Which of These 'Healthy' Cereals has More Fat Than Fried Egg On Toast, and More Sugar Than a Can of Coca-Cola?
Mail on Sunday › August 30, 2009
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Supermarket aisles heave with boxes of breakfast cereals promising they are 'high in fibre', 'organic', 'cholesterollowering' - and, enticed, we spend a collective Pounds 1 billion a year. So we should be getting our mornings off to the healthiest of starts.
Not so, according to a new report by consumer group Which?. It found that 31 of the bestselling cereals had more than four teaspoons of sugar per serving - that's more than a bowl of chocolate ice cream.See the full content of this document
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Which of These 'Healthy' Cereals has More Fat Than Fried Egg On Toast, and More Sugar Than a Can of Coca-Cola?
And to complicate matters, it's not always easy to spot the worst offenders. Apparently, some brands promote products as healthy on the basis of one or two added vitamins or minerals. Such is the concern, new EU legislation is to be drafted to stop cereal manufacturers 'dressing up' products high in sugar, fat and salt with health claims.
Sugar is the key culprit according to dietician Catherine Collins. 'Cereals are almost a...See the full content of this document
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