Keebler's Frosted Animal Crackers
Animal crackers have been a popular snack for kids, of both the little and adult variety, for decades.
It's only fair to mention that while they may not be as nutritious as a piece of fruit, they are not loaded with saturated fat and sugar, like many cookies.
However, the 15 cute little frosted Animal Crackers that make up one serving, are full of more saturated fat than a McDonald's Quarter Pounder and more sugar than an entire Hershey's Chocolate Bar!
Check the back of the bag. The second ingredient (sugar is first) is "paritally hydrongenated soybean and/or cotton seed and/or palm oils". That's not good, either.
A single-serve, two-ounce bag of Animal Crackers delivers 290 calories, nine grams of saturated fat and 28 grams (seven teaspoonfuls) of tooth-decaying sugar.
That is twice the sugar and six times the saturated fat you would get in the same-size box of Ernie's Animal Crackers, which is Keebler's frost-free version. If you really enjoy Animal Crackers, you may wish to go with the frost-free version.
