At the store where I do the bulk of my grocery shopping, the breakfast cereal is on the same aisle as the cookies. I find that to be both ominous and prophetic.
I was thinking that Honey Smacks (which, incidentally, were called Sugar Smacks when I was a kid) might not be a terrible option as a breakfast food. It's primarily puffed wheat (so perhaps it has a little fiber?) and probably doesn't have much more sugar in it than cereals masquerading as healthy (granola and the like.) I believe I was wrong. The nutritional label tells me that there is less than 1 gram of fiber per serving. And the ingredients, while completely recognizable, were atrocious:
Sugar, wheat, corn syrup, honey, oil, salt, coloring and only one preservative.
On one hand, it's refreshing to see a processed food with so few ingredients listed! On the other hand, the bulk of those ingredients is sweetener. So . . . .
I think I'd be just about as well off to eat Oreos for breakfast.
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