One Pop Tart, one serving. You might as well
eat a Twinkie for breakfast - it has about as much sugar.
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Pop Tarts, Frosted Cherry
1 Pastry (1 Serving, 52g)
Sugars, total: 17g
Calories, total: 200
Calories from sugar: 68
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Of course, after you open the foil package you'll
eat both of them.
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Pop Tarts, Frosted Cherry
2 Pastries
Sugars, total: 34g
Calories, total: 400
Calories from sugar: 136
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Even with the icing, that's so much less sugar.
These taste better than Pop Tarts too.
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Pillsbury Toaster Strudel, Apple
1 Strudel with Icing
Sugars, total: 9g
Calories, total: 190
Calories from sugar: 36
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Half your caloric requirement for the day - and
a big piles of sugar.
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Cinnabon Cinnamon Roll
1 pastry
Sugars, total: 55g
Calories, total: 813
Calories from sugar: 220
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Waffles have very little sugar, until you cover them in syrup. This
might be more than you would use, but 1/4 cup was listed as a
"serving" on the syrup bottle.
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Eggo Waffles
2 Waffles, plain
Sugars, total: 2g
Calories, total: 180
Calories from sugar: 8
2 Waffles, with 1/4 cup Syrup
Sugars, total: 35g
Calories, total: 380
Calories from sugar: 140 |
Of course, we just end up pouring sugar all
over these anyway.
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Cheerios Cereal
1 Serving (1 cup/28g)
Sugars, total: 1g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 4
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A "serving" vs. a real bowlful.
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Frosted Flakes Gold Cereal
1 Serving (3/4 cup/31g)
Sugars, total: 10g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 40
1 Bowl (75g)
Sugars, total: 25g
Calories, total: 275
Calories from sugar: 100 |
Kid's cereals all have about the same amount of sugar "per serving"
- but serving size varies, and would usually fit in a very tiny
bowl.
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Capn Crunch Cereal
1 Serving (3/4 cup/1 oz)
Sugars, total: 12g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 48
1 Bowl (1 1/2 cups/2 oz)
Sugars, total: 24g
Calories, total: 220
Calories from sugar: 96
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Here's what's in healthy "adult" cereal.
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Special K Cereal
1 Serving (1 cup/31g)
Sugars, total: 4g
Calories, total: 120
Calories from sugar: 16 |
That's about twice as much sugar as you would put on unsweetened
cereal.
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Trix Cereal
1 Serving (31g)
Sugars, total: 12g
Calories, total: 120
Calories from sugar: 48
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Yeah, it's organic sugar, but it's still as much as your average
kid's cereal.
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Koala Crisp Cereal
1 Serving (30g)
Sugars, total: 11g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 44
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As much sugar as a bowl of sweetened cereal, but in a more compact
form.
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Nutrigrain Cereal Bar, Strawberry
1 Bar (37g)
Sugars, total: 13g
Calories, total: 140
Calories from sugar: 52
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Organic, but the same amount of sugar.
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Health Valley Cereal Bar, Strawberry
1 Bar (37g)
Sugars, total: 14g
Calories, total: 130
Calories from sugar: 56
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