My Single Mom Life

I was asked if I would like to try out a new snack mix from Cheerios, and I said sure why not, I have teenage boys who love to snack on chips and stuff like that, so yeah, let's do it.

I received the bag above, it's an 8oz bag, retails for approximately $2.89.
It includes multi-grain cheerios, Chex pieces, pretzel pieces, triangle shaped crackers, little bread stick shaped crackers, in a cheddar seasoning.
Each 2/3 of a cup serving contains 8 grams of whole grain, and about 60 percent less fat than potato chips.
The bag says "good source of whole grain, baked not fried."

Mark who is 16, absolutely loved these, and ate almost the entire bag except for the small amount in the bowl above, that Sebastian and I shared.
This is the bad part.

When you think Cheerios, you think healthy, because regular Cheerios cereal brags that it can help lower cholesterol, so moms everywhere will see the Cheerios name and think this is healthy.
And if you actually just eat the recommended serving size of 2/3 cup, then it's not so bad.
2/3 cup is 120 calories and 30 of those are from fat.
Why?
Because Cheerios snack mix is made with hydrogenated soybean oil.
Cheerios snack mix claims that it has no trans fats, but when it's made with hydrogenated soybean oil, it DOES have trans fat.
It also contains high fructose corn syrup, which must be metabolized in the liver, and is known to cause health problems like anemia, high cholesterol and heart hypertrophy.
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So if you eat just the small 2/3 cup recommended serving size, it isn't so bad, but who actually eats snack mix in the tiny weenie recommended size?
No one.
Even 1 cup of this won't satisfy most kids or adults, and if you eat more than that, you are ingesting large amounts of trans fats and high fructose corn syrup.
I am actually surprised that Cheerios is calling this a healthy snack when it is made with hydrogenated soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup.