Kellogg's Apple Jacks is a breakfast cereal that tastes like apples and cinnamon, according tot he manufacturer's website. This is primarily a children's cereal, featuring bright and colorful characters on the box. In addition to its sugary appeal, Apple Jacks breakfast cereal contains added vitamins and nutrients, providing a bit of health and nutrition to those with a sweet tooth.
Ingredients
Whole grain corn flour, modified corn starch, wheat flour, milled corn, cornstarch and whole grain oat flour constitute the bulk of the cereal. The cereal contains oat fiber and soluble corn fiber, adding texture and digestibility. Sugar, salt, dried apples, apple juice concentrate, cinnamon, natural and artificial flavors, salt and sugar give the cereal a spicy flavor reminiscent of apples. The cereal uses butylated hydroxytoluene or BHT as a preservative.
Nutrition Data
The recommended serving size of Apple Jacks cereal is 1 cup or 28 grams. Without milk, a serving of the cereal contains 100 calories, including 5 calories from fat. One serving of Apple Jacks cereal contains 0.5 grams of fat, or 1 percent of the daily value. The cereal does not contain saturated fat or transfat and has zero cholesterol. Apple Jacks cereal contains 130 mg sodium per serving, about 5 percent of the daily recommended intake, and 35 mg potassium, which is 1 percent of the recommended daily intake. The cereal contains 25 grams of carbohydrates broken down into 3 grams of dietary fiber, 12 grams of sugar and 10 grams from other carbohydrate sources. One serving of the cereal yields 1 gram of protein.
Vitamins and Nutrients
Calcium phosphate, reduced iron and zinc oxide provide added nutrients to Apple Jacks cereal. The cereal is fortified with sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride, vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, vitamin D, niacinamide and vitamin B12. Because of these fortifications, Apple Jacks cereal provides 25 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamins C, B6, and B12, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin and folic acid as well as 10 percent of the daily value of vitamins A and D and zinc.
Allergy Warning
According to the allergy warning found on both the Apple Jacks cereal label and the Kellog's website, Apple Jacks cereal contains wheat and trace amounts of soybeans.
Considerations
Apple Jacks cereal does not contain animal products or byproducts and holds Kosher Parve certification, according to the Kellog's website. According to the Orthodox Union website, Kosher Parve certification means that the product is not considered a meat or dairy product and is not processed with or on the same equipment as meat or dairy items.
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