In order to qualify as a healthy alternative to sitting down and eating breakfast these cereal or snack bars cannot be loaded with sugar. Dietitians from Good Housekeeping say that the sugar level should be less than 5 grams, though a bar can still be considered a healthy alternative with as many as 15 grams of sugar as long as that is the maximum count. There also needs to be a consideration that if the cereal or snack bar has real fruit included, the sugar content can be slightly higher and still be healthy.
In addition to the key cereal ingredient, http://www.21food.com/product/102302-p1/cereal-snacks.html usually have some sort of syrup which acts like a glue to pull the grain together so that it stays in a bar shape. The most common choice of syrup is a sugar syrup, although other glue-like mixtures can be used as well. Ingredients like fruit, nuts, candy, and so forth may also be added to a cereal bar to enhance the flavor and taste, and some are dipped in yogurt or candy coatings. |
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