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12 Cereals to Stop Eating (And Why)
by Diana Vilibert
Care2
Quick and convenient, cereal can be a tempting option to reach for at breakfast. But what are you really eating? A whole bunch of sugar, according to a new report from the Environmental Working Group. The EWG analyzed 1,556 cereals in the U.S. for sugar content…and what they found was shocking. Not only did most cereals contain added sugar, but some were worse offenders than others –and in the case of 12 cereals in particular, were made up of more than 50 percent sugar by weight.
Here are the 12 to stay away from on your next grocery trip:
Kellogg’s Honey Smacks
Malt-O-Meal Golden Puffs
Mom’s Best Cereals Honey-Ful Wheat
Malt-O-Meal Berry Colossal Crunch with Marshmallows
Post Golden Crisp
Grace Instant Green Banana Porridge
Blanchard & Blanchard Granola
Lieber’s Cocoa Frosted Flakes
Lieber’s Honey Ringee Os
Food Lion Sugar Frosted Wheat Puffs
Krasdale Fruity Circles
Safeway Kitchens Silly Circles
Still not convinced? The EWG points out some more unsettling things in their analysis that might convince you to put cereal squarely in the “dessert“ category:
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Source: http://www.riseearth.com/2014/06/12-cereals-to-stop-eating-and-why.html
