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Flakes Roundup

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

Detailed Reviews (Page 7)

Calories
375
Sugar
28g
Simple Truth

Frosted Flakes cereal

Ingredients: organic corn, organic cane sugar, sea salt

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
400
Sugar
10g
Nature's Path

Fruit Juice Corn Flakes Cereal

Ingredients: Corn meal, yellow corn flour, grape juice concentrate, pear juice concentrate, sea salt.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
154
Sugar
5g
Trader Joe’s

Overnight Oats (Vanilla)

Ingredients: Almond BEVERAGE (WATER, ALMOND BUTTER), ROLLED OATS, dates, vanilla EXTRACT (WATER, ETHYL ALCOHOL, VANILLA BEAN EXTRACTIVES), SEA Salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Good and father

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
667
Sugar
7g
Bob's Red Mill

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes imp

Ingredients: Unsulfured coconut.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
400
Protein
13g
Arrowhead Mills

Organic spelt flakes

Ingredients: Organic whole grain spelt (wheat) flakes, organic fruit juice concentrate (apple or pear), sea salt, ascorbic acid (vitamin c) and natural vitamin e (to preserve freshness).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Nature's Path Organic, Nature's Path

Gluten Free Old Fashioned Oats imp

Ingredients: organic gluten free whole grain rolled oats vegan, u kosher, certified organic by qai

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
375
Sugar
28g
Unknown

Organic frosty flakes

Ingredients: Organic corn, organic cane sugar, sea salt.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
372
Sugar
28g
Quaker

Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar

Ingredients: Whole grain oats, sugar, salt, natural flavor.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
Trader Joe's

Steel Cut Organic Oats

Ingredients: ORGANIC steel cut oats

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
351
Sugar
32g
Kelloggs

frosted flakes

Ingredients: Milled corn, sugar, malt flavor, salt.

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
389
Sugar
0g
Bob's Red Mill

Potato Flakes

Ingredients: Dehydrated potatoes.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
733
Sugar
7g
Organic Great Value

Unsweetened Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Organic coconut.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
467
Sugar
33g
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Sweetened Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Coconut, sugar, water, propylene glycol (sustains freshness), salt, sodium metabisulfite (to retain whiteness).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
467
Sugar
33g
Great Value

Coconut Flakes

Ingredients: Coconut, sugar, water, propylene glycol (sustains freshness), salt, sodium metabisulfite (to retain whiteness).

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
375
Protein
13g
H-E-B

WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS (100%).

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
357
Protein
14g
Oatmeal

Original instant oatmeal

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
375
Protein
13g
Food Club

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
375
Protein
13g
Hannaford, Hannaford Bros. Co.

Old Fashioned Whole Grain 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
375
Protein
13g
GreenWise

Oatmeal

Ingredients: organic 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
Ralston Foods

Quick oats

Ingredients: Whole Grain Rolled Oats

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
396
Protein
13g
Bob's Red Mill

Old Fashioned Rolled Oats

Ingredients: Whole grain oats.

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
405
Sugar
31g
Kelloggs Special

Kelloggs breakfast 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
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Calories
393
Protein
18g
simple truth

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
350
Protein
13g
Mom's Best Cereals

Quick 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
375
Sugar
10g
Millville

Corn flakes

Ingredients: milled corn, sugar, salt

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
372
Sugar
30g
Trader Joe's

Maple and Brown Sugar

Ingredients: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, salt, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, guar gum, caramel color, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
367
Sugar
27g
Great Value

Instant Oatmeal Fruit & Cream Flavor Variety Pack

Ingredients: strawberries , cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, artificially wheat flavored apple pieces (dried apples treated with citric acid and sodium sulfite to promote color retention, artificial flavor, red 40), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil [soybean oil and/or coconut oil and/or canola oil and/or sunflower oil], whey, sodium caseinate [a milk derivativej potassium phosphate), oat flour (whole), contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), natural and artificial flavors, guar gum, citric acid, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide**, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b,**, riboflavin**, thiamine mononitrate** folic acid**, blueberries , cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, blueberry flavored and colored fig pieces (dried figs, dried corn syrup solids, modified food starch, sugar, dextrose, flavored blueberry juice concentrate, glycerin, natural flavor, canola oil, citric acid, blue 2 lake, red 40 lake), oat flour (whole), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil [soybean oil and/or coconut oil and/or canola oil and/or sunflower oil], whey, sodium caseinate [a mìlk derivative], potassium phosphate), contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), guar gum, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, natural flavor, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b,)**, riboflavin**, thiamine mononitrate**, folic acid, peaches , cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, flavored apple pieces (dried apples [treated with sodium sulfite to promote color retention], artificial flavor, citric acid, annatto [color), oat flour (whole), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil [soybean oil and/or coconut oil and/or canola oil and/or sunflower oi̇l], whey, sodium caseinate [a milk derivative], potassium phospháte), contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), guar gum, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide**, pyridoxine hydrochlořide (vitamin b6)** riboflavin**, thiamine mononitrate**, folic acid**, bananas ,cream: whole grain rolled oats, sugar, oat flour (whole), creaming agent (maltodextrin, vegetable oil [soybean oil and/or coconut oil and/or canola oil and/or sunflower oil], whey, sodium caseinate a milk derivativej, potassium phosphate), contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), banana flake powder, guar gum, ferric phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide**, natural , artificial flavor, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b)**, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate**, folic acid*, **one of the b vitamins, contains milk,

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • Contains Red 40 (Allura Red)
  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
373
Sugar
24g
Arrowhead Mills

Organic Maple Buckwheat Flakes Gluten Free

Ingredients: Organic whole grain buckwheat grits, organic whole grain brown rice flour, organic evaporated cane syrup, organic whole grain buckwheat flour, organic maple syrup, sea salt, organic honey, ascorbic acid (vitamin c) and natural vitamin e (to preserve freshness).

The Good

  • Convenient Snack

The Bad

  • High Sugar Content
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Calories
1000
Protein
19g
Nature's Path Organic

Honey'D Corn Flakes

Ingredients: corn meal* and/or yellow corn flour*, cane sugar*, honey*, sea salt,

The Good

  • Clean Ingredients

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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