Here’s  gut check nutritional fact: There is as much sugar in a serving of Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal as there is in glazed donut from Dunkin’ Donuts.

Ugh. The sad part, of course, is that Honey Smacks is heavily marketed to kids. And it’s not alone in that sugar content. According to a new analysis by Consumer Reports Health, there are at least 10 cereals that have that much sugar. Honey Smacks and Post Golden Crisp are more than 50 percent sugar by weight.

Based on sugar content, calories, fiber, sodium, iron and calcium, here are CRs best pics for kids cereal. For the complete listing, go to www.consumerreports.org/health. But  you have to be a subscriber to get complete access to the report.

Cheerios, General Mills:  1 cup; 100 calories; 1 gram of sugar.

Kix, General Mills: 1 1/4 cups; 110 calories, 3 grams of sugar.

Life, Quaker Oats: 3/4 cup; 120 calories; 6 grams of sugar.

Honey Nut Cheerios: 3/4 cup;110 calories; 9 grams of sugar.

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