FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTONS

 

Question: How 'green' is Lucy's Granola?  
 Answer: As green as Lucy can make it: 

• She uses local ingredients whenever possible to reduce her carbon footprint. Moreover, many of these ingredients come from independent businesses.  
  
• She sends you her granola in used boxes given to her by friends, local shops and neighbors. You should see her mudroom! It's packed with discarded boxes waiting for their new purpose--bringing Lucy's Granola straight to your door!  All extra packaging material is also recycled.  
  
• Some of the ingredients are organic--but not all, alas, because currently they are too expensive.  In future Lucy would like to produce some, if not all, of her granola organically.   
  

Question: Can I eat Lucy's Granola if I have Celiac Disease (gluten-intolerance)?  
Answer: An emphatic “yes!” Lucy makes a Gluten-Free Granola for those who can't eat wheat or related products. She began making it when she herself was diagnosed with gluten intolerance. She replaced the wheat flakes, bran and germ with delicious gluten-free oats, seeds and the immensely popular addition of natural puffed rice. Even granola fans who aren't wheat-intolerant love this version of Lucy's Granola!  

Question: What's the shelf-life of Lucy's Granola?  
Answer: It lives forever in the freezer!  
But, since there are no preservatives in this fresh, homemade product, three to six months is the longest it should stay on a shelf, and preferably out of the sun. If it ever goes stale because it's been left open and out, put it in a warm 220-degree oven for 5 or 10 minutes and it will crisp right up.  

Question: What's the nutritional content of Lucy's Granola?  

Answer: Nutritional content will appear soon on our new labels. In testing our granolas have less fat, salt and sweeteners than almost all other commercial granolas.