Ten worst cereals.

**Durgan** · 12-08-2011, 08:16 PM

Most kids' cereals are like dessert for breakfast: Report | Health & Fitness | Life | Toronto Sun

Here are the top 10 worst children's cereals, as determined by the EWG (based on percentage of sugar by weight):

Kellogg's Honey Smacks 55.6%

Post Golden Crisp 51.9%

Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow 48.3%

Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries 46.9%

Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch Original 44.4%

Quaker Oats Oh!s 44.4%

Kellogg's Smorz 43.3%

Kellogg's Apple Jacks 42.9%

Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries 42.3%

Kellogg's Froot Loops Original 41.4%

Find the complete list at ewg.org.

The EWG is a non-profit research group based in the U.S. that advocates on environmental and public health issues.

**daylily** · 12-08-2011, 09:21 PM

So since there are 4 grams of sugar per teaspoon, I wonder how many teaspoons of sugar are in a serving of each cereal. And who only eats 1 serving anyway?

**NikoSan999** · 12-08-2011, 09:31 PM

I read it today too...more than a Twinkie...wow!

Foodista | 10 Most Sugary Breakfast Cereals

According to a new report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), the first three cereals on the list below contain more sugar, by weight, than the average Twinkie. 44 others contain more sugar than 3 Chips Ahoy! cookies. Here are the 10 worst offenders:

Kellogg's Honey Smacks (55.6%)
Post Golden Crisp (51.9%)
Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallow (48.3%)
Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries (46.9%)
Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch Original (44.4%)
Quaker Oats Oh!s (44.4%)
Kellogg's Smorz (43.3%)
Kellogg's Apple Jacks (42.9%)
Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries (42.3%)
Kellogg's Froot Loops Original (41.4%)

**nodmicks** · 12-08-2011, 09:51 PM

#1 is my all time favorite but I have not eaten it since 2000.

I'm going to be the oddball and maybe get blasted but I really believe most processed grain are bad for humans. Not the word processed. If it has to be so processed is it really food? It is amazing to me how man has genetically altered wheat and so many other crops.

**marlas1too** · 12-09-2011, 06:17 AM

i only eat corn flakes and raisin brand for cold cereal
grits and quaker oats for hot cereal
honey or splenda for sweetener

**nuisance26** · 12-09-2011, 08:10 AM

~50% sugar? Wow, that's insane. We rarely buy cereal since DD needed extensive dental work. She was addicted to it. I did ask DH to pick some up for me this week as I'm trying to add more fiber. I had to go to the website list to check out where my choice landed. Hmm, Mini-Wheats is apparently very good.

I've never liked sweet cereals. I was the dorky kid eating warm shredded wheat or rice puffs with a drizzle of honey while my DH grew up with pop-tarts, Lucky Charms and Apple Jacks. Ick. That stuff should be for dessert only. So on the rare occasions he does buy those they are eaten after dinner. At least I talked him into that.~

**OOwl** · 12-09-2011, 08:32 AM

Oh dear. Although I no longer feed little kids, my parrots like cereal as treats and now I see why. Their absolute favorite are the Ohs. And I feel like a very bad mom for not reading the label and realizing they have that much sugar. I guess they won't be getting that but on their birthdays.

My horses LOVED Frosted Mini Wheats.

I'm a grits kind of girl, no sugar. I like it sometimes with berries and other times with a half a teaspoon of butter and salt and pepper.

**valerian** · 12-09-2011, 09:38 AM

Yum! Cap'N Crunch with crunchberries and without is my favorite! Fortunately my kids don't care for it so I don't buy it. If I did I'd have to eat it so it wouldn't get wasted...LOL! Snort!

**LynnLC** · 12-09-2011, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by valerian

Yum! Cap'N Crunch with crunchberries and without is my favorite! Fortunately my kids don't care for it so I don't buy it. If I did I'd have to eat it so it wouldn't get wasted...LOL! Snort!

Lol! Life is short. Eat the Capt. Crunch. Everything in moderation.

**chowder** · 12-09-2011, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by nuisance26

~50% sugar? Wow, that's insane. We rarely buy cereal since DD needed extensive dental work. She was addicted to it. I did ask DH to pick some up for me this week as I'm trying to add more fiber. I had to go to the website list to check out where my choice landed. Hmm, Mini-Wheats is apparently very good.

I've never liked sweet cereals. I was the dorky kid eating warm shredded wheat or rice puffs with a drizzle of honey while my DH grew up with pop-tarts, Lucky Charms and Apple Jacks. Ick. That stuff should be for dessert only. So on the rare occasions he does buy those they are eaten after dinner. At least I talked him into that.~

Hey,H-Five to ya,I love warm shredded wheat.Rice puffs I remember as a kid.The bag was just huge!lol

**Lucas** · 12-09-2011, 03:22 PM

Hmmm I wonder how Honey bunches of Oats fares as far as sugar goes. That stuff is the bomb

**bookwormpeg** · 12-09-2011, 04:15 PM

We never had all those great cereals....we had Wheaties (do they still make this???), Cheerios, Rice Krispies, Shredded Wheat and Corn Flakes....I don't much care for cereal anymore...my grandkids go thru a box a day...

**monkeywrangler71** · 12-09-2011, 04:28 PM

We go through a box of cereal a day, although none of those ones (I've never even heard of most of them). Unfortunately they are all high in sugar, even the ones that look like they shouldn't be.

**Durgan** · 12-09-2011, 04:58 PM

May I suggest a bowl of large flake quaker oats covered with water cooked for about five minutes in the nuke machine, whole milk and no sugar. The fat in the whole milk after about a week conditions one, that it substitutes for sugar. The kid does not start the day with a sugar high.

My view is to avoid anything that has added sugar. This is very difficult with kids due to the constant advertising, and habits of their parents.

**annymoll** · 12-09-2011, 05:03 PM

When I was a kid the best cereal was Mr. Wonderful's Surprize. It was like a Kix, only sweeter and filled with chocolate or vanilla frosting.When my mother went out of town Dad would let us have some.I can still remember that sugar rush and then the massive headache.We gave our kids steel cut oats.Like it or lump it.