They are free of artificial flavors, colors and artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and sucralose. Cereals: Best and GoodĪll cereals on this list pass proposed federal guidelines* on sugar, sodium, fat and whole-grain content. Source: EWG analysis of nutrition labels for 84 children's cereals. Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries Quaker Oats Cap'n Crunch's OOPS! All Berries Best and Worst Cereals 10 Worst Children's Cereals Based on percent sugar by weight Better yet, pair that fruit with homemade oatmeal. Simple-to-prepare, healthy breakfasts for children can include fresh fruit and high-fiber, lower-sugar cereals. The bottom line: Most parents say no to dessert for breakfast, but many children's cereals have just as much sugar as a dessert – or more. Sugar is the top problem, but many also contain too much sodium or fat or not enough whole grain. Most children's cereals fail to meet the federal government's proposed voluntary guidelines for foods nutritious enough to be marketed to children. Source: EWG analysis of product nutrition labels. Honey Nut Cheerios: 12 grams of sugar | Chips Ahoy!: 11 grams of sugar. One cup of any of 44 children's cereals – including Honey Nut Cheerios, Apple Jacks, and Cap'n Crunch – contains more sugar than 3 Chips Ahoy! cookies.
Honey Smacks: 20 grams of sugar | Twinkies: 18 grams of sugar.
One cup of any of three popular children's cereals contains more sugar than a Twinkie: Kellogg's Honey Smacks, Post Golden Crisp, and General Mills Wheaties Fuel. Kellogg's Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, leads the list of high-sugar cereals, according to EWG's analysis.Ī one-cup serving of Honey Smacks packs more sugar than a Hostess Twinkie, and one cup of any of 44 other children's cereals has more sugar than three Chips Ahoy! cookies. Parents have good reason to worry about the sugar content of children's breakfast cereals, according to an Environmental Working Group review of 84 popular brands. More Sugar than a Twinkie Popular brands pack more sugar than snack cakes and cookies
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