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Best Breakfast Cereals — Low Sugar, Real Grain
Most shelf cereals are engineered around sugar and refined grain — a glucose spike dressed as breakfast. Our top scorers keep added sugar under 6g per serving, lead with whole grains or oats, and leave out the artificial colors.
What to look for
- Whole grain or rolled oats as ingredient #1
- Under 6g added sugar per serving
- At least 3g fiber per serving
- No artificial colors (Red 40, Yellow 5/6)
- No BHT / BHA preservatives
Our top-scoring picks
Every product below scored 75 or higher on our 0–100 ingredient-and-nutrition scale. Links go directly to Amazon; as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Shoprite bite sized shredded wheat cereal
Shoprite
Bite size shredded whole wheat cereal
The Kroger Co.
Organic Creamy Brown Rice Hot Cereal
Bob's Red Mill
5 grain hot cereal
Muesli sans sucre ajouté avec graines
Moulin Des Moines
Quaker Oat Bran Hot Cereal 16 Ounce Box
Quaker
Granola
Stoked Oats
Peanut Butter ProGranola Clusters
Julian Bakery
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