• Honey Smacks. One of the worst is Kellogg’s Honey Smacks. …Which have been recalled…
• Trix. …
• Cinnamon Toast Crunch. …
• Oreo O’s. …
• Cocoa Krispies …
• Fruit Loops. …
• Raisin Bran. …
• Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles.

Why are they bad for you? Anything that states honey coated, frosted or chocolate coated contains a lot of added sugars and it is the added sugars in products which are harmful…Fruit loops, for example, are sugar-filled processed breakfast cereal aimed at children and which contain

INGREDIENTS: KELLOGG’S FROOT LOOPS (Sugar, corn flour blend (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), wheat flour, whole grain oat flour, oat fibre, soluble corn fibre, contains 2% or less of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed), salt, red 40, natural flavor, ..

To me, they just sound like something which I would not wish my children to eat…Just sugar filled nothing…

Crisps…Generally, crisps are better for you than chips as you can buy them in small packets thus restricting how much you eat… Crisps are high in salt and artificial food flavourings…

This article on crisps and what they contain and the best crisps to buy and eat is quite comprehensive.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/3318562/Savvy-shopper-potato-crisps.html

There are so many processed foods that I think moderation should apply…

Biscuits…Something that we reach for when we have a cup of tea or just when we pass the biscuit tin but how healthy are they?

I love shortbread and a digestive with my morning cuppa but since realising just how much added sugar and calories 2 biscuits adds up to over the course of the year I have stopped…This link will tell you what your favourite biscuit does or does not contain and maybe like me you will decide that they are just something that you can go without.

Or make your own and then you are safe in the knowledge that they may not be the healthiest things to eat but that they have no nasties and eaten in moderation much better than a store-bought packet.

https://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/wellbeing/biscuits-the-best-and-worst-revealed-41310

These biscuits are really easy to make and very moreish..

Coconut Biscuits

I don’t make biscuits very often..almost never but once a packet of food is opened here because of the humidity doesn’t last long it either goes off or the ants take residence. I was guided by the desiccated coconut and the golden syrup which was a gift from afar… aka visitors and the rolled oats which I mistakenly bought instead of the porridge oats.

These cookies are my basic recipe and next time will be my experimental recipe I am already planning what I can add to them.

Ingredients:

• 150 gm rolled oats
• 100 gm plain flour
• 100 gm light brown sugar( I used raw sugar)
• 100 gm desiccated coconut
• 100 gm butter
• 2 tbsp golden syrup
• 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tbsp of boiling water.

Let’s Cook!

Set oven to heat at 175 C, gas mark 4.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Combine the sugar, flour, coconut and oats mix to combine well.

In a small pan add the butter and golden syrup and melt the butter. meanwhile, bring the kettle to the boil and add two tbsp of boiling water to the bicarbonate of soda in a small cup. Add this to the melted butter/syrup mix. It will foam a little.

Make a well in the centre of your dry mix and pour in the melted butter/syrup mix. Stir to thoroughly combine and it will form a slightly sticky dough.

Roll out balls and put on a baking tray leaving a space as they will spread on cooking ( the mix made 15 balls) Slightly flatten with your hand.

Put in the preheated oven and cook for 15-20 minutes, remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

THE BISCUITS WILL BE SOFT TO THE TOUCH BUT WILL HARDEN ON COOLING.

Don’t make the mistake I made when I first made them and thought they weren’t cooked and gave them another 10 minutes. They were a tad harder than required when they cooled down…haha…I could build a wall with them…Opppps

To recap many processed foods we could make at home and would be much healthier, they wouldn’t have the shelf life but would also have no nasties…

There are so many apps now where we can check out our favourite foods and be offered alternatives or we could make them at home…

Thank you for reading and I hope you now know a little more about processed foods and which ones are processed so we can eat them or cook with them safe in the knowledge that we are happy to do so…xxx

Thank you once again for reading this post I hope you all have a great week xx