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The best breakfast cereals in UK supermarkets, ranked
We ranked 1,730 breakfast cereals sold in UK supermarkets using the nutrition panel and ingredients printed on each pack. Of these, 60% are ultra-processed (NOVA group 4). The typical one has 10g protein, 14.8g sugar and 0.15g salt per 100g.
Jump to: Lowest sugar · Highest fibre · Highest protein · Lowest salt
The short answer
- Lowest sugar: Mindful chef Organic Scottish Porridge Oats (0.3g per 100g)
- Highest fibre: Essential Waitrose high fibre bran sticks (24.9g per 100g)
- Highest protein: Harvest Morn Protein Granola Honey and Seeds (27.9g per 100g)
- Lowest salt: Waitrose Essential No Added Sugar Raisin Wheats (0g per 100g)
Want a different "best"? Open the full aisle to rank by anything and leave out allergens, palm oil, seed oils, sweeteners or ultra-processed products.
Lowest sugar breakfast cereals
Ranked by sugar per 100g out of 1,400 breakfast cereals with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Sugar per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Organic Scottish Porridge OatsMindful chef · 500 g | 0.3g | A | |
| 2 | 5 grain 5 seed porridgeRude health | 0.4g | A | |
| 3 | Porage Oats Original Traditional Smooth CutScott's · 1 kg | 0.4g | A | |
| 4 | Instant Porridgeoat burst · 57 g | 0.41g | A | |
| 5 | Irish Porridge Oats SachetsDunnes stores | 0.5g | A | |
| 6 | Rude Health Spelt FlakesRude health · 300 g | 0.5g | A | |
| 7 | Puffed WheatSainsbury's | 0.5g | A | |
| 8 | Organic Puffed Buckwheat (Gluten Free)Buy Whole Foods Online · 350 g | 0.5g | B | |
| 9 | Choc Hazelnut Flavour Soya Protein Hoops with SweetenersSurreal | 0.6g | ||
| 10 | Cinnamon Flavoured Soya Protein Hoops with SweetenersSurrreal · 240g | 0.6g | A |
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Highest fibre breakfast cereals
Ranked by fibre per 100g out of 1,279 breakfast cereals with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Fibre per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | high fibre bran sticksEssential Waitrose · 750g | 24.9g | A | |
| 2 | Cold Milled FlaxseedLinwoods · 425g | 24g | A | |
| 3 | High Fibre BranCrownfield · 500g | 23.8g | A | |
| 4 | Muesli CrunchyHacendado · 200gr | 23g | A | |
| 5 | High Fibre Bran. Tesco.Tesco · 750g | 22.1g | A | |
| 6 | High Fibre BranSainsbury's · 500 g | 22g | A | |
| 7 | Weetabix, Crunchy BranWeetabix | 22g | A | |
| 8 | All-Bran Prebiotic Oaty ClustersKellogg's | 22g | A | |
| 9 | Organic Barley Barley FlakesHodmedod's | 20.2g | A | |
| 10 | Roasted Peanut Instant Overnight OatsDeliciously Ella · 380g | 20g | C |
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Highest protein breakfast cereals
Ranked by protein per 100g out of 1,406 breakfast cereals with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Protein per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Protein Granola Honey and SeedsHarvest Morn | 27.9g | D | |
| 2 | High Protein GranolaCrownfield | 27.9g | D | |
| 3 | Lizis high protein granola nuts and seedsLizi's · 350 g | 26.9g | C | |
| 4 | Protein Granola Apricot & CranberryHarvest Morn · 400 g | 26.5g | D | |
| 5 | Slender PorridgeProtein World | 26g | ||
| 6 | Protein granolaAsda | 26g | C | |
| 7 | High Protein GranolaLizi’s · 350 g | 25.6g | D | |
| 8 | SLIMexpert Porridge - golden syrup flavourH & B · 10 x 32 g | 25g | ||
| 9 | High Protein Granola Cranberry & AlmondCrownfield · 400 g | 24.9g | D | |
| 10 | High Protein Peanut GranolaSainsbury's | 24.6g | B |
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Lowest salt breakfast cereals
Ranked by salt per 100g out of 1,362 breakfast cereals with complete labels. At most two per brand.
| # | Product | Salt per 100g | Nutri-Score | Traffic lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Added Sugar Raisin WheatsWaitrose Essential | 0g | A | |
| 2 | Fruity Date PorridgeRude health | 0g | B | |
| 3 | 5 grain 5 seed porridgeRude health | 0g | A | |
| 4 | Toasted malted wheat flakesBWFO · 1kg | 0g | A | |
| 5 | Jumbo OatsPimhill Farm · 5 kg | 0g | A | |
| 6 | Multigrain Buffs BerryBio And Me | 0g | A | |
| 7 | Bran FlakesTesco · 500 g | 0g | A | |
| 8 | Organic wheat flakesInfinity Foods | 0g | A | |
| 9 | Puffed WheatMorrisons · 160 g | 0g | A | |
| 10 | Porridge oatsWaitrose & Partners · 400g | 0g | A |
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How these rankings work
Every figure is per 100g, taken from the label as recorded in Open Food Facts, the open food database built by volunteers. Products whose numbers don't add up (for example, energy that doesn't match the fat, carbs and protein) are left out of these tables but still appear in the full aisle. Traffic lights follow the UK front-of-pack thresholds for fat, saturates, sugar and salt. Nutri-Score runs from A (best) to E. Brands can't pay to appear here. Spot a mistake? Fix it at the source on Open Food Facts and it reaches Shelf Check at the next refresh.