--- ---  # 12 Breakfast Cereals That Are More Than 50% Sugar  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent May 15, 2014 1:55 PM UTC  Breakfast Food Breakfast FoodGetty Images  by [Alice Park](https://time.com/author/alice-park/)  ## Alice Park Senior Correspondent May 15, 2014 1:55 PM UTC Cereals are taking a hit when it comes to their health claims. First Kashi’s manufacturer Kellogg was forced to [remove the words “all natural” and “nothing artificial”](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/business/kellogg-agrees-to-change-labeling-on-kashi-line.html?%5Fr=0) from some of its products after a lawsuit in which plaintiffs showed that the company used synthetic, decidedly not-natural ingredients. And comes a report from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which shows that the cereal aisle in the grocery store might as well become the sugar section. The researchers [analyzed 1556 cereals,](http://www.ewg.org/research/childrens-cereals) and all of the 181 marketed specifically to children contained added sugar. Adult options fare a little better – if you really look, you can find 47 that contain no sugar at all – but most are still sweetened to taste more appealing. And brand names aren’t the worst offenders; some of the sweetest cereals come from store brands. **Here are EWG’s Hall of Shame cereals that contain more than 50% sugar by weight:** **National Brands** Kellogg’s Honey Smacks (56% sugar by weight) Malt-O-Meal Golden Puffs (56%) Mom’s Best Cereals Honey-Ful Wheat (56%) Malt-O-Meal Berry Colossal Crunch with Marshmallows (53%) Post Golden Crisp (52%) Grace Instant Green Banana Porridge (51%) Blanchard & Blanchard Granola (51%) **Store Brands** Lieber’s Cocoa Frosted Flakes (88%) Lieber’s Honey Ringee Os (67%) Food Lion Sugar Frosted Wheat Puffs (56%) Krasdale Fruity Circles (53%) Safeway Kitchens Silly Circles (53%) **For less sugary options, here are the kids’ cereals with the least amount of sugar per serving:** **National Brands** Kellogg’s Rice Krispies, Gluten-Free (1g) General Mills Cheerios (1g) Post 123 Sesame Street, C Is For Cereal (1g) Kellogg’s Corn Flakes (3g) Kellogg’s Rice Krispies (4g) Kellogg’s Crispix Cereal (4g) **Store Brands** Springfield Corn Flakes Cereal (2g) Valu Time Crisp Rice Cereal (3g) Roundy’s Crispy Rice (4g) Shop Rite Scrunchy Crispy Rice (4g) Sugary Cereals Contain More than 50% Sugar By Weight ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97714/cereals-contain-50-sugar-by-weight/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97714/cereals-contain-50-sugar-by-weight/"},"headline":"12 Breakfast Cereals That Are More Than 50% Sugar","datePublished":"2014-05-15T13:55:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:48:32.488Z","description":"In a year, kids eat more than 10 pounds of sugar by weight from breakfast cereal.","url":"https://time.com/97714/cereals-contain-50-sugar-by-weight/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2e5e43a3a53e50e/69868f7e810bbb5511c9198d/cereals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alice Park","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/alice-park/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte2e5e43a3a53e50e/69868f7e810bbb5511c9198d/cereals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"463383171","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97714/cereals-contain-50-sugar-by-weight/","name":"12 Breakfast Cereals That Are More Than 50% Sugar"}}]}] ```