Oatmeal:
To prepare my breakfast, I mixed a pack of Quaker oatmeal with a cup of water in a bowl and I placed the bowl in microwave for 30 seconds. The Microwave is powered by electricity which is a the source of energy.
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats and wheat, sugar, canola oil
Production: Oatmeal manufacture consists harvesting, washing, steaming, and hulling the oats. Standard oats are steel-cut, one the other hand, quick-cooking oats get rolled between cylinders to produce a flatter flake. The oats are roasted and packaged after being flaked. Ventilation systems to reduce the spoilage, escalators, and conveyer belts to move the product to and from warehouse are the main stages of oatmeal production and fossil fuels are used to provide the required energy for mentioned processes.
Packaging: According to the Quaker, the products come in recycled paper boxes. Cans were used previously for packaging.
Delivery: Quaker oats, which is an American based company, has a factory in Ontario that is in charge of distributing the Quaker products throughout Canada in delivery trucks. According to the google maps, the distance from Peterborough Ontario to Vancouver is approximately 4500km.
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