To wonder who is buying chocolate cereal

[Blueyseviltwin]

Who om each is buying Lion bar and Oreo cereal? See also lucky charms, nesquick and coco pops
These aren't breakfast foods (or any sort of food). I literally cannot imagine anyone thinking it is a reasonable way of feeding children?

My Dad's dietician said Coco Pops would be good for her iron intake, and obviously it's not like she only eats it. But she does have ARFID and only eats a small selection of foods. I personally only eat the Crunchy Nut Clusters, it's the only one that fills me up

There's more sugar in Sultana Bran than there is in Oreo and Lion Bar cereal....

@Blueyseviltwin

pork isn’t very healthy

Yes, but this is partly because sultana bran is 27% sultanas and sultanas are roughly 59% sugar. That means that of the 30g of sugar in every 100g of sultana bran, around 16g is naturally occurring in the dried fruit, and only 14g (still too much, in my opinion, but that's a separate issue) is added sugar. Compare that with Lion Bar and Oreo cereals, which have 24.5g sugar and 27g sugar per 100g respectively, pretty much all of which will be added sugar. In other words, Lion Bar cereal has around 10.5g more added sugar per 100g and Oreo cereal around 13g (so nearly twice as much) more added sugar than Sultana Bran. It's not just about total sugar content!

Why not?!

I know, but I was being obtuse. Granola is sugary, Frosties, all sorts. As part of a balanced diet, it's all fine. My DD loves cereal, eats it by the bucket load, prefers Krave, adds honey or Biscoff to anything "plain", loves a sneaky 3am cereal snack (giving the milk leftovers to the dog and cat), and is a skinny rake. It's fine.

@RoseAndGeranium

Pork is high in both saturated fat and sodium. fish is better.

Don’t get me wrong I know being overweight is a huge problem, I know this first hand.
I can go in for anything and they tell me it’s because I’m overweight (I have recently lost 5 stone through healthy eating alone).
I was seriously ill 7 years ago and my husband was told to gather the family because he wasn’t sure if I would make it or not. Had my original complaint been looked in to they would have seen it had nowt to do with weight. I am probably still a little raw by that.
Although I am overweight my kids aren’t they are all fit and healthy and they ate rubbish, granted it wasn’t everyday as I have always cooked from scratch rather than convenience foods.
I would love to get help with my weight problem as my relationship with food is atrocious but that is from going to a slimming club. I have no clue how people get help from the NHS as my GP won’t help at all. If I could afford to go private I would.

As part of a balanced diet, yes it is. One of mine loves honey on her weetabix and would happily sit and spoon it out of the jar if I let her! Objecting to all sugar equally is just a bit of a bugbear of mine. The idea that eating a couple of bananas is the same as having a kitkat (or whatever the equivalent would be) just because the sugar content is the same is ridiculous. It's like the argument that avocados have more fat in them than a bag of quavers so you might as well just eat the quavers. It makes no sense!!!

Even if you have health issues because you're fat, you're still entitled to treatment for those issues.

Well, the fat content depends on the cut (tenderloin very low) and the sodium content mostly on the preparation. Pork is also high in protein, B vitamins, zinc and iron. Fish is great, but it's not a particularly good source of iron for the most part, and some types contain high levels of mercury. On balance I think pork pulls its weight nutritionally as part of a balanced diet.

Absolutely nothing to do with you! Why are you worrying about what other people are doing? Mind your own business and look after your family. It smacks of “ oh look at me, feeding my family properly “ stop attention seeking !

Why not?

2 minutes in a microwave

The point the OP is making is that these are breakfast cereals, therefore possibly forming one third of meals a day for children. Not in moderation then if that’s the case.

This is one of our most urgent public health issues and yet the reaction is largely “get a life”. Incredible really. Feed your kids properly and stop making excuses!

Thank you for this. As is if you can compare Suitana Bran with these fake foods. Truly the mind boggles.

well that made me go and buy coco pops for the first time in about 30 years.

• well the Aldi equivalent, coco rice puffs I think.

I think it’s very hard to disagree with the vast majority of what you’re saying OP. But you’ve committed the sin of not only judging, but judging about food. The MN reception was very predictable. The only thing it is acceptable to judge negatively in relation to food is if a woman, and it has to be a woman, eats in small quantities, because they are therefore eating performatively in order to shame others.

I do wish you’d stop saying ‘a pork’ though. There’s no such thing as a pork. It’s either a pig, or a cut of pork such as a shoulder. Otherwise it’s just pork.

Seriously, what are you even talking about?

Oh dear 🙄 I think you’re spectacularly missing the pojnt. Most people here are saying they’re buying these cereals as an occasional treat, an evening snack or - in some cases - because eating disorders require high calorie, high density foods. The OP wasn’t asking ‘who is buying their children these cereals on a regular basis?’ Most posters are responding to the question as it was asked. If you want to interpret it as an opportunity to finger-wag, feel free. No one will pay the slightest bit of attention. Especially not me, someone who has done the 3 peaks, weighs less than 7 stone and enjoys tucking into coco rocks as a snack from time to time.

lol, this is making me laugh but eastegg is correct, ‘a pulled pork’ and ‘put a big pork in’ are grammatically incorrect 🤣

congratulations on your wondrous achievements. Still, with all your athletic prowess, it’s a shame you can’t identify UPF rich, empty calories when you see them. I’m pretty sure this bullshit cereal wouldn’t be on the list of any serious sportsperson’s must-eat list, but perhaps I’m terribly mistaken. I mean if I want a treat I bake myself a cake, because I have no problem with the non UPF deliciousness I can conjure up in my own kitchen. Each to their own though.

I presume you have no need to climb mountains. Your high horse can reach the top without breaking so much as a gallop 😂

Hope your little Tarquin enjoys his Kale and Quinoa granola

I really fancy coco pops now - might buy some next time I’m in Asda