1. Breakfast Cereals How healthy are they? By Joanna Meehan 5 th class

2. What makes a healthy cereal? Lots of fibre Fibre fills us up so we wont be hungry. It helps our bodies work properly so we won’t get tummy aches. Ideally cereal should have 6g of fibre per 100g

3. Sugar Not much sugar- ideally less than 2g per 100g Sugar is not good for your teeth Sugar is not good for your general health

4. What is in Breakfast Cereal?

5. Coco Pops More than 1 spoon of sugar in 3 spoons of cereal 2g of fibre per 100g High in sugar Low in fibre

6. Shredded Wheat 0.7g of sugar per 100g 11.6g of fibre per 100g No sugar High in fibre

7. Porridge 8.3 g of fibre Less than 1g of sugar You would have to eat 100 spoons of porridge to get 1 spoon of sugar

8. Weetabix 10g fibre per 100g 1 spoon of sugar in 25 spoons of cereal High in fibre Low in sugar

10. Shreddies 9g of fibre per 100g High in fibre 15 g of sugar per 100 g High in sugar 1 spoon of sugar in 7 spoons of cereal

11. Fruit ‘n Fibre 24g of sugar per 100g 1 spoon of sugar in 4 spoons of cereal 9g of fibre per 100g High in fibre High in sugar

13. Cornflakes 3g of fibre 8g of sugar Low in fibre Medium in sugar 1 spoon of sugar in every 13 spoons of cereal

14. Special K 17g of sugar per 100g 1 spoon of sugar in 6 spoons of cereal High in sugar 4g of fibre per 100g Medium in fibre

15. Choco Pillows 32g of sugar per 100g High in sugar 1 spoon of sugar in 3 spoons of cereal 4g of fibre per 100g Medium in fibre

17. Cheerios 2g of fibre 1 spoon of sugar in 8 spoons of cereal Low in fibre High in sugar

18. Rice Krispies 1g of fibre per 100g Low in fibre 1 spoon of sugar in 10 spoons of cereal High in sugar

19. Coco Pops More than 1 spoon of sugar in 3 spoons of cereal 2g of fibre per 100g High in sugar Low in fibre