sugar shocker what’s in your breakfast cereal?. sensory evaluation which has more sugar.. the...

SUGAR Shocke

rWhat’s in YOUR

breakfast cereal?

Sensory Evaluation

Which has more SUGAR .. The cereal or the chocolate

bar?

One teaspoon of sugar

=

4 grams!!A package that lists 26 grams of sugar for one

serving means you are really getting 6 teaspoons of SUGAR!

Less Sugar, More Fruit

• U.S. researchers randomly assigned 91

children aged 5 to 12 to choose one of

three low-sugar cereals (Cheerios, Corn

Flakes or Rice Krispies) or one of three

high-sugar cereals (Cocoa Puffs, Fruit Loops

or Frosted Flakes).

• The kids also had unlimited access to low-

fat milk, orange juice, bananas,

strawberries, and packets of sugar.

Less Sugar, More Fruit

Roughly half (54%) of the

children who got a low-sugar

cereal -- but only 8 percent of

those who got a high sugar

cereal – put fresh fruit on top.

Less Sugar, More Fruit

Those who ate a high-sugar cereal

ended up downing twice as much

added sugar per breakfast than those

who ate a low-sugar cereal, even

when researchers added in the sugar

that the kids got from any sugar

packets they used.

Less Sugar, More Fruit

Children who ate a high-sugar

cereal also ended up eating

MORE cereal (about two

servings, vs. slightly more than

one serving for children who ate

a low-sugar cereal).

What Do You Think?

Why should parents be

concerned about the

amount of sugar in their

children’s breakfast

cereal?