Double Check Your Cereal Boxes
If you frequently rely on cold breakfast cereals, like Corn Pops, Fruit Loops, or Apple Jacks, as part of your low-fiber diet make sure you check the nutrition panel before your next bowl. Kellogg’s is now adding fiber to many of their children’s cereal, including the three mentioned above.
Instead of less than 1 gram of fiber, each 3/4 cup serving now contains about 3 grams of fiber. While this doesn’t mean you have to skip these cereals all together, it is important to be aware of how much fiber you’re consuming, especially if you notice a flare up in your symptoms or are consuming other sources of fiber throughout the day.
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I’ve wondered about this for a while. I usually stick to Special K, but I’m noticing more fiber in EVERYTHING. Since cereal is one of the foods I go to when I can’t digest other things, I am a bit worried. What do you recommend as a good low-fiber cereal?
Hi, Natalie. Rice Chex might be a good choice, as it has 0 grams of fiber per serving and is also lower in sugar (2 grams) than most other breakfast cereals. Other options are Rice Krispies, Cocoa Krispies, and Cinnamon Chex, which all have less than 1 gram of fiber per serving. Always check the ingredient panel though because, as you said, added fiber is popping up in everything these days!
I agree, fiber is popping up everywhere. Ensure recently started putting fiber in their regular product. I’m assuming it is soluble fiber but I can only drink one a day without my GI tract reacting to it. Thankfully the Walgreen’s brand nutrition drink doesn’t have any fiber in it but then I’m stuck with only vanilla, chocolate, or strawberry flavors.