Fruit on the Label Doesn't Mean Fruit in the Package

A recent study by the Prevention Institute evaluated the fruit content of children's foods. They found that some of the foods actually contained NO real fruit at all.

Here are some of the "fruit" products with NO fruit in them:

• Berry Berry Kix
  
• Captain Crunch with Crunch Berries
  
• Froot Loops
  
• Fruity Cheerios
  
• Trix Cereal
  
• Trix Yogurt (Strawberry Kiwi)
  
• Nestle Nesquick Milk and Drink Mix (Strawberry)
  
• Yoplait Go-Gurt Yogurt (Strawberry Splash)

All of the products evaluated were relatively high to very high in sugar.

This really shows the need for reading and understanding labels before you buy. What the manufacturer says on the front of the package may be far from what's really in the products.

Read the report.

Learn more about reading labels here.