Sanitarium
% Total Sugars w/w
Lite-Bix
1.6
Puffed Wheat
1.8
Weet -Bix Kids
2.9
Weet -Bix
3.3
Weet-Bix Organic
3.3
Weet Bix Hi Bran
8.5
Corn Flakes
9.3
Good Start
9.7
Ricies
10.6
Golden Toasted Muesli
18.5
Granola Clusters Vanilla & Almond
19.2
Weet-Bix Fruity Apricot
22.4
Weet-Bix Fruity Wildberry
22.6
Weet-Bix Fruity Strawberry
22.7
Granola Clusters Blueberry & Apple
22.8
Light ‘n Tasty Apricot
23.0
Light ‘n Tasty Apple & Cranberry
23.5
Fruity Sultana & Bran
23.7
Light ‘n Tasty Triple Berry
24.3
Granola Clusters Maple & Raisin
24.7
Honey Weets
25.0
Weet Bix Crunch
29.2
Vogel
%Total Sugars w/w
Ultra Bran Soy & Linseed
12.6
Vita Pro
19.9
Cluster Crunch Honey & Hazelnut
20.5
Oven-Crisp Muesli
21.3
Cluster Crunch Classic
21.3
Wild Oats Cluster Crunch
Hazelnut Chocolate
21.8
Café Rich Fibre-Rich Muesli
23.8
Woolworths Homebrand
Oat Bran
Quick Oats & Rolled Oats
Wheat Biscuits
Corn Flakes
Rice Pops
Tropical Muesli
Processed Bran
Crunchi Grain
Fruiti Rings
Cocoa Puffs
%Total Sugars w/w
0
0
2.8
5.7
8.0
8.9
15.2
24.1
25.1
44.0
Woolworths Select Range
%Total Sugars w/w
Swiss Bircher Muesli
16.3
Toasted Dark Berry Bend Muesli
19.4
Toasted Classic Crunch Muesli
21.3
Peach & Pecan Muesli
23.0
Toasted Muesli Café Style
23.5
Apricot & Almond Muesli
24.7
Freeform-Gluten Free Cocoa Puffs
36.3
Nestle
Cheerios Cereal
Milo Cereal
Nesquik Cereal
%Total Sugars w/w
21.6
30.8
31.5
Naytura
%Total Sugars w/w
Fruit & Nut Muesli
6.3
Maple Nut Crunch
14.8
Blueberry Almond Crunch
15.2
Weight Watchers
Orchard Fruits
Fruity Muesli
Berry Flakes
Tropical Breakfast
Fruit and Fibre %Total Sugars w/w
13.8
20.7
26.4
30.1
30.5
Orgran
Rice Porridge
Muesli Lite & Crunchy
%Total Sugars w/w
10.4
16.3
Dick Smith
Bush Foods
Bush Foods Muesli
% Total Sugars w/w
23.2
24.2
IGA
One Minute Oats
Cocoa Orbits
Fruity Hoops
% Total Sugars w/w
>1.0
11.0
44.0
You Love Coles
Wheat Biscuits
Organic Wheat Biscuits
Corn Flakes
Rice Puffs
Bran Start
Right Start
Cornflakes Honey Crunch
Fruity Rings
Cocoa Puffs
%Total Sugars w/w
2.8
3.3
9.3
10.6
15.2
25.7
27.1
31.3
44.0
Lowan
% Total Sugars w/w
Oats – Traditional, 1 Minute,
Quick Cooking, Whole Grain
<1.0
Rice Flakes
1.7
Natural Oatbran
2.6
Soy Grits
8.0
MultiFlakes with Tropical Fruit
9.2
Cocoa Bombs
9.9
Walnut & Mango Natural Muesli
11.9
MultiBran
12.4
Soy Flakes with Apricot & Almond
12.8
Australian Gold Tropical Fruit Muesli
12.9
GI Maintain Fast Release
13.2
Natural Muesli
13.5
Rice Porridge with Orchard Fruits
14.2
Rice Porridge
14.2
Original Recipe Natural Muesli
14.4
Fruit & Nut Natural Muesli
14.4
Tropical Fruit Muesli
14.9
GI Maintain Energy Release
15.6
MultiFlakes with Fruit and Nuts
15.6
GI Gradual Energy Release
18.2
Apricot & Almond Natural Muesli
21.0
Oatbran and Fruit
25.0
Honey O’s
44.3
Dental Health Services
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Morning Sun
% Total Sugars w/w
Quick Cook Oats, Rolled Oats
1.0
Peach & Pecan Muesli
16.2
Tropical Fruits Oven Baked Muesli
17.6
Fruit Muesli
18.4
Apricot & Almond Natural Muesli
18.4
The following companies have participated by
supplying information on the sugar content
of their breakfast cereals and information is
correct at the date of issue.
Breakfast ‘breaks the fast’ after a nights
sleep. It is an important meal and should
provide 30% of our daily nutrient needs.
If you don’t eat breakfast it is more likely you will
be hungry by mid-morning, feel restless, lack
energy and have poor concentration. Buying a
healthy snack at this time may sometimes be
more difficult than having a healthy breakfast
at home.
If you want cereal the best choices are those that
are high in fibre and low in sugar, fat and salt. To
help you make a choice it is important to read the
nutritional information panel. Use the ‘per 100g’
(%) amount listed on the label when evaluating
the cereal as the serve size is only a guide and
may not be the amount that is eaten.
The ingredients list also provides useful
information. Ingredients are listed in descending
order of amounts i.e. the highest ingredient
amount is listed first. This list will assist in
identifying the source of added sugars, fat and
salt. Many cereals contain too much added sugar,
often ‘hidden’ under other names such as honey,
malt and glucose syrup. Ideally try to aim for the
minimum amount of added sugars, fat and salt.
Total sugars refers to added sugars
together with sugars occurring naturally in
the product e.g. dried fruit.
Kellogg’s
% Total Sugars w/w
Mini-Wheats Whole Wheat
1.3
Corn Flakes
7.9
Rice Bubbles
9.0
Guardian
11.8
Mini-Wheats Blackcurrant
13.4
All-Bran
13.6
Mini-Wheats Strawberry
14.1
Special K
14.5
Guardian Oat Puffs
15.0
Just Right Just Grains
16.0
Body Smart Wheat Bran Flakes
16.3
Sustain Selection
19.7
Sustain Original
20.4
Corn Flakes Honeycomb Flavour
20.4
Special K Peach & Apricot
20.8
All Bran Fruit ‘n Oats
21.4
Just Right Berry & Apple
21.8
Just Right Tropical
21.9
Sultana Bran
22.7
Crispix
24.0
Special K Forest Berries
25.7
All Bran Tropical
27.3
Sultana Bran Crunch
28.4
Komplete Oven Baked Muesli
29.6
Crunchy Nut Clusters
31.0
Just Right Original
31.2
Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes
31.7
Cocoa Crispix
32.0
Nutri-Grain
32.0
Coco Pops
36.5
Frosties
41.3
Froot Loops
41.5
Purina
Natural Bran Kornie Cornflakes
Toasted Muesli
% Total Sugars w/w
4.0
10.3
18.3
Uncle Toby’s
% Total Sugars w/w
Traditional Oats, Quick Oats, Quick
Oats Sachets
1.0
Oatbrits
1.0
Vita Brits, Organic Vita Brits
1.1
Vita Weeties
1.1
Shredded Wheat
2.0
Oatflakes
12.1
Bran Plus
14.5
Natural Muesli Apple &
Berry Cluster
14.8
Natural Muesli Summer Fruits
17.2
Vita Weeties Fruit ‘n Nut
17.7
Muesli Natural Style Apple & Cranberry
19.4
Natural Muesli
19.6
Quick Oats Sachets Variety
19.7
Healthwise for Woman 40+
21.2
Sports Lift Mix
22.0
Low Fat Muesli Fruit & Grain
22.3
Nut Feast
22.7
Healthwise for Bowel &
Digestive System
23.7
Muesli Flakes
23.9
Crisp ‘n Crunchy
24.4
Wildberry Limited Edition
25.3
Protein Mix
25.3
Fibre Mix
26.0
Quick Oats Sachets Creamy Honey
26.3
Oats So Tasty Strawberry Splash
26.5
Oats So Tasty Banana Burst
26.9
Oat Temptations Apricot & Grains
27.0
Oats So Tasty Variety Pack
28.0
Oat Temptations Selection Pack
29.3
Oats So Tasty Honey Buzz
29.4
Healthwise for Heart & Circulatory System 30.1
Oat Temptations Apricot & Peach
with Vanilla
31.0
Sultanas ‘n Bran 32.4
Oat Temptations Date Delicious
& Golden Syrup
32.4
Oat Temptations Sultanas, Apple & Honey 34.1
Many cereals aimed at children are high in
sugar and more like confectionary rather
than a healthy food. Sugar contributes to
tooth decay and adds nothing but empty
calories to a food. So it is important to
choose a cereal with low sugar content and
try adding fresh fruit and yoghurt to enhance
the flavour, instead of putting sugar on
your cereal.