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09 Dec 2011 12:25

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Culture: Today in useless, obvious studies: Cereals are way too sugary

  • Call us when Cap’n Crunch calls a press conference about this. Thanks to a recent study from the Environmental Working Group, we now know how much sugar is in some cereals. The amount of sugar, by weight, is highest in Honey Smacks (55.6%) and Golden Crisp (51.9%). Did anyone still consider typical kids’ cereals to be healthy? Feed ’em some Total instead. (This message is not brought to you by General Mills.) (photo by Horia Varlan on Flickr) source
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23 Jul 2010 22:45

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Biz: Nutritionist’s nightmare: Unhealthy food ads during cartoons stay put

Current federal advertising standards make it OK to advertise cereal and other fairly unhealthy foods during cartoons. Attempts to change this? Stalled. source
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13 May 2009 23:34

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Biz, U.S.: Cheerios’ health claims are a little too blatant for the FDA

Cheerios claimed in too big of type it was heart-healthy for the FDA’s liking. General Mills says the claims of healthiness are accurate. source
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21 Apr 2009 20:15

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Biz: Kellogg’s Mini-Wheats will not, in fact, make you smuharter

  • 20% Kellogg’s claim of the increased attentiveness their wheat/frosting cereal gave you.
  • not 20% the amount that the cereal actually helped you; the FTC told Kellogg’s to quit lying. source
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