Kellogg's Frosties Cereal Milk Bar, 25 g,, Pack of 25

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All of the big food companies in this guide have ambitious targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions but many are struggling to do so. While they are making progress reducing emissions in their own operations by switching to renewable energy and becoming more efficient, emissions generated in their supply chains tend to be on the up. Although breakfast cereals can be as simple as oats or puffed rice, there may be other ingredients lurking in there, such as palm oil.

Froot Loops. This colourful breakfast cereal will give you the energy you need to start your work or school activities. Compare that to Alara’s organic fruit and seeds muesli which was only 46p per 100 g. Dorset Cereals simply fruity muesli, a more directly comparable product, was more expensive at 54p per 100 g. Quaker porridge oats were 28p per 100 g and we found Essential organic porridge oats online for the same price. So, in many cases, the ethical – and healthy – option will save you some money too. Typical prices of some cereals and flakes Brand If you aren’t enjoying these with a group in one sitting, I recommend keeping your cake bars in the fridge to prolong their shelf life, as the recipe contains milk. Plain flour?Sugar-frosted cornflakes are high in sugar and low in fibre as well as usually coming with added salt. Sugar-frosted flakes are usually nutritionally similar to other sweetened cereals like chocolate rice cereals, or honey-nut coated cereals.Swapping to an unsweetened equivalent, like cornflakes or puffed rice, would be a good first step and add a serving of fruit for one of your five- a-day plus some added sweetness.

For a ready to eat cereal that is an even more heart-healthy start to the day, swap for a shredded whole wheat cereal or no added sugar or salt muesli (see above) as these don’t contain any added sugar or salt. First you will need to pre heat your oven to 170c and grease and line a 23cm square baking tin. Naturally, square tins work best for cakes that you will cut into square or rectangular shapes. (Funny that!) Associated British Foods, the owner of Primark and many food brands such as Sunblest and Patak’s, owns the Jordans and Dorset Cereals brands. In 2022, Nestlé reported GHG emissions close to three times those of its home country, Switzerland. Over 95% of these were from scope 3.

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To begin making your cereal cake bars, we’ll start with making the cereal milk. In a bowl add your milk and Frosties. Give them a little stir, making sure they’re all submerged in the milk then simply leave them to sit whilst you prepare the cake batter. Your milk is going to soak up all the sugary deliciousness. Cereals like cornflakes or puffed rice served with low-fat milk – can be part of a healthy breakfast but are low in fibre so not as good a choice as a wholegrain cereal. Adding a piece of fruit will help to balance your breakfast as well as making it more filling to eat. These cereals, and their wholegrain equivalents, usually come with added sugar and salt but also often have added vitamins and minerals which are good for your overall health. Other low-fibre unsweetened cereals (like crisped rice or malted flakes) will be similar from a heart health point of view.

Sign up to our fortnightly Heart Matters newsletter to receive healthy recipes, new activity ideas, and expert tips for managing your health. Joining is free and takes two minutes. I’d like to sign up 2. No added sugar or salt muesli Behind the various brand names, much of the breakfast cereal market is concentrated in the hands of some of the world’s biggest food and drinks companies. Two of the biggest food companies in the world, Nestlé and General Mills, together produce the Nestlé-branded Shreddies, Shredded Wheat and Cheerios.These are unofficial Slimming World breakfast cereal syns. If you fancy a breakfast cereal that is not syn-free then here are some popular choices and the syns you need to allow for them. Despite being made from high-fibre grains, many popular cereals are low in fibre as the fibre is removed during processing. Frosted Mini-Wheats. This breakfast cereal is rich in fiber and one bowl of this treat can supply your dietary needs. This also contains around 42 grams of whole grains per serving.

The mass production of palm oil continues to cause the destruction of rainforests, which has wide-ranging impacts including biodiversity loss, human rights violations, and contributing to climate change. Regenerative agriculture is not a clearly defined term and understandings of it differ. Broadly, it refers to agricultural practices that are not only sustainable but, in some way, restore the environment. These practices have the potential to develop the soil as a carbon sink and thereby cut emissions and it’s this that makes them attractive to big food companies. Krave. This is really crunchy on the outside while having smooth chocolate on the inside. This is really a chocolate cereal that you need to taste. Nutritionist Mina Khan tells us that some cereal bars can be bad for you because of their high-sugar content: Analysis by Just Food of nine of the world’s biggest food companies’ emissions found that their combined carbon footprints had increased by 7% on average in 2021 and that most of this came from the growth of scope 3 emissions. Kellogg’s, Nestlé and General Mills (Shreddies, Shredded Wheat, Cheerios), and PepsiCo (Quaker, Oat So Simple, Scott's, Lizi’s) were amongst the nine. PepsiCo’s scope 3 emissions increased by 7% in 2021, those of General Mills and Kellogg’s were both up by 4%, and Nestlé’s were unchanged.Your cereal milk is now ready. Drain the cereal but keep the milk! This will form your icing. Use a sieve to separate the cereal from the milk or better yet a cheese cloth. Give the cereal a good squeeze to get out as much milk as possible. Once separated, add your Frosties to the cake batter and stir in. This will give your cake a lovely malty taste and extra moisture. Special K fruit & nut/oats & honey/original/red berries/creamy berry crunch– 4.5 syns for 25g, chocolate – 5 syns for 25g.