History Main / AdjacentToThisCompleteBreakfast

* The [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] announcement of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' being ported to UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita [[ParodiedTrope jokingly]] stated that the game was part of [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DCKZZYiUwAEO7Xp.jpg a complete breakfast]] which consisted of cereal, waffles, and ''four glasses of orange juice''.

* Almost any sugary cereal aimed at children during TheSeventies and TheEighties: Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops, Lucky Charms, Cookie Crisp, Cocoa Puffs...

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin's favorite breakfast cereal is "Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs", a breakfast "cereal" which requires five grapefruits and a dozen bran muffins to even out the sugar (and possibly more, since Hobbes trails off while explaining this).

* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'': Calvin eats cereal that takes five grapefruits and a dozen bran muffins to even out the sugar (and possibly more, since Hobbes trails off while explaining this).
* A ''Ren and Stimpy'' comic features a spoof advertisement for Powdered Toast, a fictional breakfast product. The sketch ends with powdered toast being part of an overly elaborate 'complete breakfast' including a cornucopia and a roasted chicken

* XLS Medical diet pills: studies have shown that taking them (whilst also eating less and exercising more) will result in weight loss.

[[caption-width-right:350:[-The only thing with less nutritional content on the table is the [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythbusters cereal box itself]]... unless you honestly intend to [[MetalMuncher eat the silverware]].-]]]

Ironically, in the 1950s and '60s, having sugar added to a breakfast cereal was actually its ''selling point.'' You normally added your own sugar to your cereal anyway, and a pre-sweetened cereal meant you could save a step (and parents could know ''how much'' added sugar their kids were getting).[[note]]In addition, portion sizes were smaller in the 1950s & '60s, and Baby Boomers & Generation X children typically had a more active, "free-range" lifestyle than today's children do, hence they needed more energy.[[/note]] By the late 1970s, [[ScienceMarchesOn sugar had become demonized]], so sugary cereals took steps to [[UnfortunateIngredients downplay their sugar content]]: They changed their names (e.g. from Sugar Smacks to Honey Smacks, or from Sugar Frosted Flakes to just Frosted Flakes), and they started splitting the sugar into multiple types so that "sugar" no longer appeared at the top of the ingredients list (e.g. instead of being "Sugar, wheat flour, oat flour, ...", the ingredients now read "Wheat and oat flour, sugar, glucose-fructose, ...", even though the contents of the box were identical).

The claim is technically a legal requirement, but, like a StealthCigaretteCommercial, the companies have hidden the obvious beneath the implications. After all -- ''really!'' -- if you were sitting down to the princely spread of that complete breakfast, Choco Woofers would be furthest thing from your mind. The only time you'd want to 'complete' a breakfast with Choco Woofers would be if you'd already eaten some and were still hungry, in which case you'd just grab the box and pour another bowl.

Ironically, in the 1950s and '60s, having sugar added to a breakfast cereal was actually its ''selling point.'' You normally added your own sugar to your cereal anyway, and a pre-sweetened cereal meant you could save a step (and parents could know ''how much'' added sugar their kids were getting). [[note]] In addition, portion sizes were smaller in the 1950s & '60s, and Baby Boomers & Generation X children typically had a more active, "free-range" lifestyle than today's children do, hence they needed more energy. [[/note]] By the late 1970s, [[ScienceMarchesOn sugar had become demonized]], so sugary cereals took steps to [[UnfortunateIngredients downplay their sugar content]]: They changed their names (e.g. from Sugar Smacks to Honey Smacks, or from Sugar Frosted Flakes to just Frosted Flakes), and they started splitting the sugar into multiple types so that "sugar" no longer appeared at the top of the ingredients list (e.g. instead of being "Sugar, wheat flour, oat flour, ...", the ingredients now read "Wheat and oat flour, sugar, glucose-fructose, ...", even though the contents of the box were identical).

-->-- ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', "Cheat Commandos...O's"

[-[[caption-width-right:350:The only thing with less nutritional content on the table is the [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythbusters cereal box itself]]...unless you honestly intend to [[MetalMuncher eat the silverware]].]]-]

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* ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix'' subverts this. The chocolate "Coco Nutts" cereal Hector eats actually contains healthy vitamins and minerals.

* ''WesternAnimation/OzzyAndDrix''' subverts this. The chocolate "Coco Nutts" cereal Hector eats actually contains healthy vitamins and minerals.

* Nutella got in trouble for making claims that it was healthy to eat. When the FDA analyzed the amount of sugar per serving in the product, they threatened severe consequences if they continued the claim. Now Nutella commercials do not ''say'' their product is healthy, but they tout its healthy ingredients (such as hazel nuts and low fat milk) without mentioning the ratio of these ingredients to the sugar content. The packaging is a literal example of this trope, stressing that Nutella is healthy as long as it's consumed with whole wheat bread, milk and a serving of fruit.

Ironically, in the 1950s and '60s, having sugar added to a breakfast cereal was actually its ''selling point.'' You normally added your own sugar to your cereal anyway, and a pre-sweetened cereal meant you could save a step (and parents could know ''how much'' added sugar their kids were getting). By the late 1970s, [[ScienceMarchesOn sugar had become demonized]], so sugary cereals took steps to [[UnfortunateIngredients downplay their sugar content]]: They changed their names (e.g. from Sugar Smacks to Honey Smacks, or from Sugar Frosted Flakes to just Frosted Flakes), and they started splitting the sugar into multiple types so that "sugar" no longer appeared at the top of the ingredients list (e.g. instead of being "Sugar, wheat flour, oat flour, ...", the ingredients now read "Wheat and oat flour, sugar, glucose-fructose, ...", even though the contents of the box were identical).

[-[[caption-width-right:350:The only thing with less nutritional content on the table is the [[JustForFun/TropesExaminedByTheMythbusters cereal box itself]]...unless you honestly intend to [[ExtremeOmnivore eat the silverware]].]]-]