Breakfasts Roundup
We analyzed 1963 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 27)

Life Cereal
Ingredients: whole grain oat flour, sugar, corn flour, whole wheat flour, calcium carbonate, salt, cinnamon, baking soda, caramel color, tocopherols (to preserve freshness), reduced iron, niacinamide* natural flavor, thiamine mononitrate*, annatto (color), pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, folic acid*. *one of the b vitamins. contains wheat ingredients.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Fruity Pebbles Crunched
Ingredients: Corn Flour, Sugar, Whole Grain Oat Flour, Com Syrup, Canola and/or Soybean Oil, Salt, Contains 1% or less of Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Citric Acid, Yellow 5, Blue 1, BHT added to preserve freshness. Vitamins and Minerals: Minerals: Ferric of iron). Orthophosphate (source Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Zinc Oxide, Mononitrate (Vitamin Thiamin B1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5) Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6) Folic Acid.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Cocoa Dyno-Bites
Ingredients: rice, sugar, cocoa oil, salt, caramel color, natural processed with alkali), canola flavor, (antioxidant). rosemary extract vit
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Hazelnut spread
Ingredients: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM), HAZELNUTS, COCOA POWDER, SKIMMED MILK POWDER, WHEY POWDER, LACTOSE, LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), NATURAL FLAVORS MAY CONTAIN: ALMOND, BRAZIL NUT, CASHEW,CHESTNUT, COCONUT, MACADAMIA NUT, PECAN, PINE NUT, PISTACHIO, WALNUT. CONTAINS: HAZELNUT, MILK, SOY.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Granola Reduced Sugar Vanilla Almond
Ingredients: Whole Grain Oats, Soluble Corn Fiber, Rice Flour, Almond Pieces, Sugar, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Molasses, Tapioca Syrup, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Vitamin E
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH SWEETENED CORN & OAT CEREAL
Ingredients: Corn flour, sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated cottonseed and/or rapeseed oil, salt), oat flour, vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm oil), salt, caramel color, reduced iron, niacinamide*, BHT (to preserve freshness), thiamine mononitrate", pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin", folic acid". * One of the B vitamins CONTAINS PEANUT INGREDIENTS.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

INSTANT OATMEAL CHOCOLATE FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS
Ingredients: whole grain oats, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), salt, natural flavor. contains soy ingredients. may contain traces of milk.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Apple soft baked bars
Ingredients: Whole Grain GF Oats (Rolled, Flakes, Flour), Sugars (Honey, Maple Syrup, Coconut Palm Sugar*), Sunflower Oil, Dried Apples, Sunflower Seeds, Vanilla Extract, Salt, Cinnamon *Organic
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Kids Fruit & Grain Soft Baked Mini Bars Apple-Icous
Ingredients: APPLE FLAVORED FILLING [GLUCOSE-FRUCTOSE SYRUP, SUGAR, GLYCEROL, CONCENTRATED APPLE PUREE, OATMEAL, DEXTROSE, APPLE CONCENTRATE, PECTIN, MALIC ACID, CINNAMON, TRISODIUM CITRATE, TRICALCIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVORING], WHOLE OAT FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OILS (RAPESEED, PALM, COCONUT), SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR SYRUP, WHEAT BRAN, DEXTROSE, GLYCEROL, RAPESEED LECITHIN, CINNAMON, CITRUS FIBER, WHEAT GERM, SALT, THICKENERS (XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM), LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, AMMONIUM BICARBONATE), DRY SKIMMED MILK, LIQUID WHOLE EGG
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Slow roasted original recipe premium granola
Ingredients: organic gluten-free oats, tree nuts, coconut, almonds, walnuts, pecans, raisins, organic brown sugar, safflower oil, maple syrup, organic agave syrup, cinnamon, ginger, sage, rosemary extract
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Tree Nuts
- ● High Sugar Content

Strawberry shortcake granola
Ingredients: gluten free oats, cane sugar, brown rice syrup, sunflower oil, strawberry juice concentrate, brown rice, millet, natural flavors, vegetable juice for color, sea salt
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Blueberry Cobbler
Ingredients: CERTIFIED GLUTEN FREE WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, PEA PROTEIN ISOLATE, POWDERED DATES, BLUEBERRIES (POWDER, WHOLE), MAPLE SUGAR, CHIA SEEDS, HEMP HEARTS, FLAXSEED, NATURAL FLAVORS, HIMALAYAN PINK SALT, MONK FRUIT
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honey Nut Cheerios
Ingredients: Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Starch, Honey, Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Tripotassium Phosphate, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Natural Almond Flavor. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols). Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Granola
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, PALM OIL, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED WHEAT, RICE FLOUR, GRATED DESICCATED COCONUT, GLUCOSE SYRUP, LESS THAN 1% OF: RICE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, WHEAT GLUTEN, BARLEY AND WHEAT MALT FLOUR, CARAMEL, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN. CONTAINS: WHEAT, COCONUT MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES MILK, SOY, PEANUTS AND TREE NUTS
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Honey Jiffy corn muffin mix
Ingredients: WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DRIED HONEY, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, BAKING SODA, WHEAT STARCH, ETHOXYLATED MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM STEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ACACIA GUM, CAPRIC/CAPRYLIC ACID TRIGLYCERIDES, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Wheat Bran Flakes cereal
Ingredients: whole grain wheat, wheat bran, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, salt, malt flavoring, vitamins and minerals: sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), alpha tocopherol acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide, zinc oxide, reduced iron, calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, vitamin b12 and vitamin d.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup

Count Chocula
Ingredients: Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Corn Meal, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Other Color Added, Dextrose, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Gelatin, Trisodium Phosphate, Rosemary Extract, Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron, Zinc (mineral nutrients), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Oatmeal apple cinnamon
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED APPLES, ORGANIC GROUND CINNAMON, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

5 grain hot cereal
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, whole grain rye, barley, whole grain oats, whole grain triticale, flaxseed.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

caramel dip SINGLES classic
Ingredients: Invert sugar, corn syrup, skim milk, palm oil, sugar, butter (cream, salt), modified corn starch, contains less than 2% of: disodium phosphate, potassium sorbate (preservative), salt, mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, water.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Instant Oatmeal Oats & Flax
Ingredients: Organic rolled oats, organic cane sugar, organic brown flaxseed, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Organic Toasted Oats Cereal
Ingredients: Organic whole grain oats, organic rice, organic cane sugar, sea salt, calcium carbonate, tocopherols (antioxidants to maintain freshness).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
