Originally Posted by
datlas
I suspect they would be called "HFCS Frosted Flakes" or "HFCS Corn Pops" if there were truth in advertising.
Same goes for KFC. They changed their name from Kentucky Fried Chicken to KFC to give the appearance of being healthier. It's the same stuff, but appears healthier.
Internal sweetener is most likely as you say HFCS. But "frosting" could well still be white, crystalline sucrose. It is hard if not impossible to get the HFCS mix to crystallize and produce the white frosting effect on the surface of the flakes.
Edit: I looked it up and found a generic to have both corn syrup and refined sugar. Frosted Flakes lists only refined sugar as a sweetening ingredient. Go figure.