SubscribeTop 10 Low Calorie Breakfast Cereals
Food review site Iateapie.net has compiled a list of the lowest calorie breakfast cereals.
Here they are:
Nutrition details are for a 1 Cup serving size.
Consider this also a warning as to the amount of sugar in processed cereals.
- Kashi Mighty Bites
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 5 grams - Kashi Organic Promise Strawberry Fields
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 9 grams - Lucky Charms
Calories: 120 | Sugar: 13 grams - Natures Promise Honey Whole Grain Cereal
Calories: 147 | Sugar: 9 grams
Note: 12.5 grams of fiber (50% of the RDA) - Kelloggs All Bran Yogurt Bites
Calories: 150 | Sugar: 6 grams
Note: 8 grams of fiber (32% of the RDA) - Post Honey Nut Shredded Wheat
Calories: 160 calories | Sugar: 4 grams
Note: 14 grams of fiber (54% of the RDA) - Honey Bunches of Oats with Strawberries
Calories: 160 | Sugar: 11 grams - Special K Fruit & Yogurt
Calories: 160 | Sugar: 15 grams - Yogurt Burst Cheerios
Calories: 160 | Sugar: 15 grams - Kashi Go Lean Crunch
Calories: 190 | Sugar: 13 grams
Note: 8 grams of fiber (32% of the RDA)
NOTE: As a point of reference - 1 cup of cooked oats has 145 Calories and 0.9 grams of sugar (source). See more on enhancing an oatmeal breakfast.
All of these cereals have been reviewed in detail at Iateapie.net. Go check it out.
(information reprinted with permission)
More like this in Food · Sep 19, 2007
theres a new one out now called CURVES
Replyonly 100 cals per 3/4 cup and it tastes
pretty good..Dont know if it gets soggy in milk cause I just eat it dry as a snak..
Original Rice Krispies are only 120 cal per 1.5 cups (33g), with just 3g sugar so this beats the top one on the list (info from the US Rice Krispie site. The UK-made ones I have give very similar nutritional data).
ReplyI'm flabbergasted that Lucky Charms makes the list, but Raisin Bran doesnt. At least Raisin Bran has as much fiber as Lucky Charms has sugar...I'm not planning on swtiching anytime soon.
ReplyYeah.. Today I needed a good laugh!
ReplyI sure got it when I saw it made the list, too!
Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction! ;-)
Why not eat less?
Replybecause you might not get the energy you need to exercise or even LIVE!!! Don't stuff your self though!!!
ReplyPersonally, I think the count should have been done by weight and not volume to be more accurate.
For example, 30g of cheerios is about 100 cal. while 30g of Fiber One is about 60 cal.
ReplyHa! I should tell my dad about this list. He NEVER let us get Lucky Charms because "it's like eating a bowl of marshmallows and that's not healthy", lol. I actually don't eat cold cereal much anymore, but when I do eat it, I usually get Special K with red berries for 110 calories/serving.
ReplyI love real oatmeal (ie, made the old-fashioned way, not instant). Something about oatmeal that has cooked low and slow for a long time...mmmmmmmmmmm. And yes, I can sweeten it to my taste--with Splenda or with real honey or with fruit. I eat oatmeal several times a week. Love the stuff since I was a kid and my mom would make it with milk rather than water. I like making it with half/half water to milk.
And fruit on top. Mmmm. And cinnmon. Mmmmm.
I also like Kashi's Puffs and Cheerios. I cannot get those high-fiber ones down--like Fiber One. Urp.
The Princess
ReplyUm... I don't trust this list, since I know that regular, unsweetened puffed kashi only has 70 calories per cup. I'll usually mix it with something heartier because I need way more than that at breakfast, but the fact that it's not even on the list? And no regular cheerios? No wonder this list makes it look like all cereal has tons of sugar - they're only showing sweetened cereal!
ReplyDoes anyone care about fiber or carbs? Carbs counts are driven down by fiber, 5 gms or more of fiber and those grams can be DEDUCTED from carb count! Good deal.
ReplyI am on a low carb diet and have lost alot of weight. For breakfast try oatmeal and add cinnamon and microwave 2.5 minutes. Add splenda, almonds, and milk. Delicious and very filling!
ReplyI think J. Foster should take a stroll down the breakfast isle. This list is totally bogus. Obviously it is meant as a means of advertisement. I would like to see a list of the Top 10 Nutritious Breakfast Cereals. But only if it is well researched and true! I'm sticking with my Raisin Nut Bran! :)
ReplyI guess I made a wrong step here -- but thought the list (and the attached reviews) might be useful to someone.
ReplyPS. Tammy: You are most welcome to submit a guest article on the subject (we regularly publish user contributed articles). Please click "Contact" at the top of the page and send us an email.
ReplyPuffins rock! Like 90 (regular) cals per serving and 100 cal for the cinnamon ones and they have like 5 g of fiber for cinnamon(not the peanut butter type, they've like no fiber at all) and they're organic of course. Excellent snackage, kid friendly too.
ReplyWhat about whats in the cereal? Why are we just counting the calories?
ReplyYou should probably get regular total cereal its full of vitamins and low in fat and calories like 3/4 cups is 105 calories 5 from fat
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Replytry honeycomb they are 120 calorie for one and a half cup or chocolate honeycomb its 120 calorie for one and fourth cup. they low in fat too (one gram per serving)
ReplyI love Kashi Go Lean Crunch! How could you not?
ReplyPuffins is only 90 calories per 3/4 cup.
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