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?