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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Yay, marketing. The nutritional value of the cereal is probably next to nothing, but if you ate everything else, you'd get all the nutrients you'd need. 1% of the total is still "a part" of the complete breakfast. Technically not false advertising.

Basically, the more food you see, the less nutritional value in the actual cereal.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on the cereal. Granola based cereal with nuts and fruits are pretty healthy if they have low sugar content.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I can’t believe Frosted Flakes was/is legal to sell and advertise to kids with a mascot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Frosted Flakes is savory compared to some of those other cereals. Froot Loops is like just pouring a sack of sugar in your mouth. It also has a mascot and, unlike Frosted Flakes, it comes in lots of fun colors to appeal to kids.

And all of this is legal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And a sugar rush from the oj