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. 2015 Jul 16;7(7):5850–5867. doi: 10.3390/nu7075254

Table 2.

Comparison of per serving sugar: Laboratory measured vs. nutrition label value.

Infant Formula % Difference From Label
* NA * NA
Baby Foods % Difference From Label
Gerber Whole Wheat Cereal For Baby 82.40
O Organics (1) Organic Carrots 31.35
Gerber Graduates Puffs Cereal Snack Peach 17.60
Gerber Rice Singe Grain 10.40
First Foods Gerber Nature Select Apples 9.54
Gerber Second Foods Spoonable Smoothies Hawaiian Delight 3.95
Earth’s Best Second Carrots 1.70
Gerber Graduates For Preschoolers Juice Treats Fruit Medley 0.31
Gerber Graduates Breakfast Buddies Apple Cinnamon −3.42
Gerber Yogurt Blends Peach −4.60
Second Foods Gerber Spoonable Smoothies Peach Cobbler −7.09
Gerber Graduates Grabbers Fruit & Yogurt −8.00
Gerber Second Foods Nature Select Prunes With Apples −8.62
Gerber Graduates For Toddlers Cereal Bars Strawberry Banana −9.04
Gerber Graduates For Preschoolers Cereal Twists Banana Peach −11.43
Beech Nut Stage 2 Tender Sweet Carrots −14.12
Gerber Oatmeal Single Grain −66.25
Gerber Graduates For Toddlers Lil’ Entrees Macaroni & Cheese With Peas & Carrots −70.00
Gerber Oatmeal Single Grain Cereal For Baby −88.00
** Earth’s Best Organic Whole Grain Oatmeal Cereal -
Yogurt % Difference From Label
Yoplait Gogurt (Summer Punch) 10.72
Yoplait Light Banana Cream Pie 10.50
Yoplait Trix Strawberry Banana Bash 9.77
Yoplait Gogurt (Perry Berry) 9.44
Yoplait Original Strawberry 8.80
Yoplait Light Very Vanilla 7.10
Chobani Raspberry 4.68
Yoplait Whips! Chocolate 1.70
Dannon Oikos Blueberry 1.05
Activia Light Strawberry 0.29
Lucerne Lowfat Yogurt Tubes (Blueberry Bubblegum) −0.16
Lucerne Lowfat Yogurt Tubes (Strawberry) −0.80
Dannon Oikos Greek Nonfat Yogurt Vanilla −2.50
Lucerne Low Fat Yogurt Peach −3.67
Yoplait Light Key Lime Pie −4.80
Activia Vanilla −4.95
Yoplait Light Blackberry −8.20
Great Value Strawberry Banana Nonfat Banana −8.82
Fage Total With Honey −23.97
*** Dannon Danimal Smoothies Swingin’ Strawberry-Banana Flavored -
Breakfast Cereal % Difference From Label
Lucky Charms 17.72
Life 13.60
Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes 13.43
Cheerios 12.00
Golden Grahams 8.81
Frosted Cheerios 7.33
Cocoa Puffs 6.38
Kix 1.00
Honey Nut Cheerios 0.65
Cinnamon Toast Crunch 0.42
Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites 0.00
Rice Chex −0.10
Trix −0.18
Kellogg’s Froot Loops −4.57
Honey Bunches Of Oats −5.00
Kellogg’s Special K −6.22
Essential Everyday Crispy Rice −6.50
Kashi Go Lean Crunch −10.31
Safeway Kitchens Crispy Rice −13.38
Corn Flakes −21.60
Packaged Baked Goods % Difference From Label
Entenmann’s Classic Glazed Buttermilk Donuts 28.25
Hostess Donettes 19.26
Hostess Donettes Crunch 11.63
Entenmann’s Little Bites 10.59
Little Debbie Little Muffins Blueberry 8.69
Bimbo Mini Mantecadas Mini Muffins 7.89
Entenmann’s Little Bites 4.88
Mini Chips Ahoy Bite Size 3.67
Kellogg’s Special K Pastry Crisps Chocolaty Delight 2.14
Nabisco Fig Newtons 1.53
Mini Oreo Bite Size 0.97
Hostess Ho Hos −0.37
Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry −0.55
Safeway Graham Crackers −1.19
Fiber One 90 Calorie Brownies −1.88
Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies With Chocolate Chip Candy −2.61
100 Calorie Right Bites Keebler Mini Brownies −4.00
Hostess Sno Balls −4.23
Nabisco Nilla Wafers −8.64
Hostess Twinkies −15.74

Unable to calculate due to: * no sugar per serving value on label; ** Label specifies zero sugar; *** specific gravity not measured to determine actual sugar content per serving.