This morning as I was making breakfast for my kids, I happened to read the label on the bottle of cinnamon that I was sprinkling on their apple slices. I noticed the allergy warning on the bottle:
Allergy Warning: May contain traces of milk, eggs, wheat and soy.
Given the warning above, I can only surmise that the manufacturer is getting the cinnamon, not by grinding up a cinnamon stick, but rather by distilling it from French toast. Seems rather inefficient to me.
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It does leave one wondering this gets to be such a Great Value if they are extracting the spice from French toast.