual is slow and domestic: stirring a pot, smelling sweet toasted corn, spooning a warm bowl for family dinner or letting a cooled loaf crisp on a grill for a textural, comforting finish.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 0 cup
Servings per Container: 15
Calories170
% Daily Value*
Total Fat0.5g1%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium0mg0%
Total Carbohydrate37g13%
Dietary Fiber2g7%
Protein4g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Corn..

Dietary Labels

This product is vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:1 / 4

Minimally Processed

Why this score?

Contains a single minimally processed ingredient (corn) and is essentially dry-milled polenta, placing it in NOVA group 1 as an unprocessed or minimally processed food.

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Common Questions about Bob's Red Mill Polenta, Organic, Yellow Corn 24 oz

When it comes to the polenta, calling it healthy really depends on your dietary goals. It's a simple mix of corn, which provides carbs and some fiber, making it a decent choice for energy. However, if you're looking for something high in protein or fiber, you might want to pair it with other ingredients to boost those nutrients.

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