Not all breakfast's are created alike!
Starting your day with this much cereal will only cause a sugar crash hours later.
10 Worst Children’s Cereals Based on percent sugar by weight | |
1.) Kellogg’s Honey Smacks | 55.6% |
2.) Post Golden Crisp | 51.9% |
3.) Kellogg’s Froot Loops Marshmallow | 48.3% |
4.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch’s OOPS! All Berries | 46.9% |
5.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch Original | 44.4% |
6.) Quaker Oats Oh!s | 44.4% |
7.) Kellogg’s Smorz | 43.3% |
8.) Kellogg’s Apple Jacks | 42.9% |
9.) Quaker Oats Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries | 42.3% |
10.) Kellogg’s Froot Loops Original | 41.4% |
Some cereals are better than others. Nutrition expert Marion Nestle recommends:
- Cereals with a short ingredient list (added vitamins and minerals are okay).
- Cereals high in fiber.
- Cereals with little or no added sugars (added sugars are ingredients such as honey, molasses, fruit juice concentrate, brown sugar, corn sweetener, sucrose, lactose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup and malt syrup).
Among the best simple-to-prepare breakfasts for children are fresh fruit and high-fiber, lower-sugar cereals. Better yet, pair fruit with homemade oatmeal.
1 comment:
SO SO glad Lucky Charms didn't make the list! I love Lucky Charms!
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