This month General Mills announced a commitment to further reduce sugar in cereals advertised to kids under 12 to single digit grams of sugar per serving. The company has already been reducing sugar in cereals while increasing key nutrients, such as calcium and vitamin D, and providing whole grain.
Did you know that ready-to-eat cereal eaters consume less fat, less cholesterol and more fiber than non-cereal eaters? Cereals also deliver important vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients, making cereal a top source of key nutrients in children´s diets.
Other cereal benefits:
- Ready-to-eat cereals, including presweetened cereals, account for only 5% of sugar in children´s diets.
- Ready-to-eat cereal is the No. 1 source of whole grains in a child´s diet today.
- More frequent cereal eaters tend to have healthier body weights and lower Body Mass Index measures.
Studies also demonstrate the benefits of eating breakfast. A 1998 study showed that children who eat breakfast tend to perform better at school. Compared to children who skip breakfast, children who eat breakfast score higher on tests, are less likely to miss class or be tardy, have fewer reported discipline problems, and make fewer trips to the office.
For more information about kids and cereals, please visit Cereal Health and Wellness.
Right now if you visit here you will find a $1 off coupon for one of four General Mills cereals (Trix, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, Cocoa Puffs).
My thoughts:
Breakfast is a very important meal. Skipping breakfast leaves me way too hungry and lacking needed energy for the day. We don’t eat cereal every day, but we always keep cereal on hand for a fast breakfast. Some weeks, we eat more cereal than others. Cereal also makes a great snack food.
General Mills has recently made several of their products gluten free which we totally appreciate. You can find more information about General Mills gluten free products here. It’s nice to be able to pick up a box of cereal at a regular grocery store and not have to pay specialty product prices.
In addition to the above mentioned coupons, you can sign up for Cheerios coupons here and here.
General Mills provided me with coupons for free cereal and the information in this post through MyBlogSpark. 
I am not a big breakfast person but I do like a piece of toast and sometimes a bowl of cereal so that is great that the sugar in cereal is going to be alot lower!!! Thanks for the great info!! Enjoy your day!!
I always eat a bowl of cereal either weetbix, porridge or cornflakes.
My youngest is funny. I ask him what he wants for breakfast and he says cereal. I ask him what sort (see above) and he says cereal!! After pointing out thy are all cereals he continues to say cereal 🙂