Cheerios OK?
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Cheerios OK?
| Tue, 07-26-2005 - 11:25pm |
Since I've been on P2, I've been buying a separate cereal for myself because I didn't think Cheerios would be good. I just read the label and they appear to meet the guidelines with 3g fiber/oz and only 1g sugar. The ingredient list is as follows: whole grain oats, modified corn starch, corn starch, sugar, salt, calsium cabonate, oat fiber, tripotassium phosphate, wheat starch, vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness.... and a bunch of vitamins and minerals. I know it's at the low end of fiber, but since they dropped the recommended amount to 3g, it seems that Cheerios may now be an approved choice. I know there are much better choices, but are Cheerios at least more guilt-free than in the past?

Hi,
Cheerios are not the best choice.
The boys eat Cheerios, so out of curiosity I checked the fiber and it is 3g per 30g serving. For children under 4 whose serving size is 20g it is listed as 2g, so maybe that's where the nutritionist got confused?
Shelley
It's 3g per oz.
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