Kellog's Apple Jacks vs Whole Food's 365 Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's

I recently did a food comparison exercise at a training session at work. I work at Whole Foods Market. The exercise really woke me up as far as what I was putting in my body. 

Here I have compared Kellog's Apple Jacks Cereal and it's Whole Foods equivalent of Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's. I have compared ingredients and nutrition value for both. The results: shocking in my opinion! 

Kellog's Apple Jacks Ingredients:

Corn, wheat, and oat flour, sugar, salt, milled corn, dried apples, apple juice concentrate, cinnamon, modified corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), calcium phosphate, yellow #6, niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, tumeric color, blue #1, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), baking soda, riboflavin (vitamin B2), thiamin hydrochloride (vitamin B1), vitamin A palmitate, red #40, BHT (preservative), folic acid, vitamin B12 and vitamin D.

As one can see, Kellogs Apple Jacks has artificial colorings, flavors, preservatives and partially hydrogenated oils added to it. Also, it contains sugar which does not fully let consumers know what kind of sugar is added. Check out this link for information on partially hydrogenated oils and the damaging health effects it creates. http://www.treelight.com/health/nutrition/PartiallyHydrogenatedOils.html

Kellog's Apple Jacks Cereal Nutritional Values:

Serving Size: 1 cup calories per serving: 100

0.5g of Fat, 130g of Sodium, 25g of Carbs, 12g of sugar, 3 g of dietary fiber. 

Total amount of ingredients: 30

Color and taste: The cereal evidently does not have it's original color as we can see that dyes were added in the process of making the cereal. The taste is very sugary and crunchy 

Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's

Ingredients: Organic whole grain oat flour, organic corn flour, organic evaporated cane juice, organic oat fiber, organic malt extract, sea salt, organic molasses, organic apples, organic expeller pressed canola oil, natural flavors (cinnamon, apple), organic grape juice concentrate, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and natural vitamin E added to preserve freshness, organic cinnamon, soy lecithin. Vitamins and minerals: Niacinamide (niacin), reduced iron, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrachloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin, thiamine hydrochloride, (vitamin B1), folic acid, cyanocobalmin (vitamin B12). 

This product has all organic products which means that 95% of the ingredients added into the cereal were grown without pesticides. Also, the Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's have one natural preservative to maintain freshness and does not contain any artificial flavors. For more information on this and other Whole Foods cereals go to wholefoods.com. 

Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's nutritional values:

Serving size: 3/4 cup  calories per serving 120

1g of fat, 135g sodium, 24g of carbs, 7g of sugar, 2g of dietary fiber. 

Total amount of ingredients: 23 including vitamins and minerals. The appearance of this cereal is very natural looking, the taste is more cinnamon like and is also crunchy. The taste is a more natural one, tasting more like whole wheat oats than sugar. 

My Preference: I prefer the Organic Apple Cinnamon Morning O's simply because it tastes better and is better for you. The organic cereals has more nutritional values than the sugary and hydrogenated oil filled Kellog's Apple Jacks.