# Is Total Breakfast Cereal available in Canada? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072 "2006-02-12T02:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/1 "2006-02-12T02:42:34Z")
I’ve looked everywhere, Superstore, Extra Foods, London Drugs,Co-op, no luck It looks so healthy, so I want some! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/2 "2006-02-12T07:14:52Z")
From the [General Mills FAQ](http://consumercontacts.generalmills.com/ConsolidatedContact.aspx?page=http://totalcereals.com) > [@](#): > > If your favorite product isn’t listed here [our specialty product locator\*], we also offer an item locator service. Please call our Consumer Services Department at 1-800-328-1144. We’ll let you know if/where the product is sold in your area. \*It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/3 "2006-02-12T16:58:05Z")
I live in Edmonton, and have been looking for this cereal for years - no luck. I wonder why? However, we do seem to get every variation of “Honey Clustered Choco-Chunks of Sweetness” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/4 "2006-02-12T17:00:20Z")
Looks like its special K for me. The new vanilla flavour is great! ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/5 "2006-02-12T19:38:46Z")
I wonder if the “Recommended Daily Allowance” of all those vitamins and minerals that Total bases it’s advertising on is different in Canada than in the US. So General Mills would have to create a whole new advertising campaign - and box - for it’s claims to be valid in Canada. Anyone have any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/6 "2006-02-15T03:40:04Z")
> [@](#): > > Dear Mr. [Itself]: > > Thank you for contacting the General Mills Consumer Services Department regarding product availability. At this time, Total is only manufactured and sold in the United States. We appreciate your loyalty to General Mills products and will share your interest with the appropriate individuals. > > Sincerely, > > Thomas H. Batty > General Mills > Consumer Services Just in case there was any doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2006, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/7 "2006-02-15T05:22:03Z")
Canadians don’t need Total. They’ve got Shreddies - the one ceral that I would give a couple of fingers for - if I could buy it here. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberpope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@Cyberpope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberpope)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/8 "2017-02-23T20:08:05Z")
> [@Quasimodal](#): > > I’ve looked everywhere, Superstore, Extra Foods, London Drugs,Co-op, no luck > > It looks so healthy, so I want some! I just called the consumer services rep line at General Mills – not available in Canada; I found the nutrition info for cereals high in iron & B12 at [nutritiondata.self.com](http://nutritiondata.self.com) & identified Kellog’s ice crispies as having lots of both (You can put in your own fortification preferences & find your best substitute.) If you just want the cereal in Canada with the most of everything (i.e. a multivitamin in a bowl with milk) ask that as a new question. . . ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/9 "2017-02-23T21:52:38Z")
Still not available after 11 years? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/57b2e6/32.png) [@Quasimodal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodal)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/10 "2017-02-23T21:58:02Z")
My 11 year old wound returns. I’ll sadly go eat some Kashi go lean. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/11 "2017-02-24T00:56:58Z")
C’mon people. Haven’t heard of Amazon? > **[Amazon.com: Total Whole Grain Flakes, 10.6 oz (pack of 3): Breakfast Cereals](https://www.amazon.com/Total-Whole-Grain-Flakes-10-6/dp/B004045NUO)** > > Shop Total Breakfast Cereals at Amazon.com. Free shipping and up to 15% off with Subscribe & Save. (Doesn’t say that there is no shipping to Canada.) ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/12 "2017-02-24T01:06:43Z")
> [@Mangosteen](#): > > C’mon people. Haven’t heard of Amazon? > > [https://www.amazon.com/Total-Cereal-Whole-Grain-10-6/dp/B004045NUO/ref=pd\_lpo\_325\_tr\_img\_3?\_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A1S5AMASC34V4GYVAWHX](https://www.amazon.com/Total-Cereal-Whole-Grain-10-6/dp/B004045NUO/ref=pd_lpo_325_tr_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=A1S5AMASC34V4GYVAWHX) > > (Doesn’t say that there is no shipping to Canada.) Yeah but that is $26 for three 10oz boxes. People need to start an international cereal trade. People in Canada want Total from America. People in America want Oreos cereal from South Korea. We just need to find something people from South Korea want from Canada and we are set. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/13 "2017-02-24T01:07:43Z")
I read the [Cerealously](http://www.cerealously.net/) blog (“your most important blog of the day”), and they are constantly reviewing cereals available only in Canada, so it works both ways. [Lucky Charms oatmeal and Cinnamon Toast Crunch oatmeal](http://www.cerealously.net/spooned-spotted-canada-lucky-charms-oatmeal-cinnamon-toast-crunch-oatmeal/) – it’s enough to make me want to move to Canada. ---
**Author:** ![anomalous1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e56c9b/32.png) [@anomalous1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anomalous1)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/14 "2017-02-24T01:10:13Z")
[quote=“Wesley\_Clark, post:12, topic:344072”] Yeah but that is $26 for three 10oz boxes. People in America want Oreos cereal from South Korea. Add me on the list! I’ve never heard of that cereal before, and to think I was excited when they brought French Toast Crunch back. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/15 "2017-02-24T01:12:16Z")
> [@anomalous1](#): > > Add me on the list! I’ve never heard of that cereal before, and to think I was excited when they brought French Toast Crunch back. They discontinued Oreo cereal in the US about a decade ago, South Korea is the only place that sells it. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/16 "2017-02-24T18:43:38Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Canadians don’t need Total. They’ve got Shreddies - the one ceral that I would give a couple of fingers for - if I could buy it here. When I visit my son in Seattle I always bring a couple boxes of Shreddies. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/17 "2017-02-24T19:08:33Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Note that this thread was started in 2006. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-total-breakfast-cereal-available-in-canada/344072/18 "2017-02-24T20:12:52Z")
I console myself for the absence of _Total_ with a cereal of my own creation - _Coffee Crisp Crunch_.