General Mills said in a statement to Women's Health: "We are committed to making cereals that consumers love, and not all consumers want the same thing. One serving of Honey Nut Cheerios would already be over a third of your daily sugar limit. The American Heart Association recommends eating no more that six teaspoons of added sugar per day (25 grams of sugar).
Looking for healthy breakfast alternatives? Try these cottage cheese bowls:Įxcess consumption of sugar of course can have serious impacts on your health, including weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and inflammation. And of course, most people likely don't measure out exactly that 3/4 cup of cereal before eating. If it still did, its sugar content would be 11 grams per serving. Honey Nut Cheerios used to have a serving size of 1 cup, according to the Times article. Original Cheerios, for example, has a serving size of one cup, same with Multi-Grain Cheerios. Interestingly, the serving size of Honey Nut Cheerios is different that that of other Cheerios cereals. The only popular cereal with a higher sugar content than Honey Nut Cheerios is Fruity Pebbles, according to an Environmental Working Group analysis that also found that one cup of the cereal had more sugar than three Chips Ahoy! cookies. Honey Nut Cheerios has about nine times more sugar per serving than Cheerios. Honey Nut Cheerios has more of the sweet stuff than many of the sugar-filled cereals marketed toward children. The nutrition label has some other telling signs about how "healthy" Honey Nut Cheerios are compared to other popular cereals and even other Cheerios cereals. RELATED: 5 Fast-Food Breakfasts That Are Actually Good For You, According To Nutritionists It has nine grams of sugar per 3/4 cup size serving. As the Times pointed out, a quick look at the label shows that three of the top six ingredients in the cereal are sweeteners: sugar, brown sugar, and honey.
But the cereal also is sweet tasting for a reason. (Among other claims on the box, the cereal is billed as " heart healthy," saying that its soluble fiber content can help lower cholesterol). And now, one of the most popular cereals-Honey Nut Cheerios-is facing new scrutiny for its surprisingly high sugar content.Ī recent New York Times report looked at America's best-selling breakfast cereal to see if it actually was as healthy as the packaging on the box makes it appear. This piece was updated on November 13, 2017.Ĭereal has come under fire in recent years for being sneakily packed with calories and highly-processed carbohydrates (or in some cases, mold!).
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