Review: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes

Let's review- Kellogg's Corn Flakes

What is in it?

Corn (90%), sugar, salt, barley malt extract, vitamins (vitamin E, niacin, vitamin B6, riboflavin, folate), minerals (iron, zinc oxide).

Allergens

Contains: gluten.

May contain: wheat, peanut, tree nuts.

​Cost: $0.78-$1.33 per 100g

Compared to:

• Regular Weet-bix at $0.50- $0.70 per 100g.
• Little Kid's Weet-Bix at $1.13 per 100g
• Rice Bubbles $1.59-$2.16 per 100g
• Coles Rice Puffs $0.78 per 100g
• Coles Corn Flakes $0.48 per 100g
• Most cereals range from $0.50-$3.00 per 100g.

What we like:

• Moderate sugar- It has 8.9g per 100g, which is lower than most cereals we review.  We ideally want cereals to have less than 15g to keep it in the low to moderate range (less than 5g per 100g is low and less than 15g is moderate).
• It has added iron (3mg per serve) which is great for our kiddos that don't like meat and struggle to get iron rich foods into their diet over the day
• Fibre - it has 4.2g per serve (we like to see it above 3g)
• Low in saturated fat (0.3g per 100g) which we would expect for a breakfast cereal. 

What we like less:

• High in sodium- with 535mg per 100g. This is higher than the guidelines recommend (anything over 400mg per 100g is high). We are aiming for less than 400mg per 100g and as close to or lower than 120mg per 100g is best.

Other things to consider:

• This won't matter for most families but, for our dairy and soy free kids looking for a calcium boost there is no added calcium in these.
• Protein- 7.9g per 100g of protein. This may be useful for some families, but most children in Australia easily meet if not exceed their protein requirements so parents don't need to go looking for ways to add more in!

The Take Home: 

Other than the high sodium- on all other fronts this is a pretty good cereal. It has a good amount of fibre, isn't high in sugar and has added iron. 

However, because of the high levels of sodium these wouldn't be our first or everyday choice for kids. 

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