Examples of sugar content in well known cereal brands:
-Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Sugar per bowl (30g serving): 11g
-Kellogg’s Coco Pops Sugar per bowl (30g serving): 10.5g
– Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut Honey & Nut Clusters (7.8g)
– Weetabix Weetos Chocolatey
(7.2g)
– Alpen Original Muesli (6.9g)
– Nestlé Cheerios (6.2g)
– Kellogg’s All-Bran Bran Flakes (6g)
– Dorset Cereals Simply Delicious Muesli (5.1g)
– Kelloggs Special K (5.1g)
– Nestlé Shreddies (4.5g)
– Kellogg’s Rice Krispies (3g)
– Kellogg’s Cornflakes (2.4g)
As taken from the Telegraph
Children’s breakfast cereals can contain as much as three teaspoons of sugar
– the equivalent of two and a half chocolate biscuits.
So it’s simple… it is finally getting through that sugar is the baddy, people’s lifestyles have changed and people want to take CONTROL of their health, this has all resulted in the decline of cereals.
So what can I have for breakfast?
If you are still in the mind-set of cereal every morning on Friday I will be posting some lovely breakfast recipes for you to get a far healthier start to your day.
The best bet is to prep the night before if you are on the go.
TIP- Good fats keep you fuller for longer so avocados are great for
breakfast!