CHEERIOS® Oat Cereal

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Our cereals do contain sugar - but it isn’t the main ingredient. Cereal is made mostly from whole grains, which makes it a source of fiber, vitamins and minerals.

Keep it simple: make grains the base of your diet and choose whole grains over refined grains wherever possible. U.S Dietary Guidelines recommend eating 3 servings (48g) a day. So, whenever you look for breakfast cereals, bread, pasta, rice or flour to cook at home, look for the word “whole”, ideally among the first ingredients in the list.

A complete breakfast should include a balance of nutrients from each of the major food groups. As a guide, it might look like this: • 1 grain-based starchy food • 1 dairy food • 1 portion of fresh fruit • 1 glass of water • Optionally, an additional source of protein Nestlé breakfast cereals are a nutritious breakfast choice as they are: • A source of fiber and whole grain • Low in fat (most have low levels of all types of fat, including saturates) • Fortified with vitamins and minerals such as B vitamins, calcium and iron • A lower calorie per kilojoule, fat and sugar choice than many other breakfast food options

Most Nestlé breakfast cereals popular with children contain an average 4-7% fat; that’s less than 2g of fat per 30g serving.

It depends on the grain we’ve used. Different grains contain different proportions of soluble and insoluble fiber. For example, wheat is high in insoluble fiber, and barley and oats are high in soluble fiber (which is why porridge goes sticky when you cook it).