What are Honey Smacks?

Honey Smacks (formerly known as Sugar Smacks, simply known as Smacks outside the U.S. in international markets) is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's, noted for its high sugar content. It was introduced in the early 1950s. In Britain, a similar cereal is Honey Monster Puffs.
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Are Honey Smacks good for you?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is telling people not to eat Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal, which has been linked to an outbreak of salmonella infections now numbering at least 100 people in 33 states. "Do not eat this cereal," the agency declared on Twitter.
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Why do Honey Smacks make urine smell?

Well, the easy answer is; As your body processes a bowl of sugar puffs, your kidneys have a hard time breaking down the sugars so they pass on through into your wee, which gives it the sweet aroma.
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Why is the Honey Smacks mascot a frog?

The Dig'em Frog was introduced in 1972 as the official spokesfrog for Honey Smacks. He was described as “a little frog with a big voice.” Breakfast starts with Honey Smacks and the raspy, rich ribbits from the Dig'em Frog about the cereal's great taste.
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What is the most popular cereal 2021?

Post's® Top 5 Most Popular Cereals in 2021:
  • Honey Bunches of Oats® with Almonds cereal. ...
  • Fruity PEBBLES™ cereal. ...
  • Honey Bunches of Oats® Honey Roasted cereal. ...
  • Cocoa PEBBLES™ cereal. ...
  • Malt-O-Meal® Fruity Dyno-Bites® cereal.
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Honey Smacks / Sugar Smacks (1953)



Whats better Golden Crisp or Honey Smacks?

The cereal is lighter in color and sturdier in constitution than Golden Crisp. One bite and my decision was made; Smacks is utterly awesome. Yes, it is extremely sweet, but it finishes out with a toasty flavor that evokes the feeling of a classic sweet cereal.
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Why do Honey Smacks taste different?

The new Honey Smacks is made from an updated recipe that still keeps the original sweet honey flavor.
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What cereal has the most sugar?

What's the sugariest cereal of them all? According to the Environmental Working Group, it's Kellogg's Honey Smacks. The cereal is described as "sweetened puffed wheat cereal," which doesn't quite let on to the fact that 55.6 percent of the stuff is sugar.
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What cereal has a bear on it?

Sugar Bear is the advertising cartoon mascot of Post Super Sugar Crisp (later Golden Crisp) cereal, appearing in commercials for the cereal.
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What does it mean if your pee smells like Cheerios?

The sweetness comes from sugar in your urine and is a sign your body is trying to get rid of extra sugar in your blood. Some people say their pee smells like Cheerios, which might be a sweet smell that you should tell your doctor about.
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Why does my kid smell like syrup?

Symptoms of classic MSUD appear in newborns within 48 hours of birth. In older children, signs of intermediate, intermittent, and thiamine-responsive MSUD usually develop before age seven. All four types of MSUD have symptoms including: Urine, sweat, or earwax that smells like maple syrup or burnt sugar.
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What does it mean if your urine smells like poop?

Urine that smells like feces could mean that there's a connection (called a “fistula”) between the rectum and the bladder or urethra. Some vaginal infections have an odd odor that women tend to notice when they urinate.
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What is wrong with Honey Smacks?

Honey Smacks was recalled in 2018 due to salmonella

In July, the CDC issued an updated recall following 100 cases of food poisoning across 33 different states — and 30 linked hospitalizations — instructing consumers that any and all Honey Smacks should be discarded or returned to stores.
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Do Honey Smacks still exist?

A breakfast cereal you can dig

Kellogg's® Honey Smacks® cereal is made from delicious whole grain and the sweet taste of honey. Sweet, crispy and lightly puffed!
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Why can't I find Honey Smacks?

As of June 12, the food manufacturer — which Kellogg's hired to make the Honey Smacks — stopped producing the product. Food and Drug Administration officials reminded retailers that it against federal law to sell recalled food.
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What is the unhealthiest cereal?

15 of The Most Unhealthy Cereals in America
  • 8) Kellogg's Apple Jacks.
  • 7-6) (Tie) Quaker Oats' Oh! s.
  • 7-6) (Tie) Cap'n Crunch.
  • 5) Kellogg's Smorz.
  • 4) Cap'n Crunch's Oops! All Berries.
  • 3) Kellogg's Froot Loops Marshmallows.
  • 2) Golden Crisp.
  • 1) Honey Smacks.
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Who first put milk on cereal?

Here are some highlights. In 1863, James Caleb Jackson, a religiously conservative vegetarian who ran a medical sanitarium in western New York, created a breakfast cereal from graham flour dough that was dried and broken into shapes so hard they needed to be soaked in milk overnight. He called it granula.
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Which breakfast cereal was created in the 1800s?

Early developments. The first cold breakfast cereal, Granula (not the same as granola), was invented in the United States in 1863 by James Caleb Jackson, operator of Our Home on the Hillside which was later replaced by the Jackson Sanatorium in Dansville, New York.
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What cereal has a frog on the box?

Smacks Cereal has seen numerous mascots since it's introduction in 1953. Although Dig'em Frog is probably the most famous Smacks mascot, others include Quick Draw McGraw, Cliffy the Clown, and Smaxey the Seal. Here is a television commercial from 1978 featuring Dig'em Frog promoting Sugar Smacks.
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What is the best cereal of all time?

Here's A Ranking Of The Top Breakfast Cereals Of All Time
  • Life. Life. ...
  • Rice Krispies. Rice Krispies. ...
  • Cap'n Crunch. Cap'n Crunch. ...
  • Frosted Mini Wheats. Frosted Mini Wheats. ...
  • Lucky Charms. Lucky Charms. ...
  • Frosted Flakes. Frosted Flakes. ...
  • Froot Loops. Froot Loops. ...
  • Raisin Bran. Raisin Bran.
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Who was first Honey Smacks or Golden Crisp?

Sugar Crisp debuted with what The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets would later call "an astonishing sugar content of 51 percent" (in weight), which remained the second highest in the US market when competitor Kellogg's introduced its Sugar Smacks (later renamed Honey Smacks) in the early 1950s which consisted of 55 ...
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What is the number one cereal in America?

1. Cheerios. America's favorite cereal by both revenue and boxes sold is Cheerios.
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What's the difference between Honey Smacks and Sugar Smacks?

Honey Smacks (formerly known as Sugar Smacks, simply known as Smacks outside the U.S. in international markets) is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's, noted for its high sugar content. It was introduced in the early 1950s. In Britain, a similar cereal is Honey Monster Puffs. U.S.
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