Breakfasts Roundup
We analyzed 1963 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 28)

Fruit spread grape
Ingredients: Sugar, grape juice (water, grape pulp), [contains 1% or less of fruit pectin, citric acid, artificial flavor, sodium benzoate, antifoam, caramel color, grape color (fd&c red no. 40, fd&c blue no. 1)].
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Sodium Benzoate
- ● High Sugar Content

Quick 5-minute grits
Ingredients: White Hominy Grits Made from Corn, Niacin (One of the B Vitamins), Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Folic Acid (One of the B Vitamins).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Original multigrain cereal, original
Ingredients: whole grain oat flour, sugar, corn flour, whole wheat flour, rice flour, salt, calcium carbonate, disodium phosphate, reduced iron, niacinamide*, zinc oxide, bht (preservative), yellow 5, yellow 6, thiamin mononitrate*, riboflavin*, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, folic acid*,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Double dark chocolate chunk granola
Ingredients: Whole rolled oats, milled cane sugar, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), expeller pressed canola oil, rice flour, whole oat flour, honey, chocolate chunks (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla extract), salt, natural flavor, barley malt syrup.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Wheat Chex
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, sugar, salt, molasses, baking soda. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, iron and zinc (mineral nutrients), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin a (palmitate), vitamin b12, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Lightly sweetened whole wheat cereal with natural blueberry wheatfuls, blueberry
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, sugar, dried blueberries, gelatin, vegetable juice (color), natural flavor. freshness preserved with vitamin e (mixed tocopherols).
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Moms best crispy cocoa rice
Ingredients: rice, sugar, cocoa (processed with alkali), canola oil, salt, caramel color, natural flavor, rosemary extract (antioxidant), vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, zinc oxide, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), folic acid,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

BLUEBERRY HEMP ANCIENT GRAIN GRANOLA
Ingredients: Organic gluten-free oats, organic coconut palm sugar, organic raw virgin coconut oil, dried blueberries (blueberries, sugar, sunflower oil), organic sunflower seeds, organic puffed amaranth, organic hemp seeds, organic millet flakes, organic quinoa flakes, organic chia seeds, organic cinnamon, salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Original Granola
Ingredients: Gluten free rolled oats, seed (pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, flax seeds), bio-fermented raw rice protein, hemp protein, maltitol, dehydrated fenugreek and tamarind powder, ancient grain (quinoa, amaranth, millet), turmeric, olive oil, natural vanilla.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Concord Grape Jelly
Ingredients: Grapes (concord grapes, grapes), sugar, water, fruit pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, potassium sorbate (to preserve freshness), calcium chloride,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Orange Fig Spread
Ingredients: Figs, cane sugar, oranges, citric acid (acidity regulator), fruit pectin.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Organic mountain forest honey
Ingredients: Organic honey*
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Granola Barely Sweet
Ingredients: Organic rolled oats, california almonds, organic pumpkin seeds, maple syrup, non-gmo certified expeller-pressed canola oil, organic oat bran, organic quinoa flakes, kosher salt, pure vanilla extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Chia Raspberry Fruit Spread with Agave Nectar Premium
Ingredients: Raspberries, organic agave nectar, organic chia seeds, lime juice.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Apricot Fruit Spread
Ingredients: Apricots, sweetened only with fruit juice concentrates (grape and date), fruit pectin, lemon juice.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Red raspberry preserves
Ingredients: Red raspberries, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Apple Jelly
Ingredients: Apple juice (water and apple juice concentrate), corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Strawberry Preserves
Ingredients: Water**, strawberries+, polydextrose**, maltodextrin**, pectin, citric acid, locust bean gum**, natural flavor**, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), sucralose (splenda brand) (a nonnutritive sweetener)**, calcium chloride**, red 40**, blue#1**.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)

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

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

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

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

All Fruit Seedless Blackberry Spread
Ingredients: juice concentrates (pear, grape, pineapple), blackberries, water, fruit pectin, citric acid, natural flavor,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Wild Blueberry Just Fruit Spread
Ingredients: Concentrated organic grape juice, organic wild blueberries, natural apple pectin, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), citric acid.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Raisin bran cereal
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, raisins, wheat bran, sugar, wheat flour, malted barley flour, salt. vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide (source of zinc), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
