In a statement emailed to the IBTimes, Lisa Sutherland, the company's vice president of nutrition, said the report was inaccurate, among other things. Kellogg alone accounted for half the Top 10 list. Included in the EWG's list of 10 Worst Children's Cereals are such popular brands as Honey Smacks, Golden Crisp and Froot Loops. Three companies' cereals served as the major offenders: Kellogg's, Post and Quaker Oats. Sugar was the main culprit, but many cereals also failed to meet sodium guidelines and did not contain enough whole grains, provisions also included in the voluntary guidelines. These guidelines cap the amount of sugar by weight in cereals around 26 percent. In all, only about one in four cereals studied met the federal government's proposed voluntary guidelines for foods nutritious enough to be marketed to children. These are the cereals most parent feed their children for breakfast, thinking it's a healthy option. I wasn't surprised by the fact that cereals are sugary, Paul Pestano, one of the report's researchers, said in a phone interview with the International Business Times on Wednesday. Honey Nut Cheerios (12) contains more grams of sugar than three Chips Ahoy! cookies (11). The report found that, for example, a serving of Honey Smacks contains more grams of sugar (20) than a Twinkie (18). That comes from a report by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released Wednesday. What you probably don't think about, though, is the fact that you might as well be eating a Twinkie, or three Chips Ahoy! cookies, or - to put it simply - a helluva lot of sugar. The cereal hits your bowl, your spoon, with a thump, and you think about the sweet taste of goodness in your Honey Nut Cheerios, Honey Smacks, Apple Jacks or Cap'n Crunch. One of the common rituals to any morning starts with a clang.
8 worst cereal in terms of sugar content by weight, according to a report from the Environmental Working Group.
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