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Low Sugar Cereal: What Zero Sugar Really Means

Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.

Compare cereal labels for sweeteners
Low sugar cereal, sugar free and no sugar added are three different claims, and only sugar free (also zero sugar, no sugar) has an FDA gram limit: under 0.5 g per serving. We read real labels: stevia and monk fruit in Catalina Crunch, sucralose in a protein cereal, five sweeteners in Honey Bunches of Oats, and one-ingredient puffs that score 100 (as of October 2026).

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Products featured (Amazon links, with our 0–100 label score):
• Nature's Path Organic Khorasan Wheat Puffs Cereal — 100/100
• Nature's Path Organic Smart Bran Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Cereal — 100/100
• EnviroKidz Organic Choco Chimps Less Sugar Cereal — 100/100
• Cheerios Original Oat Cereal — 71/100
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Chapters
0:00 Three Claims, One Number
0:42 What the FDA Rules Say
1:44 How Zero Sugar Boxes Stay Sweet
2:48 Count the Sweeteners
3:38 The Lowest Sugar Labels
4:37 The Sugar Check
5:19 Your Turn

Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.

Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.

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