Just preparing for a talk at a local national school and had forgotten this chart I made up last year – I’m going to be talking to parents about how much ‘hidden’ sugar is in their favourite breakfast cereals:
Content of sugar in cereals
American Heart Assoc recommends: added sugar intake for women is 5 tsp / 20 g, men 9 tsp / 36 g + children 3 tsp / 12 g daily
| Cereal (serving size) | Carbohydrates (grams) | Of which sugars | Tsp of sugar (4g per tsp) |
| Weetabix (37.5g) | 25.7 | 1.7 (4.5 per 100g) | Under a half tsp |
| Wheetibix Oatibix (2 biscuits) | 30 | 1.5 (3.1 per 100g) | Under a half tsp |
| Flahavans Quick Oats (100g) | 73 | 1.3 | Under a half tsp |
| Shredded Wheat (100g) | 68.5 | .7 | minimal |
| Tesco Wheat biscuits (100g) | 68.4 | 4.4 | 1 tsp |
| Rice Crispies (100g) | 87 | 10 | Under 2 tsp |
| Corn Flakes (100g) | 84 | 8 | 2 tsp |
| Tesco Honey Nut cornflakes (30g) | 24.5 | 10.1 (33.6 per 100g) | 2 ½ tsp |
| Kellogs Special k (100g) | 76 | 17 | 4 tsp |
| Flavahans with apples (100g) | 73 | 15.6 | 4 tsp |
| Superfruity shredded wheat (100g) | 72.4 | 18.2 | 4 ½ tsp |
| Nestle Cheerios (100g) | 74.7 | 21.3 | 5 tsp |
| Bran Flakes (100g) | 67 | 22 | 5 ½ tsp |
| Just Right (100g) | 79 | 23 | 6 tsp |
| Jordans Country Crisp (with raspberries)(100g) | 66.9 | 22 | 6 tsp |
| Special K with berries (100g) | 77 | 23 | 6 tsp |
| Dorset high fibre muesli (100g) | 60 | 27 | 7 tsp |
| Coco pops (100g) | 85 | 35 | 9 tsp |
| Frosties (100g) | 87 | 37 | 9 tsp |
| Kellogs Crunchy nut cornflakes (100g) | 82 | 35 | 9 tsp |
