The document analyzes the sugar content of popular breakfast cereals. It finds that Cornflakes, Nutri-Grain, and Rice Bubbles each contain 1 or more teaspoons of sugar per 50g serving. Weet-Bix contains only 1/4 teaspoon of sugar per serving, making it the cereal with the lowest sugar content. Uncle Toby's Muesli Flakes contains 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar per 50g serving.

1. Sugar content of
breakfast cereals
Cleo Durward
Oliphant Science Awards – 2015 – Mr Rampazis

2. How many teaspoons of sugar are
contained in an average serve (50g) of your
breakfast cereal?
=1 Teaspoon
= Half Teaspoon
= Quarter Teaspoon

3. Cornflakes Corn flakes are a popular breakfast
cereal originally manufactured by
Kellogg's through the treatment of
corn. A patent for the product was filed
on May 31, 1895, and issued on April
14,1836.
1 teaspoon

4. Nutri-grain
Nutri-Grain is a brand of
breakfast cereal and breakfast
bar made by the Kellogg
Company. It has 16g of sugar.
3 teaspoons

5. Rice Bubbles
Rice Bubbles is a breakfast
cereal marketed by Kellogg's in
1927 and released to the public
in 1928. Rice Bubbles are made
of crisped rice (rice and sugar
paste that is formed into rice
shapes or "berries", cooked,
dried and toasted). There are 2
teaspoons of sugar in every 50g.
2 teaspoons

6. Weet-Bix Weet-Bix is a high-fiber and
low sugar breakfast cereal
biscuit manufactured in
Australia and New Zealand by
the Sanitarium Health and
Wellbeing Company. It has
only 2 1/2g of sugar in it.
¼ teaspoon

7. Uncle Toby’s Muesli Flakes
2 ½ teaspoons

8. Summary
The cereal with the least amount of sugar is… WEET-BIX it only
has ¼ of sugar.
SUGAR
Cornflakes
Nutrigrain
Rice Bubbles
Weetbix
Muesli Flakes