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Sugar Content of Popular Cereals
By: Aniko Silk On: 2 April 2018
Compare high sugar levels in popular breakfast cereals. Who would give a child a regular breakfast food that is more than 25% sugar?
The sugar content of some popular cereals and breakfast foods is quite alarming, as many have a lot of sugar added. Some that have dried fruit have naturally occuring sugars from the fruit, but that alone usually wont get you over 15% total sugars content.
When reading the nutrition panel it is best to just ignor all columns that might decieve you, except the column that shows the content per 100g as this gives you the percentage of sugar in the product. ie. 25g per 100g is 25% sugar. Who would let a child regularly eat a breakfast product that is over 25% sugar?
Read our article on why sugar can be bad for you and how much sugar we should consume in our healthy food blog article Make the Switch to Low Sugar Cereal.
Granola or muesli can be a quick easy healthy breakfast but not with all that added sugar. That is NOT a healthy breakfast. hre are some Recommended Low Sugar Cereal products.
Below is a list of some of the popular commercial breakfast foods with higher sugar content. Notice how poorly they compare with the products of Australian artisan breakfast cereal manufacturers, Mulberry Tree and Plum Foods at the botom of the list. Sugar in cereals is over the top.
| Brand | Product | Percent Sugar | |
| Dick Smith |
Bush Foods Breakfast
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23.30%
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| Dick Smith |
Bush Foods Muesli
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24.20%
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Kelloggs
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Nutrigrain | 26.70% | |
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Kelloggs
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Froot Loops
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41.70%
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Kelloggs
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Frosties
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41.30%
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Kelloggs
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All Bran Wheat Flakes Honey Almond
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39.00%
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Kelloggs
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Cocoa Pops
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36.70%
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Kelloggs
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Nutrigrain & Cocoa Pops Chex
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32.00%
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Kelloggs
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Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes
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31.70%
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Kelloggs
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Just Right Original
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31.10%
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| Kelloggs |
Komplete Oven Baked Muesli
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29.60%
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| Kelloggs |
Special K Forest Berries
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25.70%
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| Kelloggs |
Sultana Bran
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22.70%
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| Kelloggs |
Sultana Bran Crunch
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28.40%
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| Kelloggs |
Sustain Selection
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19.80%
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| Kelloggs |
Sustain Original
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20.40%
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Nestle
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Nesquick,
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31.70%
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Nestle
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Cheerios
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21.70%
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Nestle
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Milo
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31.30%
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| Sanitarium |
Granola Clusters Blueberry & Apple
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22.80%
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| Sanitarium |
Honey Weets
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25.00%
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| Sanitarium |
Light'n'Tasty Apple & Cranberry
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23.50%
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| Sanitarium |
Light'n'Tasty Apricot
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31.30%
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| Sanitarium |
Light'n'Tasty Mango & Passionfruit
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23.50%
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| Sanitarium |
Light'n'Tasty Triple Berry
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31.30%
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| Sanitarium |
Weet Bix Crunch
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20.30%
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Uncle Tobys
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Oats Temptations Sultanas, Apples & Honey
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34.00%
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Uncle Tobys
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Plus Sultanas 'n Bran |
32.40%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Fruity Bites Wildberry
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24.30%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Fruity Bites Apple & Vanilla
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24.60%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Fruity Bites Mango & Passionfruit
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24.60%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Healthwise for Heart and Circulatory System
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30.00%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Oats So Tasty
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29.30%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Oats Temptations Selections
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29.30%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Oats Temptations Sultanas, Apples & Honey
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34.00%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Plus Sports Lift
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22.00%
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Uncle Toby's
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Plus Muesli Flakes
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24.00%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Plus Anitoxidant Lift
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28.00%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Plus Crisp 'n Crunchy
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24.40%
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Uncle Toby's
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Plus Fibre Lift
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26.00%
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| Uncle Toby's |
Plus Protein Lift
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25.30%
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| Weight Watchers |
Berry Flakes
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26.30%
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| Weight Watchers |
Fruit & Fibre
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30.70%
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| Weight Watchers |
Fruity Muesli
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20.80%
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| Weight Watchers |
Tropical Breakfast
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30.20%
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| Woolworths |
Home Brand Cocoa Puffs
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44.00%
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| Woolworths |
Home Brand Fruity Rings
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25.00%
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| Woolworths |
Select Natural Muesli Apricot & Almond
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24.80%
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| Woolworths |
Select Natural Muesli Peach & Pecan
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23.00%
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| Woolworths |
Select Toasted Muesli Café Style
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23.60%
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| Woolworths |
Select Toasted Muesli Classic Crunch
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21.30%
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You’ll Love Coles
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Cocoa Puffs,
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44.00%
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| You'll Love Coles |
Muesli Apricot Date & Almond
|
21.00%
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| You'll Love Coles |
Muesli Summer Fruits
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26.80%
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| You'll Love Coles |
Right Start
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25.80%
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Healthy Brands |
That have low or No added Sugar:- |
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| Mulberry Tree | Hinterland Bircher Muesli | 13.5% | |
| Mulberry Tree | Roasted Almond Crunch Granola ** | 9.7% | |
| Mulberry Tree | Toasted Honey Macadamia Granola | 4.7% | |
| Plum Foods | Gluten Free Maple Nut Crunch Granola* | 13.1% | |
| Plum Foods | Maple Nut Crunch Granola* | 8.9% | |
| Plum Foods | Cranberry Crunch Granola* | 13.3% | |
| Plum Foods | Fig & Apricot Bircher Muesli* | 11.2% | |
| Plum Foods | Spelt Agave Crunch Granola* | 9.4% | |
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*Plum Foods products are Majority Organic ingredients
Aniko Silk is the Executive Chef at Opera Foods Pty Ltd, Australian manufacturers & distributors of fine food products. For more information about sugar content of Plum Foods breakfast cereals, or Mulberry Tree granola or Muesli contact Opera Foods on 02 4954 4077 or buy direct through the fine food distributor, Opera Foods store product list or visit my healthy food blog.
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