Breakfasts Roundup
We analyzed 1963 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.
Detailed Reviews (Page 46)

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cereal
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

Instant Oatmeal - Flavor Variety
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, salt, natural flavor. apples &cinnamon ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, dried apples, natural flavor, cinnamon, salt. cinnamon & spice ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, salt, cinnamon and other spices, natural flavor. 121-69 127-43
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Pumpkin Cinnamon Ancient Grain Granola
Ingredients: Organic gluten-free oats, organic coconut palm sugar, organic raw virgin coconut oil, organic raw pumpkin seeds, dried figs, organic puffed amaranth, organic quinoa flakes, organic sunflower seeds, organic salba chia seeds, organic cinnamon, sea salt.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Organic Promise Autumn Wheat Cereal
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat*, cane sugar*, natural flavor.
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Cinnamon Crunch Cereal
Ingredients: Whole Grain Wheat*, Cane Sugar*, Rice Flour*, Sunflower Oil*, Oat Fiber*, Maltodextrin*, Cinnamon*, Sea Salt, Dextrose*. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Original Recipe Breakfast Sausage
Ingredients: Pork, water, corn syrup and less than 3% of the following: pork broth with natural falvorings, salt, dextrose, monosodium glutamate, lemon juice powder (corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, natural flavors), flavorings, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid, collagen casing.
The Good
- ● Sugar Free
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Honey Oat Crunch Cereal
Ingredients: Yellow corn grits*, whole grain wheat*, cane sugar*, whole grain oats*, rice*, sunflower oil*, honey*, sea salt, molasses*, invert cane syrup*, soy lecithin*, natural flavor*. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness.*organic
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Creamy honey roast peanut spread
Ingredients: peanut butter (roasted peanuts, sugar, less than 2% of: molasses, hydrogenated vegetable oils [cottonseed and rapeseed], salt), sugar, honey, contains: peanuts,
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Crunchy Pecan
Ingredients: Whole grain wheat, cane sugar, whole grain rolled oats, pecans, wheat flour, malted barley flour, rice flour, expeller pressed canola oil, salt, rice syrup, molasses. bht added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, zinc oxide, niacinamide (vitamin b3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar
Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), natural flavor, guar gum, caramel color, ferríc phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid*, *one of the b vitamins
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Lucky Charms
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, corn starch, modified corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose. contains 2% or less of: salt, gelatin, trisodium phosphate, red 3 & 40, blue 1, yellow 5 & 6, natural and artificial flavor. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

Chocolate breakfast biscuits
Ingredients: whole grain wheat flour, enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid], sugar, canola oil, whole grain rolled oats, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, dextrose, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), whole grain rye flour, cocoa processed with alkali, baking soda, disodium pyrophosphate, salt, soy lecithin, natural flavor, datem, ferric orthophosphate (iron), niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1),
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Overnight Oat & Chia berry fairy
Ingredients: Rolled oats*, Cane sugar*FT, Chia seeds*, Freeze-dried berries (cranberry* and/or raspberry powder*, blackberry* and/or blueberry*and/or raspberry pieces*), Oat flour*, Coconut milk powder* (coconut milk*, tapioca maltodextrin*), Citric acid, Black carrot juice powder (for colour), May contain: Almonds, Brazil nuts, Cashews, Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pistachios, Walnuts, Sesame
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Maple Cinnamon Cheerios Hearty Nut Medley
Ingredients: Whole Grain Oats, Whole Grain Wheat, Sugar, Almonds, Corn Syrup, Pumpkin Seeds, Soluble Corn Fiber, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Maple Syrup, Corn Starch, Salt, Cinnamon, Tripotassium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Annatto Extract Color. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Corn Syrup

Raisin Bran
Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RAISINS, WHEAT BRAN, CANE SUGAR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SALT, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B NACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE (VITAMIN B5), PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6). FOLIC ACID (VITAMIN B9).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Protein Granola Maple & Brown Sugar
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, whole grain wheat, sugar, canola oil, milk protein isolate, whey protein, molasses, almonds, salt, natural flavor, sunflower oil, tocopherols. _CONTAINS ALMOND, WHEAT, MILK_
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Grains & Seeds Oatmeal Variety Pack
Ingredients: Maple Cinnamon Date Oatmeal (whole grain oats, dates, sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, sugar, flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, maltodextrin, barley, whole grain rye, natural flavor, salt, while grain oat flour, cinnamon), Apple Walnut Oatmeal (whole grain oats, sugar, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, apples, walnuts, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness), flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, barley, whole grain rye, natural flavor, cinnamon, salt).
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

organic peanut butter & cocoa balls cereal
Ingredients: Organic corn flour, organic whole grain corn flour, organic cane sugar, organic peanut butter (organic peanuts, salt), organic whole grain oat flour, organic cocoa powder (processed with alkali)*, organic rice flour, organic oat hull fiber, sea salt, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), mixed tocopherols (vitamin e) added to maintain freshness. organic malted barley extract.
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains Peanut
- ● High Sugar Content

Coconut Cashew Nut Granola
Ingredients: organic sunflower seeds, cashews, organic pumpkin seeds, organic coconut palm sugar, organic raw virgin coconut oil, organic coconut flakes, almond flour, organic chia seeds, cashew butter, organic hemp seeds, vanilla extract, organic cinnamon, sea salt,
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Toasted Almond Granola
Ingredients: almonds, soy protein isolate, coconut oil, whey protein isolate, isomaltooligosaccharides, soluble corn fiber, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, inulin, cinnamon, sea salt, color, stevia extract, vanilla extract, almond extract, natural flavor, salt
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Pumpkin Seed + Flax Granola
Ingredients: Whole grain rolled oats*, cane sugar*, soy oil*, brown rice flour*, pumpkin seeds*, flax seeds*, brown rice syrup*, sea salt, molasses*, rice starch*, cinnamon*
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

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

Seedless red raspberry jam
Ingredients: red raspberries, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, fruit pectin, citric acid. %dv* 0% o/tm/ⓡ the j.m. smucker company orrville, oh 44667 usa 0% call toll free with questions or comments 1-888-550-9555 35% 120 refrigerate
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● Contains High Fructose Corn Syrup
- ● High Sugar Content

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

Purely O's Cereal
Ingredients: Whole grain oats, whole grain barley, wheat starch, malted barley extract, sea salt, calcium carbonate, oats, malted barley, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols)..
The Good
- ● Excellent Health Score
- ● Low Sugar
The Bad
- ● Ultra Processed

Fig Spread
Ingredients: Figs, pure cane sugar, citric acid (for acidity), fruit pectin, lactic acid (ph control), ascorbic acid (antioxidant)
The Good
- ● Clean Ingredients
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content

Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream
Ingredients: whole grain oats, sugar, dried strawberries, salt, dried cream, natural flavor, nonfat dry milk, sea salt, dried vegetable juice concentrate, tocopherols
The Good
- ● Convenient Snack
The Bad
- ● High Sugar Content
