In North America, Special K Original has 110 Cal per 29 g cup serving. One serving contains 0.5 g fat, 22 g carbohydrates, 2 g sugar and 5 g protein. In the UK, Special K Original is 17% sugar, meaning a 30 g serving contains 5 g of sugar.
In the UK, a recent advertising campaign has focused on the results of a study run in collaboration with the Department of Human Sciences at Loughborough University requiring overweight volunteer subjects to replace two meals a day with a bowl of the cereal.
The study found that “after 2 weeks up to 75% of subjects had slimmer waists and hips. The university’s scientists concluded that the majority of this was due to fat loss.”
