Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes isn't so bad after all!

Too bad I didn’t have this information on hand as a kid when I was eying all of the fun breakfast cereals seen on TV like Cap'n Crunch and Froot Loops, but was stuck with the healthy crap lacking a Junior Undercover Agent code ring.

For many kids, commercial breakfast cereal is the main source of daily vitamins and minerals. Take a look at Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes reduced-sugar cereal. A serving provides 25 percent of the recommended daily intake of seven essential nutrients, including iron, folic acid and other B vitamins. It also provides 10 percent of the recommended intake for vitamins A, C and D.
Now look at its organic equivalent: EnviroKidz Organic Amazon Frosted Flakes. The only ingredients are organic cornmeal, organic evaporated cane juice and sea salt. A serving gives kids only 2 percent of the recommended daily intake for vitamin A and iron, according to the label.

4 comments:

Ogg the Caveman said...

Mmmm(urst). Froot loops.

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Anonymous said...

I used to eat that stuff all the time. I ate rice krispies with mountains of sugar on top too. We didn't even know what organic was. Of course we used ddt for mosquitos too. Most kids could probably use some organic stuff in their diet as well as vitamin reinforced.

Ogg the Caveman said...

I was strictly limited to one bowl of sugary cereal per day when I was kid. My parents insisted that it was for their own good.