Article: healthy choice; CEREAL BARS WITH TOP NUTRITIONIST ANGELA DOWDEN.(M Health)

Byline: ANGELA DOWDEN

They're meant to be the healthy alternative to chocolate but cereal bars can be high in sugar, additives and saturated fat. Choose carefully if you want to keep the calories down and boost your vitamin and mineral intake.

Special K Bar

90 calories, 1.5g fat

Special K is one of the few slowly digested breakfast cereals, so this bar is a bit more satisfying and yet lower calorie than other cereal bars. And it provides 17 per cent of the RDA of 6 stress-fighting B vitamins and iron. But a bowl of the cereal with milk is ...

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