CEREALSSUGARDENTISTRYTEETHCHILDRENGRAINNUTRITIONDIETHEALTH CEREALS - WHAT THE LABEL DOESN'T TELL YOU CEREALS - WHAT THE LABEL DOESN'T TELL YOU ----------------------------------------- (Commercial cereals and their sugar content as percent of weight) Cereal % Sugar Sugar Cubes in 4 oz.Serving ------ ------- --------------------------- All Bran 20.0 2 OO Alpen 3.8 1/3 [ Alpha Bits 40.3 4 OOOO Apple Jaks 55.0 5 1/2 OOOOO[ Boo Berry 45.7 4 3/4 OOOOC Bran Buds 30.2 3 OOO Brown Sugar Frosted MiniWheats 16.0 1 1/2 O[ Buck Wheats 13.6 1 1/3 O[ Cap'n Crunch 43.3 4 1/3 OOOO[ Cheerios 2.2 1/4 | Cinnamon Crunch 50.3 5 OOOOO Cocoa Krispies 45.9 4 1/2 OOOOC Cocoa Pebbles 53.5 5 1/3 OOOOO[ Cocoa Puffs 43.0 4 1/3 OOOO[ Concentrate 9.9 1 O Corn Chex 7.5 3/4 C Corn Total 4.4 1/2 [ Count Chocula 44.2 4 1/2 OOOO| Crisp Rice 8.8 1 O Crispy Rice 7.3 3/4 C Crunch Berries 43.4 4 1/2 OOOO[ Fortified Oat Flakes 22.2 2 1/4 O| Frankenberry 44.0 4 1/2 OOOO[ Froot Loops 47.4 4 3/4 OOOOC Frosted Flakes 44.0 4 1/2 OOOO[ Frosted Mini-Wheats 33.6 3 1/3 OOO[ Fruit Pebbles 55.1 5 1/2 OOOOOC Granola 16.6 1 2/3 OC Granola with Dates 14.5 1 1/2 O[ Granola with Raisins 14.5 1 1/2 O[ Granola With Almonds 21.4 2 1/4 OO| Grape Nut Flakes 3.3 1/3 [ Grape Nuts 6.6 2/3 C Heartland 23.1 2 1/3 OO[ Heartland with Raisins 13.5 1 1/3 O[ Honeycomb 48.8 5 OOOOO Kaboom 43.8 4 1/2 OOOO[ Kellogg's Corn Flakes 7.8 3/4 O Kellogg's Rasin Bran 10.6 1 O Kellogg's 40% Bran Flakes 16.2 1 2/3 OC King Vitamin 58.5 6 OOOOOO Life 14.5 1 1/2 O[ Lucky Charms 50.4 5 OOOOO Orange Quangaroos 44.7 4 1/2 OOOO[ Pink Panther 49.2 5 OOOOO Post Toasties 4.1 1/2 [ Post 40% Bran Flakes 15.8 1 1/2 OC Product 19 4.1 1/2 [ Puffed Rice 2.4 1/3 | Puffed Wheat 3.5 1/3 [ Quisp 44.9 4 1/2 OOOO[ Rice Chex 8.5 1 O Rice Krispies 10.0 1 O Shredded Wheat 1.0 1/9 | Special K 4.4 1/2 [ Spoon Sized Shredded Wheat 1.3 1/9 | Sugar Frosted Corn Flakes 15.6 1 1/2 OC Sugar Pops 37.8 3 3/4 OOOC Sugar Smacks 60.3 6 OOOOOO Super Orange Crisp 68.0 7 OOOOOOO Super Sugar Chex 24.5 2 1/2 OO[ Super Sugar Crisp 40.7 4 OOOO Team 15.9 1 2/3 OC Total 8.1 1 O Trix 46.6 4 2/3 OOOOC Vanilly Crunch 45.8 4 1/2 OOOO[ Wheaties 4.7 1/2 [ 100% Bran 18.4 2 OO From the "Journal of Dentistry for Children" Sept.-Oct. 1974