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Flakes Roundup

We analyzed 402 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Detailed Reviews (Page 5)

Calories
390
Sugar
12g
Nature's Path

Honey'D Corn Flakes

Ingredients: Corn meal* and/or yellow corn flour*, Sugars* (cane sugar*, honey*), Sea salt. *Organic. May contain: Tree nuts, Peanuts, Soy. VEGETARIAN

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Peanut
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Calories
350
Protein
13g
Mom's Best Cereals

Old Fashioned Oats

Ingredients: 100% whole grain rolled oats.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
14g
Kroger

Original Oats Instant Oatmeal

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN OATS, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SALT, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, NIACINAMIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
150
Sugar
14g
Aldi,Simply Nature

Instant Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon

Ingredients: ORGANIC ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC DEHYDRATED APPLES (TREATED WITH ASCORBIC ACID, CITRIC ACID AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE TO PRESERVE COLOR), ORGANIC CINNAMON, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
365 Whole Foods Market

Organic Instant Oatmeal Original

Ingredients: Organic rolled oats.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
351
Sugar
32g
Kellogg's

Frosted Flakes

Ingredients: Milled corn, sugar, malt flavor, salt, bht, vitamins and minerals (iron, vitamin c (ascorbic acid and sodium ascorbate), niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
389
Protein
56g
Now

Nutritional Yeast Flakes

Ingredients: Dried Yeast (Non-GMO), Niacin (B-3), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (B-6), Riboflavin (B-2), Hydrochloride (B-1), Folic Acid, Vitamin B-12

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Sugar
10g
Kelloggs, Kellogg's

corn flakes

Ingredients: Milled Corn, Sugar, Malt Flavor, Contains 2% Or Less Of Salt. Vitamins And Minerals: Iron (Ferric Phosphate), Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Hydrochloride), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3, Vitamin B12.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
365 Everyday Value,Whole Foods Markets

Organic Quick Cook Steel-Cut Oats

Ingredients: Organic steel cut oats.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
464
Sugar
0g
Corn Nuts, Hormel Foods Sales LLC Corn Nuts

Corn Nuts Chile Picante

Ingredients: CORN, SALT, CORN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MALTODEXTRIN, SPICE, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, TOMATO POWDER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, CITRIC ACID, PAPRIKA EXTRACT (FOR COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOR.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
26g
Quaker

Quaker instant oatmeal apples and cinnamon

Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, dehydrated apple pieces (treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention), natural and artificial flavor, salt, cinnamon, calcium carbonate, oat flour, citric acid, guar gum, malic acid, niacinamide*, reduced iron, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate*, folic acid*, caramel color, *one of the b vitamins

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Sulfite
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
357
Protein
14g
Quaker

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Original

Ingredients: Whole grain oats, calcium carbonate, salt, reduced iron.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
381
Protein
12g
Millville

Bran Flakes

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR WHEAT BRAN, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SALT MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, VITAMINS (NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), PANTOTHENIC ACID (VITAMIN B5), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), PYRIDOXINEHYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID, CHOLECALCIFEROL (VITAMIN D), CYANOCOBALAMIN (VITAMIN B12)), IRON (FERRIC PYROPHOSPHATE). CONTAINS: WHEAT. MAY CONTAIN SOY, MILK, TREENUTS (COCONUT).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Mono- and Diglycerides
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Wegmans Organic

Steel Cut Oats

Ingredients: organic oats

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
404
Protein
12g
purely elizabeth.

Apple Cinnamon Pecan Superfood Instant Oatmeal

Ingredients: certified gluten-free oats, dried apples, pecans, flax seeds, chia seeds, quinoa flakes, puffed amaranth, cinnamon.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Sugar
10g
Unknown

Toasted Flakes Of Corn Cereal

Ingredients: Milled corn, sugar, salt, malted barley syrup. vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
26g
Quaker

Quaker Instant Oatmeal Flavor Variety

Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, dried apples, natural flavor, salt, cinnamon

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
393
Protein
14g
Unknown

Instant oatmeal

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM CARBONATE (A SOURCE OF CALCIUM), SALT, GUAR GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE (A SOURCE OF IRON), VITAMIN A PALMITATE.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Bowl & Basket

Old Fashioned Oats

Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Harris Teeter

Whole Grain Old Fashioned Oats

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
567
Protein
23g
Trader Joe's

Raw sliced almonds

Ingredients: almonds

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
120
Sugar
6g
Ralston Foods

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
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Calories
375
Sugar
30g
Nature's Promise

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
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Calories
375
Sugar
25g
365 Whole Foods Market

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
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Signature Select

Old-Fashioned Oats

Ingredients: Whole Grain Rolled Oats

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Wegmans

Old Fashioned Oats

Ingredients: Collagen (from Grassfed Bovine)

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
0
Sugar
0g
Maldon

Sea salt flakes

Ingredients: Sea salt flakes with no additives

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
358
Sugar
38g
Millville

Crunchy Granola Raisin Bran, Crisp Flakes & Crunchy Granola Clusters With Raisins

Ingredients: Whole wheat, rice, sugar, raisins, oat and honey cluster (sugar, rolled oats, toasted oats [rolled oats, sugar, canola oil, molasses, honey, mixed tocopherols (a preservative}), wheat flakes, crisp rice [rice flour, sugar, malt extract, salt, rice extract), corn syrup, wheat bits [whole wheat flour, corn starch, degermed yellow corn meal, sugar, salt, trisodium phosphate, baking soda, annatto color, caramel color, bht [a preservative]), honey, cinnamon, natural and artificial flavor, bht {a preservative}], wheat bran, corn syrup, glycerin, salt, malt syrup. vitamins and minerals: macinamide zinc oxide, reduced iron, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), vitamin a palmitate, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid.

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
400
Sugar
18g
Great Value

Multigrain Cereal With Granola And Almonds

Ingredients: corn, whole grain wheat, sugar, whole grain rolled oats, almonds, rice, canola oil, corn syrup, salt, barley malt extract, cinnamon, molasses, honey, caramel color, natural flavor, vitamins and minerals: ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (a b-vitamin), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
400
Sugar
27g
Millville

Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream

Ingredients: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Dried Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Dried Strawberries, Salt, Nonfat Dry Dried Peaches, Contains Less Than 2% Blueberries

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Flakes category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 402 products in the Flakes category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Flakes?+
We rank Flakes based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Flakes here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.
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