Children’s cereals ‘fail to make grade’

POPULAR children’s breakfast cereals are failing to make the grade when it comes to healthy eating, consumer champions said yesterday.

Tests on the amount of fat, fibre, salt and sugar in 36 popular cereals revealed not one could be classed as healthy overall, according to Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI) ratings.

Among the brands tested by the CAI were top-sellers like Kellogg’s Coco Pops, Nestlé Cheerios and Quaker Sugar Puffs as well as supermarket own-brand versions of these.