I was amazed at what I found out.
Corn Chex |
Toasted Corn Chex --
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories -- 110
Fat -- 0 g
Cholesterol -- 0 g
Sodium -- 280 mg
Potassium -- 25 mg
Carbs -- 26 g
Fiber -- Less than 1 g
Sugar -- 3 g
Protein -- 2 g
This also provided 50% of your daily iron
Kashi GoLean Crunch |
Kashi GoLean Crunch
Serving Size: 1 cup
Calories -- 190
Fat -- 3 g
Cholesterol -- 0 g
Sodium -- 100 mg
Potassium -- 300 mg
Carbs -- 37 g
Fiber -- 8 g
Sugar -- 13 g
Protein -- 9 g
Cap'n Crunch |
Cap'n Crunch
Serving Size: 1 cup
(The original serving size was 3/4 cup so I did some math to make it match the 1 cup size of the others)
Calories -- 134
Fat -- 2 g
Cholesterol -- 0 g
Sodium -- 254 mg
Potassium -- 67 mg
Carbs -- 30 g
Fiber -- 1.33 g
Sugar -- 14.7 g
Protein -- 1.33 g
Cap'n Crunch has 100% of your daily Folic Acid
So each one wins in a different manner in my book. It all depends on what you're watching. The Kashi was not as healthy as I expected. It had almost as much sugar as the Cap'n Crunch. The Chex had far less sugar, potassium, carbs, fiber and protein than the Kashi and even less fiber than the Cap'n Crunch.
But this proves it. Kids cereals are the healthiest things in the world but they aren't as bad as we assume either. So go out and treat yourself to a box of Cap'n Crunch, Trix, Cocoa Pebbles or Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Just limit yourself to one box.
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