Give breakfast time a fitness boost with our pick of the best protein cereal brands, which contain a higher amount of protein than your regular supermarket picks…
Breakfast cereals have long been cast aside as an unhealthy option for ‘the most important meal of the day.’ Traditional brands are carb-heavy, contain high amounts of sugar, and offer only a small protein pay-off.
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Oats – topped with banana and a dollop of peanut butter – have become the functional athlete’s favourite.
But since 81% of Brits still want cereal for breakfast, more cereal brands are producing special ‘protein’ options to knock the oat from its throne.
Some of these breakfast cereal options offer a higher protein content than even chicken breasts, and several throw it back to some favourite flavours of old. We’ve rounded up the best protein cereal options available on the market to help you get more out of the most important meal of the day…
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Best protein cereal brands UK
- Surreal (£24 for 4 x 240g boxes)
- ELEAT Chocolate Triumph (£26 for 4 x 250g pouches)
- Myprotein Protein Granola (£14.99 for 750g pack)
- Weetabix Protein (£3.25 for 24-pack)
- Grandma Crunch (from £26.99 for 4 x 248g boxes)
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Surreal
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£24 (4 x x 240g boxes) / eatsurreal.co.uk
Taste: 4.5/5
Protein: 4.5/5
Texture: 5/5
OVERALL: 4.5/5
Surreal’s bright packaging catches the eye, and what’s inside the box is every bit as appealing. Its creators sell it as ‘the cereal you loved growing up, made nutritionally relevant to the adult you’ve become.’
And based on its nutritional merits, it lives up to the billing. With 42g of protein in every 100g, Surreal has the second-highest protein content of all the cereals we tried, and the O-shaped pieces have a nice crunch and flavour to them.
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ELEAT Chocolate Triumph
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£26 (4 x 250g pouches) / eleatcereal.com
Taste: 3/5
Protein: 4/5
Texture: 4.5/5
OVERALL: 4/5
Myprotein Protein Granola
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£14.99 (750g pack) / myprotein.com
Taste: 4/5
Protein:4/5
Texture: 5/5
OVERALL: 4/5
Cereal purists may argue granola shouldn’t make the list, but we’re happy to face their wrath if it means featuring this impressive protein-packed option.
Myprotein’s chocolate caramel flavour granola is perhaps a little too sweet for breakfast – but with 37g protein per 100g we think we can forgive them.
Weetabix Protein
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£3.25 (24-pack) / groceries.asda.com
Taste: 4/5
Protein: 3.5/5
Texture: 3.5/5
OVERALL: 3.5/5
A perfect example of a household brand’s successful attempt to create a more balanced breakfast option, these loaded bix provide 19g of protein per 100g.
Like regular Weetabix, their taste all depends on what you decide to put on top – we threw on sliced banana and a drizzle of honey.
Grandma Crunch
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From £26.99 (4 x 248g boxes) / grandmacrunch.co.uk
Taste: 3/5
Protein: 5/5
Texture: 3/5
OVERALL: 3.5/5
High-protein, low-carb and plant-based, Grandma Crunch tastes OK and the namesake crunch is evident, but the numbers are the really impressive factors.
Per serving there’s 15g protein, just 111kcals and a mere 0.4g sugar.
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