article_snippet: You may think you’re making a healthy decision when opting for a bowl of cereal over a bacon sandwich but a new survey has uncovered the staggering amount of sugar in some of the most popular Australian brands.
article_snippet: healthy’ counterparts in the cereal aisle such as Nutri Grain contain eight teaspoons of sugar, while Sultana Bran and Be Natural Apple and Raisin Cereal both boast five and a half.
article_snippet: In fact, the average sugar content of all 20 cereals analysed by the Obesity Policy Coalition was 19.8g per 100g –
article_snippet: ’s cereals are, less surprisingly, also packed full of sugar.
article_snippet: Chocolate covered Coco Pops which are advertised as ‘nutritious grains of puffed rice with cocoa’ contain a sickening nine teaspoons of sugar per 100 grams, as well as 465 mg of sodium.
article_snippet: While Fruit Loops boasts nine and a half teaspoons of sugar, despite being labelled promisingly as ‘no artificial flavours, no artificial colours’.
article_snippet: In the children's aisle, Nutri Grain contains eight teaspoons of sugar and colourful Fruit Loops has nine and a half .
article_snippet: Frosties, which don't have any health claims, contain ten teaspoons of sugar per 100 grams – highlighting that Frosties, which don't have any health claims should probably only be eaten as a treat.
article_snippet: Yet many of us are consuming way in excess of this just in us first meal of the day – cereal.
article_snippet: Be Natural Apple and Raisin Cereal, which advertises itself as 'No artificial flavours, colours or preservatives', has five and a half teaspoons of sugar per 100 grams. 
article_snippet: Frosties, which don't have any health claims, contain ten teaspoons of sugar per 100 grams .
article_snippet: Executive Manager of the OPC Jane Martin said: ‘Many breakfast cereals contain high levels of sugar, but manufacturers use all sorts of creative phrases on manufacturers labels to give consumers the impression consumers’re a nutritious choice for breakfast.
article_snippet: ‘Many parents would be horrified to learn that for every three mouthfuls of Nutri-Grain, one is just sugar, while a small bowl contains twice as much sodium as a small packet of chips.
article_snippet: Chocolate covered Coco Pops which are advertised as ‘nutritious grains of puffed rice with cocoa’
highlights_snippet: Average sugar content of 20 cereals analysed was about five teaspoons .
  
highlights_snippet: Children's cereals like Coco Pops are even worse with nine teaspoons .
  