High sugar breakfast foods
The following breakfast foods are high in sugar and not recommended for a healthy breakfast:
- A bowl of grain cereal or, fruit-loops or coco puffs: Each contains approximately 4 teaspoons of sugar*
- Jam, honey or chocolate spread on toast or a muffin: 3-5 teaspoons of sugar*
No sugar or low sugar breakfast foods
The following foods are low in sugar and are healthy breakfast options:
- Whole-wheat cereal e.g. weat-bix: no added sugar
- A bowl of cornflakes: 1 teaspoon of sugar*
- A crumpet: No added sugar
- Cooked egg: No added sugar
- Peanut butter on toast or a muffin: No added sugar
- Baked bean on toast or a muffin: 1 teaspoon of sugar*
* Nutritional values obtained from calorieking.com.au, July 2010. One level teaspoon of sugar
is equivalent to 4 grams of sugar. All values were rounded to the nearest whole number.
March 2022 @ NSW Health. SHPN (COHS) 220213.
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