Best Breakfast cereal

suspectpackage

What is the best cereal to eat in the mornings? I'm assuming its something like Alpen or Special K?

I have been eating Coco Pops and Crunchy Nut Cornflakes for too long!

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Porridge

RacoonQueen

Muesli, Shredded wheat.

Porridge or Weetabix.

Macha

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Muesli, Shredded wheat.

Muesli can be very high in sugar, either added or from all the dried fruit.

suspectpackage, the 'best' breakfast can depend on your goals. What are yours?

tbaymusicman

Porridge if you want energy!!fruit in fibre if your on a diet

Macha

tbaymusicman wrote: »

Porridge if you want energy!!fruit in fibre if your on a diet

Gah! Fruit n fibre can also have high sugar levels due to dried fruit content with 2 teaspoons of sugar in a 'normal' serving, which is normally half what a normal person eats.

metamorphosis

Fruit and fiber is really high in sugar.

Porridge FTW

Following that: Shredded wheat and weetabix

Special K/cornflakes/frosties etc all have high amounts of sugar/salt and are best avoided despite Kelloggs health claims made on tv.

Some unsweetened muesli are good too

corkcomp

tbaymusicman wrote: »

Porridge if you want energy!!fruit in fibre if your on a diet

id say its more the other way around! ... on second thoughts porridge is probably best whether your on a diet or not .. its much more filling and after all fruit and fibrer is like cardboard with added dried fruit!

rubadub

Read the SIDE of the packets, not the front. Presume NOTHING.

Bran flakes are 22% sugar, I bet 95% of people on the street would think it is less. But it is no secret, it is right there on the packet, and the website
http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/products/branflakes/cereal/bran_flakes.aspx

I mix oats with whey and milk, I never bother cooking porridge anymore. Many do not like porridge but it is the oats you are after, not that particular recipe. I like to get some protein in with the oats, another way is making pancakes with the oats, more info here

Paulgar

Fruit and coffee. I am trying to change to fruit and green tea, but quitting my morning coffee is hard.

RacoonQueen

ULstudent wrote: »

Fruit and fiber is really high in sugar.

Porridge FTW

Following that: Shredded wheat and weetabix

Aren't weetabix really high in sugar? Somone bought some of the bitesize oatibix here a while ago I took a handful of them to eat try and thought I'd mistakingly put my hand in the sugar bag.

corkcomp

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Aren't weetabix really high in sugar? Somone bought some of the bitesize oatibix here a while ago I took a handful of them to eat try and thought I'd mistakingly put my hand in the sugar bag.

weetabix has NO added sugar .. maybe the oatibix were the ones with added dried fruit?

metamorphosis

its 4.4gm per 100gm -

there is some oatibix out there with dreid fruits and such and different flavours that are very high in sugar. could have been one of these?

rubadub

corkcomp wrote: »

weetabix has NO added sugar .. maybe the oatibix were the ones with added dried fruit?

I think you are thinking of shredded wheat. Weetabix has added sugar
http://www.weetabix.co.uk/brands/weetabix/weetabix/

Wholegrain Wheat (95%), Malted Barley Extract, Sugar, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin (B1), Riboflavin (B2), Folic Acid.

malted barley extract is just another type of sugar, this is a typical thing on cereals, they can have 4-5 different names for sugar.

Weetabix is surprisingly low in sugar though, I am surprised they do not advertise the fact more.

ULstudent wrote: »

its 4.4gm per 100gm -

there is some oatibix out there with dreid fruits and such and different flavours that are very high in sugar. could have been one of these?

Yes, they have all different sorts these days.
oatabix bites are 14.2% sugar another is 19.3% and last is 20.5%

Now not all of that is processed sugar shredded wheat is 100% wheat and 0.9% sugar so there is going to be a small amount of natural sugars in the weetabix. Also the oatabix have dried fruit which is high in natural sugar
http://www.cerealpartners.co.uk/brands/shredded-wheat-whole.aspx

Just google your cereal and you get info easy, try and get a .ie or .co.uk site though, as it can vary around the world. A survey showed Ireland have one of the highest % of sugars

Frogdog

suspectpackage wrote: »

What is the best cereal to eat in the mornings? I'm assuming its something like Alpen or Special K?

I have been eating Coco Pops and Crunchy Nut Cornflakes for too long!

For what it's worth; porridge ie. oats, are the best cereal to have for breakfast. It contains complex carbohydrates which keep you fuller for longer and give you a slow, steady release of energy throughout the day. It also contains protein, which is vital for your muscles to help them recover and repair. The more muscle you have in your body, and the better working condition it's in, the higher and quicker your metabolism works. Thereby burning bodyfat quicker. I'd suggest making the porridge with milk, which contains a slow absorbing protein called casein. Muscle burns fat.

Milk and porridge is the food of the Gods!

Alpen (the one containing sugar) isn't that great. Sugar in your diet leads to sugar spikes - basically it'll fill you up for a short time and afterwards you'll feel hungry again. The one without sugar would be ok, but not as good as porridge.

Special K is full of sugar as well. Same as all Kellogg's cereals. And every cereal bar.

peepeep

Porridge. It's the best breakfast, hands down.

If you find it hard to get used to at first, try mixing in some chopped banana and cinnamon, or a teaspoon of brown sugar.

It's fantastic.

RacoonQueen

corkcomp wrote: »

weetabix has NO added sugar .. maybe the oatibix were the ones with added dried fruit?

It does and they weren't.

Molly

It really depends where you are. I get 'Organic Weetabix' with the following ingredients (leaving out the vitamin blend).

Organic Whole Wheat, Organic Dehydrated Cane Juice, Organic Barley Malt Extract, Sea Salt.

The carbohydrate break down of per serving (2 biscuits) is as follows

Total Carbohydrate = 28g
Dietary Fibre = 4g
Sugars = 2g

corkcomp

RacoonQueen wrote: »

It does and they weren't.

you will find the added sugar is negligible - less than 5% .. if you think weetabix + oatibix are high in sugar why on earth were you recommending muesli to the OP

superbad50

oatabix / branflakes thats what a nutritionist i went to see recommended , supposedly having a low sugar content and slow release carbs

superbad50

really , that is news , i went to a nutritionist and she told me to opt for branflakes , you just cant trust anyone

superbad50

that sugar content per 100g so you would be looking at about 5.5 grams per serving , is that classed a high amount . i was under the impression anything below 10 grams per serving wasnt too bad

superbad50

didnt think there was alot of sugar in oatabix at all

Greenmachine

jackncoke wrote: »

Porridge

The original and the best. You can't beat good taste.

metamorphosis

it's really not hard - ust look at the side of the box. everything is on the label provided so you can decipher what the sugar level is

and yes, usually less than 10gms per 100gms is seen as something low in sugar

Undertow

A fag, a coffee and an actimel?!

Deary me, I really need to change my diet...

RacoonQueen

corkcomp wrote: »

you will find the added sugar is negligible - less than 5% .. if you think weetabix + oatibix are high in sugar why on earth were you recommending muesli to the OP

I give up :rolleyes:

rubadub

superbad50 wrote: »

that sugar content per 100g so you would be looking at about 5.5 grams per serving

Why the numerous posts

Anyway I take it you mean branflakes at 22% sugar, so you are saying your serving is 25g to be 5.5g. This is VERY small, I would highly recommend getting a scale, your nutritionalist should have spoke of the importance of portion sizes, it is most peoples downfall. Most packets quote very small portions to appear low in cals. I could not imagine giving 25g to even a small child. Also if you are having milk there is more sugar again, skimmed milk has more sugar than full sugar Lilt, (albeit unprocessed sugar).

superbad50

sorry about varies posts , was quoting other people well so i thought , yes 25 g is very little indeed , suppose unless you didnt go over 25 grams then they wouldnt be too bad . interesting about the skimmed milk sugar content