On the need for The Internet Archive

The information on the "before" cereals came from a General Mills Web site, www.bellinstitute.com/nutrition/pn/all.htm, which a company spokeswoman said was five years out of date and has been shut down. She refused to provide numbers for any of the cereals as they were before the reformulation. Current nutritional figures are available at www.generalmills.com/corporate/brands.
With recent threats to the survival of The Internet Archive, such stories become all the more important to take into account.

--Ari