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Can these Smart Snacks pass our tests? FAIL PASS FAIL

16 Jan 2024

50 percent (157 of 315) of the snacks in our report had 5 g of added sugars or less; only 2 percent (5 of 315) contained harmful low-calorie sweeteners, but 12 percent (37 of 315) were synthetically dyed. [...] Cookies and baked sweets FAIL PASS This Rice Krispies Treats Chocolatey This Rice Krispies Treats Mini Squares Chip Made with Whole Grain is Made with Whole Grain is a smaller size specially made for K–12 schools and at 0.42 oz and has only 3 g of added contains 14 g of added sugars per sugars. [...] Fruit FAIL PASS There are 15 g of added sugars in this This cup of Mott’s No Sugar Added 4.5 oz cup of Mott’s Applesauce. [...] Breakfast Cereal FAIL PASS This 1 oz Lucky Charms Cereal with This 1 oz Trix Cereal 25% Less Sugar Marshmallows Bowlpak not only has Single Serve Bowlpak is a better choice 9 g of added sugars but also contains with only 6 g of added sugars and no four synthetic dyes: Blue 1, Red 40, synthetic dyes. [...] It is Drink which is sweetened 13 g of added sugars, sweetened with 7 g of with 15 g of added sugars sucralose, and Blue 1.
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