According to research published in Consumer Reports 58% of kids cereals are eaten by adults.
Did you know that Corn Pops and Honey Smacks contain as much sugar as a glazed doughnut?
Here are some of the best cereals and worst cereals:
| Cereal | Serving Size | Fiber | Sugars |
| Cheerios | 1 cup | 3 gms | 1 gm |
| Life | 3/4 cup | 2 gms | 6 gms |
|
Honey Nut |
3/4 cup | 2 gms | 9 gms |
| Corn Pops | 1 cup | 0 gms | 12 gms |
| Honey Smacks | 3/4 cup | 1 gm | 15 gms |
| Froot Loops | 1 cup | less than 1 gm |
12 grms |
Next time you are walking down that cereal aisle to purchase cereal for your kids 
choose one of the healthier options such as Cheerios or Life.
Yours in good health,
Jayson Hunter RD, CSCS
America’s Trusted Weight Loss Expert
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My boys and I don’t really eat boxed cereals (mix puffed corn, buckwheat or quinoa with a variety of nuts, seeds, and dried fruit), but the others in our household eat Life cereal on a regular basis.
no, we don’t eat those bad cereals. the rules in our house: sugar must be 5 grams or less, fiber must be 5 grams or more. if you read the packages, there are a number of cereals (not highly advertised) that meet those requirements. and never donuts in our house!! thanks for your good work.
Nope! I used to eat honey nut Cheerios but I am now on a combination of All Bran and low fat granola with almond milk!
It is amazing what they put in food if you don’t keep an eye on it!
i prefer oats with milk, and some bananas. and sometimes i add a little bit of dark chocolate too..
- aand im all energetized for my day:P..
I’m glad to say that i don’t buy these as a general rule. Sometimes Cheerios, but even that is rare. At least the fiber in Cheerios probably even helps to neutralize any effects of the sugar as well. So, we haven’t been eating much cereal lately. When i do, it is sometimes grape nuts, with a healthier sugar or just raisins. I’d be interested in seeing a comparison on the “healthier” cereals like Kashi, etc., and those that seem to be healther with the flakes, like Honey Bunches of Oats, etc. I don’t care much for doughnuts, either, knowing that they are full of sugar, and also hating the stuffed feeling that they give….well, thanks for this! I was shared in part with my young ones here (thanks for the back-up! ; )
I have Celiac disease, & this was caused by eating too much fibre when I was pregnant.The midwives insisted that I didn’t take laxatives for constipation. I was told to ‘drink 8 pints of water a day & eat 20 grams of bran a day’. I couldn’t keep the water down & I developed severe candiasis which led to Celiac disease, so I don’t eat breakfast cereal. Most breakfast cereals contain wheat & corn, which give me severe problems – not to mention the loads of sugar & high-fructose corn syrup, which nobody should be eating.
If I’m going to eat that much sugar I’d rather have the doughnut!
No, I don’t eat these, I mix my cereals myself. But it was just the other day when I told a friend of mine what I usually eat for breakfast and he said: “Oh, if I eat cereals for breakfast, I could go on eating all day!” Then I asked him, what cereals he eats and if they contain a lot of sugar and he replied: “No, no, no, just plain corn flakes!!! No sugar!!!” I was not surprised at all to hear that. Especially not as surprised as he was when I told them that they actually were pure sugar…
I remember as a kid, I loved Sugar Frosted Flakes. Even though they were already heavily sugared, I would add extra sugar on top of them. I was such a sugar addict. Now, at 52, I don’t eat any boxed cereals. I only eat oatmeal (not instant either) or another whole grain.
Yes, I am one of the bad ones that has not broken that habit (got to have my cereal). For the most part I go with off brand honey nut cherrios, but sometimes I get the honey smacks. Still working on nutritional changes, one baby step at a time, I try to improve things!
When my kids were small they liked Cheerios, and they were handy to take along for “hush money.” I never liked Cheerios or most cereals, but I do like Kashi and Swiss oatmeal.
I sometimes buy Multi Grain Cheerios (which don’t appear on this list), Honey Nut (which do, as bad) but mostly Cornflakes. And these are for the kids. For myself, it’s either a bowl of oatmeal or Bran Flakes. Thanks for the eye-opener!
When I was young, “Corn Pops” was called “Sugar Pops” and “Honey Smacks” was called “Sugar Smacks.” The name change is interesting, eh?