Los 10 cereales más azucarados: % de azúcar por peso
By: Keith
David Mackay, CEO de Kellogg, dice “Yo no entiendo por qué existe tanta negatividad” cuando se le preguntó sobre la salubridad de sus cereales. Bueno, tal vez sea porque él es el más alto vendedor de cereales para niños que literalmente están llenos de azúcar. Ahora, yo no soy un experto en cereales para el desayuno así que tal vez llenando la mitad de estos con azúcar no sea tan malo como parece. Pero de alguna manera yo creo que es tan malo como lo parece. Añade la cantidad de azúcar a la cantidad de sodio y otros tipos de basura como preservativos que ponen en estos productos y estás viendo a pequeñitos pedacitos de barras de dulce, definitivamente no es un desayuno nutritivo. Para cualquiera de ustedes que estén interesados en ver cómo se compara su cereal favorito con otros cereales, aquí está éste sitio web.
Yo busqué a mi cereal favorito, Post Grape Nuts, y me dio gusto descubrir que obtuvo una buena calificación. La única parte que no fue muy buena fue que contiene 500mg de sodio por cada 100g de peso. AL menso no tiene ninguno de esos colorantes artificiales como el amarillo #5 o el rojo #40 o cualquiera de los azules (éstos colorantes causan problemas mentales en los niños). Ve a checar tus cereales favoritos. Cualquier calificación más alta que 60 (de acuerdo con su sistema de calificaciones) es buena. Cualquiera bajo 50 es mala. Los Honey Nut Cheerios obtuvieron una calificación de 44.
Los 10 cereales más azucarados:
Honey Smacks 56%
Marshmallow Froot Loops 53%
Post Golden Crisp 50%
Captain Crunch Crunch Berries 46%
Cocoa Puffs 44%
Count Chocula 44%
Corn Pops 41%
Froot Loops 41%
Reese’s Puffs 41%
Lucky Charms 41%
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I’ve got a friend that ate Frosted Flakes (Tony Tiger)LOL!! Every morning when we were in school BUT!!! He added two spoons full of sugar and he would drink the milk and I had another friend that was alergic to milk so he ate his Captain Crunch with Kool Aid and a spoon of sugar so I guess even if it’s not already jacked up with sugar some people can find a way to do it themselves…. LOL!!!
STLDADDY: That would make my head explode!
Kellogg’s shouldn’t have dropped Michael Phelps because stoners are a big consumer group for their product.
Mom: Stoners should have a lobbying group to pressure Hostess and Kellogs for more easily opened packages!
Sigh
Glad Frosted Mini Wheats isn’t near the top of the list. It’s the one cereal the boys and I can agree on!
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Sean: I give the boys cheerios and I eat grape nuts. Like Daddy Forever said though, the sodium content bothers me a little. I love mini wheats too
Interesting stuff, a little surprising about Honey Nut Cheerios. Little man gets those every once in a while when he tires of oatmeal and I don’t have any homemade banana pancakes in reserve.
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PJ: I was so disappointed by the honey nut cheerios news. I thought I was really doing it right. But, I suppose I could have guessed that it wasn’t as great as I thought it was just by the fact that it’s in a box and is marketed to kids. Oh, well. I still buy it sometimes because it tastes so good.
Until I started looking at labels because of my high blood pressure, I was not aware of all the sodium in cereals. When in comes to cereals, those heart check marks are almost useless. 480mg of sodium for one serving of cereal is too high because most adults eat more than one serving. Eat two servings in the morning and you’ve already consumed about 40% of the recommended amount of sodium.
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Ken: The sodium was something that took me by surprise too. I thought “what could possibly be wrong with Grape Nuts?” Well, I guess nothing — except sodium. I cook most of my own food to keep sodium down, but cereal is not a source I ever thought of.
Wow… I did not buy cereal last time i went to the store. My kids are complaining bitterly, but I just keep thinking … there has to be simple, NUTRITIOUS and filling breakfast options out there which don’t include loading them up on overly processed grains, sugar, sodium and preservatives. The only problem with non sugary cereals is that they want to add sugar to them, with oatmeal .. they want to add sugar, chocolate, brown sugar, honey, etc. … with whole grain bagels.. they want to add all sorts of stuff. I have started encouraging them to eat fruit and yogurt with maybe some almonds or walnuts for breakfast. Can you write an article on breakfasts which require little time for preparation, but are healthy and feasible for those of us with large families? (Currently and for the indefinite future have 8 kids in the house.) Thanks!
Joan: That’s a common problem in our house too. I buy the kids cheerios and they slap honey all over it.
The only way I can avoid that is to regulate the honey usage myself. But, I’ll research some healthy breakfast options and report back what I find.
Oh.. if you write that article.. please include items we can make ahead and possibly freeze or just save for the following day. You rock! Thanks!
Fortunately, my kids were never that into cereals. They like the sugary ones, but we didn’t typically have them around. Cheerios, or wheat toast, or even hash browns on a quick drive-thru McDonald’s on the way to school. To me, it seemed preferable (though you may tell me otherwise).
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Wolf: After what I’ve learned about most cereals this week, I suddenly realize that McDonalds might not be as bad as I previously thought (at least by comparison).
I really had always looked at other things when buying cereals. My kids like the crap cereals. I tend to like the healthier brands. Most cereals are on the bad list in my house. I saw a few of the lousy ones on my most tasty list which I usually buy when I’m craving junk. It must be a craving for the dyes, sugars or something. Nice post.