Nightly News | December 07, 2011
Some kids’ cereals pack more sugar than desserts
Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly 56 percent sugar by weight, leads the list of the 10 worst children’s cereals, according to an analysis by the Environmental Working Group. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.
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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: As we mentioned, there's a new report out on the amount of sugar in cereal, getting a lot of attention, and we've put it on our website so you can look for your own brand. The gist of it is a lot of cereals have more sugar in them than desserts. As one observer put it, they make bacon look healthy.
Just two examples: Kellogg's Honey Smacks have more sugar per serving than Twinkies , and Honey Nut Cheerios , they say, have more sugar than Oreos .