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Your favorite childhood cereals, ranked by sugar


(CNN)Even in today's health-conscious world, sugar-soaked cereal remains a morning staple for many US kids, who are blissfully unaware of how much sugar lurks in every spoonful.

To evaluate the amount of sugar, we followed criteria outlined by the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), a service of the US Department of Agriculture that reimburses care facilities that give out snacks.
According to the CACFP, facilities cannot serve breakfast cereals that contain more than 21.2 grams of sugar per 100 grams of dry cereal. That value is calculated by dividing the cereal's grams of sugar per serving by the serving size in grams.
    If the answer is 0.21 or less, the cereal is below the sugar limit. Anything higher is considered unhealthy.
    Each cereal was evaluated dry, by its original flavor, based on the nutritional information available on each cereal brand's website. We're sorry in advance for the crushing disappointment.
    By Scottie Andrew  -cnn.com

    13. Cheerios

    Serving size: 28 grams
    Sugars: 1 gram
    0.04 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    The tried-and-true original flavor still sits among the least-sugary cereals on the market.

    12. Rice Krispies

    Serving size: 40 grams
    Sugars: 4 grams
    0.1 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    Snap, crackle, pop -- low sugar!

    11. Cinnamon Toast Crunch

    Serving size: 31 grams
    Sugars: 9 grams
    0.29 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    This wouldn't fly by CACFP standards.

    8. [tie] Froot Loops

    Serving size: 39 grams
    Sugars: 12 grams
    0.31 grams per dry ounce
    Toucan Sam can rest easy knowing he's not the mascot for the sugariest cereal around. His loops are still pretty sugary though.

    8. [tie] Reese's Puffs

    Serving size: 29 grams
    Sugars: 9 grams
    0.31 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    You could do worse -- like eating the candy that inspired the cereal on its own.

    8. [tie] Trix

    Serving size: 39 grams
    Sugars: 12 grams
    0.31 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    Trix are for kids who like sugar.

    4. [tie] Apple Jacks

    Serving size: 39 grams
    Sugars: 13 grams
    0.33 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    You're better off eating an apple. Just sprinkle some cinnamon on top.

    4. [tie] Cocoa Puffs

    Serving size: 27 grams
    Sugars: 9 grams
    0.33 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    Feeling cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs? That might be all the sugar.

    4. [tie] Cookie Crisp

    Serving size: 36 grams
    Sugars: 12 grams
    0.33 rams of sugar per dry ounce
    This is a cereal made with teeny cookies. What did you expect?

    4. [tie] Fruity Pebbles

    Serving size: 27 grams
    Sugars: 9 grams
    0.33 grams of sugar per dry ounce
    Don't blame the Flinstones. They didn't have Nutrition Facts labels in the Stone Age.

    3. Frosted Flakes

    Serving size: 39 grams
    Sugars: 14 grams
    0.36 grams of sugar per 100 dry ounces
    They're grrrrEAT! And covered in sugar. Sorry, Tony.

    2. Lucky Charms

    Serving size: 27 grams
    Sugars: 10 grams
    0.37 grams of sugar per 100 dry ounces
    That gold at the end of the marshmallow rainbow is the crown your dentist inserts to cover a cavity.

    1. Cap'n Crunch

    Serving size: 38 grams
    Sugars: 17 grams
      0.45 grams of sugar per 100 dry ounces
      Aye yai yai, Captain.
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