In France, there are lots of brands of cereals for breakfast. Some of them are not good for health.
Cereals are very popular with children at breakfast time or as a snack. But, did you know that some of them were bad for the body? This was demonstrated by a study conducted by 60 million consumers.
Cereals, the star of breakfast
The breakfast is the most important meal of the day. After a good night’s sleep, stomachs therefore demand something to sustain themselves until the lunch break. Cereals can therefore be an ideal snack.
In France, regarding 30% of French people go to work every morning, without having taken the time to eat cereal or other. A very high percentage… Yet, it is crucial to ask why breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day.
Indeed, the ideal breakfast must thus provide between 20 and 25% of total daily energy intake. The most efficient way to supply glucose to our brain is to consume carbohydrates.
The best thing to do is consume so-called complex carbohydratessuch as those found in high-fiber foods like oats and cereals, especially in children.
Indeed, they are the ones who go spend more than anyone else during the day. They therefore need to be satiated to last well in the morning and be focused at school.
If some children love slices of butter or spread, others love cereal. The latter, present in different forms, have a very high sugar content.
Choosing the right breakfast for your children
In the morning, some children will tend to jump on cereals, because the packaging is attractive and especially because they contain a lot of sugar. In effect, some brands have a caloric intake much higher than others.
Certain cereals very popular with the youngest would therefore not be not as healthy as one might think. They have a rich sweetening power, with a high glycemic index.
Some even contain hidden fats. This was observed by 60 million consumers in 2022. To do this, the media compared dozens of cereal brands in France.
Among them, Kellogg’s Trésor and Frosties cereals. For them, these cereals, as tasty as they are, are “real caloric and glycemic bombs”specify our colleagues from Marie-France.
“For 30 grams of Frosties, you have two sugar cubes and no fiber“, explains Dr. Jimmy Mohammed in a TikTok video viewed thousands of times. This finding therefore has enough to alarm parents.
What are the least healthy cereals?
In addition to a high sugar content, Trésor brand cereals also contain a large amount of fat. Therefore, they are to be consumed, but in moderation.
To find out which cereals to favor for your child, you have to trust the Nutri-score. The latter, written on all cereal packets sold on the market, gives you indications.
Trésor and Frosties cereals, for example, have a Nutri-score D. While Honey Pops and Coco Pops, for examplehave a Nutri-score C, which is already better.
As confirmed by Doctor Jimmy Mohammed, this therefore an impact on the quality of breakfastss of your children. Even if this Nutri-score is only an indication, it should therefore be taken into consideration for the well-being of your children.
Finally, regarding Honey Pops cerealknow that “for 30g of cereal, you have a sugar cube, which is twice as much sugar as in other brands”, specifies the Doctor on TikTok.
Finally, the Chocapic therefore also have a Nutri-score B. The best thing to do is to favor cereals rich in fiber, which have a strong power of satiety. This will avoid the 11 o’clock slump.
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