The EPG is a great resource for parents/consumers trying to figure out the good and bad of certain foods. I recently came across this article on the Best and Worst Cereals… and considering how many families serve cereal for breakfast every morning…I thought this would be good to share.
Sugar in Children’s Cereals: Best and Worst Cereals
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% |
Source: EWG analysis of nutrition labels for 84 children’s cereals.
CEREALS: BEST AND GOOD
All cereals on this list pass proposed federal guidelines* on sugar, sodium, fat and whole-grain content. They are free of artificial flavors, colors and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose.
Best Cereals
Ask your store to carry these brands, which offer cereals free of pesticides
and genetically modified ingredients:
- Ambrosial Granola
- Go Raw
- Grandy Oats
- Kaia Foods
- Laughing Giraffe
- Lydia’s Organic
- Nature’s Path Organics
6 Good Big-Brand Cereals
These meet nutrition guidelines and are easy to find but may include ingredients that are genetically modified or grown with pesticides:
- Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats:
Unfrosted Bite- Size,
Frosted Big Bite,
Frosted Bite-Size,
Frosted Little Bite
- General Mills Cheerios Original**
- General Mills Kix Original**