High fibre low sugar cereal

breadmonkey

Not a fan of breakfast in general but I try to force myself to eat something. I thought I was being good by eating Bran Flakes but it turns out they're full of sugar. Could anyone recommend a high fibre and low sugar alternative?

CerebralCortex

High fibre would include fruit and veg. You should get some protein in there too. So I'd recommend eggs Florentine.

breadmonkey

Thanks but I'm looking for something I can prepare and eat in less than ten minutes.

Scanlas The 2nd

breadmonkey wrote: »

Thanks but I'm looking for something I can prepare and eat in less than ten minutes.

Try an omellette with peppers and mushrooms. Have the the mushrooms and peppers prepared the night before. It only takes a few minutes.

Joey the lips

porridge. Not ready brek but real porridge. Its only 69 cent a bag in lidl and its cooked in 1.30 minutes to my liking.

I eat it with sweetner but you could use apples nuts etc to boost it up

If your clever you will make it on half water/half slimline and it tasts good with virtually no fats

Dotcomdolly

Joey the lips wrote: »

porridge. Not ready brek but real porridge. Its only 69 cent a bag in lidl and its cooked in 1.30 minutes to my liking.

I eat it with sweetner but you could use apples nuts etc to boost it up

If your clever you will make it on half water/half slimline and it tasts good with virtually no fats

You can also add wheatgerm for extra fibre. Or there's one brand that comes with it asfair.

Newaglish

Of all the cereals I'm pretty sure Shredded Wheat is the only one with no sugar. You're obviously still better off eating porridge but if it's a choice between different cereals and Shredded Wheat, that's what I'd go for.

Seriously though, porridge is a piece of cake to make in the microwave. I add ground flaxseed to mine for extra fibre.

Wyldwood

There's a muesli called Hi-8 which doesn't have added sugar, full of nuts, fruit & seeds available in supermarket. Very tasty.

podge018

How's Weetabix for sugar?

Newaglish

podge018 wrote: »

How's Weetabix for sugar?

It's 4.4% sugar. Not the worst but it could be much better.

breadmonkey

Thanks for the suggestions. I usually go for porridge in winter but suppose I could have it in the summer too. Might give that Hi-8 stuff a go too.

omen80

Porridge or Shredded Wheat. Nothing better really. I prefer Shredded Wheat myself, it's a lot easier to swallow than porridge.

CerebralCortex

Porridge, wheat etc. are all grasses. Last I checked we didn't have 4 stomachs.

pecker1992

breadmonkey wrote: »

Not a fan of breakfast in general but I try to force myself to eat something. I thought I was being good by eating Bran Flakes but it turns out they're full of sugar. Could anyone recommend a high fibre and low sugar alternative?

I eat all bran..its high in sugar...but i dont eat anything else with sugar...and because theres so much fibre in it i personally feel the ends justify the means .& im extremley active so its all used..but if your looking for low sugar shredded wheat is the winner

CerebralCortex wrote: »

Porridge, wheat etc. are all grasses. Last I checked we didn't have 4 stomachs.

the OP asked for a low sugar high fibre alternative...not your opinion on how many stomachs we had

rubadub

podge018 wrote: »

How's Weetabix for sugar?

Newaglish wrote: »

It's 4.4% sugar. Not the worst but it could be much better.

But some of that is natural sugar. Normal oats are about 1.3% sugar (natural, no added sugar) so the weetabix is about 3% added sugar -(while sugar puffs are almost 50% sugar!)

CerebralCortex

rubadub wrote: »

But some of that is natural sugar. Normal oats are about 1.3% sugar (natural, no added sugar) so the weetabix is about 3% added sugar -(while sugar puffs are almost 50% sugar!)

As opposed to? If you're talking about the barely syrup then that's added sugar.

rubadub

CerebralCortex wrote: »

As opposed to? If you're talking about the barely syrup then that's added sugar.

I would count barley syrup as added sugar. I am talking natural sugar in the wheat or oats. The porridge oats 100% grain but nutritional info will show a "of which sugars" value of about 1.3%, it is naturally in the grain. Weetabix has far less added sugar than many cereals specifically touted or inferred as being "healthy".

Carrots and milk will be both about 5% sugar too, same amount as full sugar lilt has, but it is added to lilt.

I have posted about using different name for sugar before,
"multigrain" start cereal

Cereal Flours (Whole Wheat, Maize, Whole Oat), Glucose Syrup, Brown Sugar (Sugar, Molasses), Barley Malt, Salt, Honey, Maize Germ Oil, Niacin, Iron, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

"Multisugar" is a more appropriate name! there are 5 names for sugar in bold, and only 3 grains. 26% sugar.