10 Toxic Ingredients in Kids Cereal You Need to Avoid

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

Also, they are named according to a clinical numbering scheme. Blue #1 leads to kidney tumors in mice, Blue #2 and Red #2 cause bladder and brain tumors in rats, Red #3 leads to thyroid cancer in animals and is banned from use in cosmetics, but still used in food!

Green #3 causes testes and bladder tumors, Red #40 causes severe damage to the immune system, and Yellow #5 & #6 lead to adrenal tumors in animals.

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9. Metal Fragments

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You read it right, metal fragments! In fact, one of the oldest breakfast cereals on the market, Wheaties, has always been popular among older kids and adults. But it was only recently that consumers discovered that Wheaties contains high levels of metal fragments, actually, too many that they can be levitated with a magnet!

According to the Natural News Forensic Food Lab, tiny pieces from crushed Wheaties flakes were actually magnetic! They’ve even recorded it on video that you can see on Youtube. Mike Adams, Lab Director, suggests that the particles of metal are added to improve the product’s nutritional profile and claim higher iron content on the label.

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10. Sodium Chloride

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The human body needs salt, but too much of it can lead to heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. Most kids’ breakfast cereals are filled with sodium chloride, which is the highly refined kind of salt found in processed foods.

Research from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University revealed that kids’ breakfast cereals have 60% more sodium content than the ones marketed to adults. Unprocessed raw salt, such as Himalayan pink crystal salt, can be a healthy alternative to sodium chloride, as it contains 84 essential minerals and trace elements.

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Health Begins With Mom

Well, this is not an ingredient, but brand mascots take an important part in all breakfast cereals! It is now well-known that commercials put kids’ breakfast cereals on the bottom two shelves so our children can easily see them.