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A lot of the comments here seem to he America centric. In the UK there's plenty of option for low sugar nutritious cereals. Even children's cereals by law must not contain too much sugar and must contain a certain level or nutrients.

Some of my favourite cereals are shredded wheat, cheerios, rice krispies. All very simple cereals. If you're feeling fancy you can have a porridge with jam or a granola with no fruits.

The only thing to say is the milk. I know a lot of people develop lactose interances as an adult so it might be troublesome to keep having such a high lactose intake. I think some milk alternatives are much nicer nowadays and add some of their own sweetness to cereal if you like that. I personally have no issues with my low fat dairy milk every morning

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Cheerios contain round up, to the point where it should be listed as an ingredient. They apply it as a “drying agent” at harvest, then harvest before it can be washed off:

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/should-i-throw-out-my...

The practice used to be effectively illegal because it contaminates the harvested crop, but lobbyists got the government to increase legal limit of glyphosate in food by 300x to enable the practice. It’s a carcinogen according to the WHO and California.

Rice Krispies are low fiber, high sugar and high salt: https://smartlabel.kelloggs.com/Product/Index/00038000200038

Shredded wheat is fine, except it’s legal or use glyphosate on wheat as a drying agent at harvest.

All the organic cheerios I’v tried are terrible (any suggestions, internet?) I’ve had decent luck with pretty much every other type of organic cereal I have tried, however. I filter on low salt, low sugar and high fiber.

The last time I checked, spraying roundup directly on organic crops wasn’t allowed.

> It’s a carcinogen according to the WHO and California

This is meaningless. Probably the two worst places to look to for deciding whether something is a significant cancer risk.

Do people still not realize that organic does not mean healthier? It's more of a marketing term than a good way of choosing what to put into your body

The product info you shared is for the US only. The products are slightly different in the UK

https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/products/rice-krispies.html

2.4g of sugar per serving is completely acceptable for me.

Glyphosate has been found in UK cereals too but I haven't seen enough evidence to be concerned about it.

I love Shredded Wheat. I have mine with a almond milk and a tiny bit of peanut butter or even shards of dark chocolate. It's a delicious and healthy snack after dinner that satisfies a craving for dessert.

I think you are overestimating how healthy those are. Cheerios and rice krispies both have added sugar(yes UK versions). Shredded wheat is better but all three are still a very carb heavy meal, even with milk.

Added sugar isn't immediately unhealthy. And according to their labels it's not enough sugar for me to be concerned with at all.

Honey or jam on toast would contain more sugar than a bowl of rice krispies.

Carbohydrates are also not unhealthy so I'm going to completely disregard that last statement.

There’s plenty of options in America too - lots of low and no sugar brands. The comments do seem indicate otherwise. Maybe by “Breakfast cereal” people assume only Frosted Flakes and Fruit Loops and only from mainstream outlets like Kroger and Albertsons.

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