The problem with cheerios

[Alchemist75]

Well those of you who are aware of the types of things I ferment know that I chronically use breakfast cereals as the primary nutrient source in my sugar washes/sugar heads. For the most part this works really well but not all cereals I've dabbled in have been so hot and cheerios stands out as being one of the worst. I've conducted several ferments using cheerios and all of them went brutally slow or even got stuck. I finally asked why and what I discovered with a little research gave the answer. Cheerios is one of the only cereals I've encountered that contains tripotassium phosphate which as it turns out is a potent anti microbial agent. Actually it's presence in this popular old breakfast classic has gotten some folks hackles up as it may well be toxic to humans too. Moral of the story: don't add cheerios to your breakfast cereal ferments.
Happy hooching