Breakfasts Roundup
We analyzed 1963 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 44)

Rice squares
Ingredients: rice, sugar, salt, molasses, mixed tocopherols (added to preserve freshness), calcium carbonate, reduced iron, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), niacinamide, zinc oxide, pyridoxine, hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), vitamin a palmiate, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Honeycomb Sweetened Corn & Oat Cereal
Ingredients: corn flour, sugar, whole grain oat flour, whole grain corn flour, honey, salt, natural flavor, yellow 5, wheat starch, bht added to preserve freshness,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa
Ingredients: SUGAR, HAZELNUTS, MODIFIED PALM OIL, CANOLA OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SKIM MILK, PALM OIL WHEY, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA LECITHIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR CONTAINS MILK AND HAZELNUTS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF ALMONDS, BRAZIL NUTS, CASHEWS, COCONUT, MACADAMIA NUTS, PINE NUTS, PISTACHIOS, WALNUTS AND WHEAT.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Maple Waffle Bites
Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, whole oat flour, cane sugar, degerminated corn meal, chickpea flour, maple syrup, canola oil, salt, cinnamon, natural flavors, carrot juice, blueberry juice, annatto extract.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Crunch Berries
Ingredients: Corn flour, sugar, oat flour, brown sugar, palm and/or coconut oil, salt, sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavor, malic acid, red 40, reduced iron, yellow 5, niacinamide*, blue 1, yellow 6, BHT (to preserve freshness), thiamine mononitrate*, pyridoxine hydrochloride“, riboflavin*, folic acid*
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Vitality Cereal Vainilla Almond
Ingredients: Rice, whole grain wheat, sugar, almonds, wheat bran, soluble wheat fiber, salt, corn syrup, malted barley syrup, honey, mixed tocopherols, natural flavor, sodium ascorbate, reduced iron, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Frosted Mini-Wheats Original
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BROWN RICE SYRUP, GELATIN, reduced iron, folic acid
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

PEANUT BUTTER
Ingredients: roasted peanuts, sugar, less than 2% of: hydrogenated vegetable oils (cottonseed and rapeseed), salt, contains: peanuts,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut

Loaded Fruit & Nut Granola
Ingredients: Corn meal, evaporated cane syrup, brown rice, expeller pressed canola oil, sunflower seeds, raisins, almonds, sesame seed, flax seed, coconut, walnuts, hazelnuts, dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), corn starch, brazil nuts, apricot, rice bran extract, natural flavors, pecans, caramel color, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fruit Juice Corn Flakes Cereal
Ingredients: corn meal* and/or yellow corn flour*, grape* and/or pear* juice concentrate, sea salt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Lucky Charms
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, oat flour, corn syrup, modified corn starch, corn starch, dextrose, salt, gelatin, trisodium phosphate, yellow 5 , 6, red 40, blue 1, natural and artificial flavor, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
- ● High Sugar Content

Michele's Original Granola
Ingredients: Rolled oats*, unsweetened coconut*, brown sugar*, sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, expeller-pressed non-gmo canola oil, vanilla.
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

Cinnamon toast crunch
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, sugar, rice flour, canola oil, fructose, maltodextrin, dextrose, salt, cinnamon, trisodium phosphate, soy lecithin, caramel color. bht 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), vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin a (palmitate), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Grain Free Granola Toasted Coconut Almond
Ingredients: Almonds, organic honey, pecans, toasted coconut, sunflower seeds, coconut, coconut oil, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Special K Red Berries Cereal
Ingredients: rice, whole grain wheat, sugar, wheat bran, freeze-dried strawberries, soluble wheat fiber, contains 2% or less of brown sugar syrup, salt, malt flavor, vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (ascorbic acid), reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Oatmeal Flavor Variety
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, dried apples, natural flavor, salt, cinnamon
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

INSTANT OATMEAL LOWER SUGAR VARIETY
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, salt, natural flavor, monk fruit extract
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Simply fruit spread strawberry
Ingredients: fruit syrup, strawberries, fruit pectin, lemon juice concentrate, red grape juice concentrate (for color), natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Red Raspberry Preserves
Ingredients: RED RASPBERRIES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, FRUIT PECTIN, CITRIC ACID.
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Simple truth 100% whole grain rolled oats
Ingredients: ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS. DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202 CERTIFIED ORGANIC BY QUALITY ASSURANCE INTERNATIONAL (QA)
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Raspberry Preserves
Ingredients: raspberries, liquid sugar (sugar, water), sugar, lemon juice concentrate, pectin,
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Flax Plus Maple Pecan Crunch
Ingredients: Whole wheat meal*, rolled oats*, cane sugar*, wheat bran*, pecans*, flax meal*, soy oil*, brown rice flour*, oat bran*, barley malt extract*, sea salt, maple syrup*, coconut*, flax seeds*, natural maple flavor, oat syrup solids* (oat syrup solids*, tocopherols [vitamin e]), tocopherols (vitamin e), molasses*, cinnamon*.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Kelloggs breakfast cereal
Ingredients: Rice, whole grain wheat, sugar, almonds, wheat bran, contains 2% or less of salt, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, natural and artificial flavor, BHT for freshness. Vitamins and Minerals: Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin A palmitate, vitamin B1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin D3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolatey delight crunchy wheat & rice flakes with chocolatey pieces cereal
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, rice, sugar, chocolatey chunks (sugar, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, cocoa processed with alkali, cocoa, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), wheat bran, contains 2% or less of salt, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, natural flavors, bht for freshness. vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (ascorbic acid), reduced iron, vitamin e acetate, niacinamide, beta-carotene, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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