My post this morning got me thinking about the cereals I used to eat as a kid and the actual nutritional content in these bowls of cereal saturated with marshmallows, fake berries and other sugary delights.
Marshmallows from Lucky Charms
I found an interesting article on WebMD.com that ranked these cereal favorites based on their sugar, fiber and sodium content.
Here’s their breakdown, from best to worst:
Best
- Cheerios (General Mills), 1 gram of sugar, 3 grams of fiber, and 190 milligrams of sodium
- Kix (General Mills), 3 grams of sugar, 3 grams of fiber, and 210 milligrams of sodium
- Life (Quaker Oats), 6 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, and 160 milligrams of sodium
- Honey Nut Cheerios (General Mills), 9 grams of sugar, 2 grams of fiber, and 190 milligrams of sodium
Cheerios
Middle of the Road
- General Mills: Cookie Crisp, Golden Grahams Honey Graham, Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Trix, Reese’s Puffs
- Kellogg: Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size, Frosted Flakes Gold, Frosted Flakes, Cocoa Krispies, and Frosted Flakes Reduced Sugar
- Post: Fruity Pebbles, Honey-Comb, Cocoa Pebbles
Golden Grahams
Worst
- Cap’n Crunch’s Peanut Butter Crunch (Quaker Oats), 9 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fiber, and 200 milligrams of sodium in a 3/4 cup serving
- Cap’n Crunch (Quaker Oats), with 12 grams of sugar, 1 gram of fiber, and 200 milligrams of sodium in a 3/4 cup serving
- Apple Jacks (Kellogg), 12 grams of sugar, less than 1 gram of fiber, and 135 milligrams of sodium in a 1 cup serving
- Froot Loops (Kellogg), 12 grams of sugar, less than 1 gram of fiber, and 135 milligrams of sodium in a 1 cup serving
- Corn Pops (Kellogg), 12 grams of sugar, no fiber, and 110 milligrams of sodium in a 1 cup serving
- Top Two Worst Cereals: Honey Smacks (15g sugar/serving) and Golden Crisps (14g sugar/serving) –> both have more sugar than a glazed doughnut from Dunkin’ Donuts!
Honey Smacks
I am proud to say my top two favorite childhood cereals made it into the “worst” category. Thatta girl! 😉
I still stand by my personal fav:
Happiness in a Bowl
I’d also like to take this opportunity to share with you my other favorite breakfast as a child:
Toaster Strudel
I was one healthy lil’ lady! 🙂
Ah, the good ol’ days…
How did your favorite childhood cereal stack up???
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Peanut Butter Fingers 
I’m middle of the road…Cocoa Krispies were my fave!
ohh man, childhood cereals, this takes me back! Every other friday I would get to pick out a ‘junk’ cereal (me and my brother alternated every friday) i ALWAYS got either resses puff cereal, rice krispie treats cereal OR cinnamon toast crunch, man i loved those 3, I never really tried much more I couldnt give up a good thing!
I used to eat ALL the marshmallows out of the Lucky Charms. This makes me want to do it again. 🙂
Why does cereal have to be so bad, it is so so good! I could seriously eat a box of it.
I just bought a box of Kix….looks like I made a good choice! wohoo! 🙂
yay! great selection. i loooove kix too! 🙂
Life is still my favorite cereal! I can’t believe I like something healthy lol.
I wasn’t allowed to have any of the middle or bottom tier cereals as a kid, but oddly I have Lucky Charms, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Toaster Pastry Strudel sitting in my kitchen… Julie teach me your ways to being healthy!
Ahhhh! Glad I now know who this is. 🙂 I thought you were one of my girlfriends from Chicago making fun of my long torso! 😉 Oh & there’s nothing wrong with some Lucky Charms every now & then. They’re delicious!
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