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Calories in Drink 'n Crunch Special k vanilla
140Calories
| Amount Per 1 container | |||
| Calories | 140 Kcal (586 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 4.5 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 0.5g | 1% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium | 220mg | 9% | |
| Potassium | 75mg | 2% | |
| Total Carbs | 33g | 11% | |
| Sugars | 12g | 48% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1g | 4% | |
| Protein | 2g | 4% | |
| Vitamin C | 33.8mg | 56% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.6mg | 20% | |
| Iron | 9mg | 50% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 2.6, PointsPlus: 4, SmartPoints: 6
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
5 tsp of sugars per serving
This volume includes both naturally occurring from ingredients and specially added sugars.
USDA tells us that last years each American consumed an average 130 pounds of caloric sweeteners per year!
That works out to 30 tsp of sugars per day approximately 480 extra calories!
Just to think: Eating just 200 more calories daily than your body requires for body functioning and exercise leads to a 20-pound weight gain in a year. -
Low fiber :-(
It is not really good to have a breakfast with so little amount of fiber!
Your morning meal should have more fiber or it won't have good effect on your health.
You should add some natural fiber to your cereal or switch to a better one, that has more than 4g of fiber per serving.
Some suggestions to make this product better:
- add some fresh fruits or eat them as a dessert
- add some seeds or nuts
- add any high fiber cereal (for example Granola or bran)
There is not much fiber in here and that's not good!
Your breakfast should have more fiber and this cereal alone won't do the trick.
Either switch to a healthier cereal (with at least 4 grams of naturally occurring fiber)
or add some healthy natural fiber to your cereal or breakfast.
TIPS on adding fiber to cereal:
- Mix in some high fiber cereal, like wheat bran
- Add 2 Tbsp of ground flax seeds
- Eat fresh fruit or berries
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A very good natural source of Iron
You get real, natural easy absorbing Iron from this product, not as an artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
Controversial additive BHT present
BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) is primarily used as an antioxidant food additive, mainly to prevent oils and fats in foods from oxidizing and becoming rancid.
It is GRAS in the US, but forbidden as food additive in Japan (since 1958), Romania, Sweden, and Australia.
Some studies have shown that it is carcinogenic.
Avoid it, there are foods available without this danger.
Allergens
Gluten Allergy, Wheat Allergy
Special k vanilla Ingredients
Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Malt Flavor, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Natural and Artificial Flavor, Reduced Iron, Niacinamide, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Thiamin Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), BHT (Preservative), Vitamin A Palmitate, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D.
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
7%
of RDI* (140 calories) 0 g
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Cal: 7 %
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Fat: 0.8 %
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Carb: 11 %
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Prot: 4 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (88.6%)
- Fat (6%)
- Protein (5.4%)
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