Chocolate is finding its way into a number of breakfast cereals. Quaker Oats has added it to Life cereal to launch Life Chocolate Oat Crunch, described as “a chocolate cereal for adults that’s healthy too.” Its healthful properties might not stack up with other breakfast options, but it does feature two servings of whole grains, 3g of fiber and 10 essential vitamins and minerals, as well as 1g of “oat soluble fiber.” The company press release notes, “3g of soluble fiber from oats daily, as part of a low saturated fat, low cholesterol diet can help remove cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease.”
Joining the guiltless chocolate cereal brigade is Special K Chocolatey Delight, although Kellogg prefers consumers to regard this as an evening snack option to help meet weight-management goals. Featuring lightly roasted rice cereal flakes with chocolate pieces, a serving and half-cup of fat-free milk contains 160 calories.