There's even a commercial telling you to read the label on your pet's food, suggesting that one brand has better ingredients than the competition's. I'll confess that we do this, but we also quickly come to the conclusion that we have no idea what [b]should[/b] be in our cat's food. Are sweet potatoes and beets even good for her, yet alone a selling point?
Anyway, I digress. We were at the local mega-chain, all-in-one, how-can-you-not-save-money-here store picking up just a few things (at least that was the original plan), when I decided I should have "healthier" snack options at work so that I would eat less baked goods and candies. I'm inconsistent with things like carrot sticks and fruit, but something truly munchable and not too bad for me - that should work.
I settled in on cereal. But, before I grabbed the box of cheerios sitting on the shelf in front on me, I decided to look closer. Sure enough, the label listed sugar - 5g per serving. Well, surely, I could do better than that. And so began a lengthy stopover in the cereal aisle. My goal: to find a cereal less sweet but still appropriate for snacking (so not a flake). Kix sounded appealing but had no fewer than three types of sweetener in it. The Kashi cereals sounded healthy and delicious, but had twice the sugar, at least for what they defined as a serving.
Ultimately, surprised that it seemed they all had added sugar, I settled on the Cheerios. Five grams of sugar didn't sound like a lot anymore, and it's enhanced with all those vitamins and minerals, to boot. But I am left wondering - has there always been so much sweetener in those boxes? And, would it still taste alright without it?
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