Uncle Tobys Cheerios Low Sugar | Chewsday Review
They're back!! If you haven't quite understood the hype and want to know why I love Cheerios Low Sugar check out this week's Chewsday Review.
- Whole Grain Cereals (66%) [Wheat, Corn, Oats], Wheat Starch, Chicory Root Fibre, Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Salt, Cocoa, Flavours (Wheat), Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Phosphate). Vitamins and Minerals Minerals (Calcium, Iron, Zinc), Vitamins (E, Niacin, B6, B2, Folic Acid).
- Allergens: Wheat, Gluten.
- May contain: Rye, Barley, Milk, Soy, Tree Nuts.
- These have 3mg of iron per 30g serve, which is the same as 2 Weet-Bix!
- As well as iron, I’m pleased to see these are calcium fortified. Calcium rich foods can be tricky to find for kiddos with cow’s milk allergy. One serve has 120mg of calcium, which equals more than a third of the calcium in a cup of milk.
- These are well within my recommendations for sugar at 3.9g per 100g. This is lower than original Cheerios (14.4g of sugar per 100g) and honey flavoured Cheerios too (17.8g of sugar per 100g). You probably wouldn’t expect Cheerios Low Sugar to be pretty much on par with Weet-bix (3g of sugar per 100g).
- Cheerios Low Sugar contain 5.1g of fibre per serve (or a whopping 17.1g per 100g), which is more than Weet-Bix, all of the other varieties of Cheerios and even Sultana Bran! This is about 30% of toddler’s (1-3 years), 25% younger children’s (4-8 years), and 20% of an older children’s (9-13 years) daily fibre target. These contain the same amount of wholegrains (oats, corn and wheat) as original Cheerios, but the fibre boost is coming from the added chicory root fibre.
- The sodium content (275mg per 100g) is within my guidelines and is similar to Weet-Bix and other Cheerios varieties.
- There’s no natural or artificial sweeteners, which are common in most low sugar products.
- I’m really trying here, but all I can think of is that they’re more expensive than Weet-Bix per kg. These are $7.50 for 450g, which is $16.70 per kg, while regular Weet-Bix come in at $5.80 for the big 1.2kg value pack.
- “4.5 health star rating”. This is a good reflection of this product.
- “High in fibre”. Yep, this is absolutely true, even more than regular Weet-Bix.
- “Low sugar”. Yes, this is true, but I’m mindful that this marketing can play on parents fear of sugar. These could easily just be called Vanilla Cheerios. So many parents are terrified of their kids eating sugar and the fear is out of control.
- It’s no secret that I love Cheerios Low Sugar and I am thrilled to have it back. Just as my stash ran out too!
- It’s a low sugar, high fibre, iron-fortified, beige cereal option that lots of kids enjoy. I also love it offered dry as a snack, part of a trail mix or in my homemade muesli bars (join Toddler or Family Mealtimes to get that recipe).
- For babies you can soften it with some breastmilk, formula or milk and offer as a finger food for pincer grip practice. Access more information about texture progression and my complete finger food gallery in Baby Mealtimes.
The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
