Fibre in breakfast cereals

    Breakfast cereal fibre content ranges widely, from very low-fibre refined cereals to high-bran cereals built specifically around fibre content. The table below compares fibre per typical bowl serving and per 100g.

    Showing 11 foods from our Fibre Calculator database.

    Typical serving
    High-bran cereal (All-Bran-style)bowl (~30 g)~30 g8.1 g27 g
    Bran flakesbowl (~40 g)~40 g5.2 g13 g
    Shredded wheat cereal2 biscuits (~40 g)~40 g5 g12.4 g
    Mueslibowl (~50 g)~50 g4.2 g8.5 g
    Oats (raw)porridge portion (40 g dry)~40 g4 g10.1 g
    Whole wheat biscuit cereal (Weetabix-style)2 biscuits (~38 g)~38 g3.8 g10 g
    Granolabowl (~50 g)~50 g3.2 g6.5 g
    Chocolate rice cereal (Coco Pops-style)bowl (~30 g)~30 g0.9 g3 g
    Cornflakesbowl (~30 g)~30 g0.9 g3 g
    Frosted corn cereal (Frosties-style)bowl (~30 g)~30 g0.6 g2 g
    Crisped rice cerealbowl (~30 g)~30 g0.1 g0.4 g

    Higher-fibre choices in this category

    Based on a typical serving, these breakfast cereals entries contribute the most fibre in our database:

    • High-bran cereal (All-Bran-style) — about 8.1 g of fibre per bowl (~30 g)
    • Bran flakes — about 5.2 g of fibre per bowl (~40 g)
    • Shredded wheat cereal — about 5 g of fibre per 2 biscuits (~40 g)
    • Muesli — about 4.2 g of fibre per bowl (~50 g)
    • Oats (raw) — about 4 g of fibre per porridge portion (40 g dry)

    About these figures

    Fibre values are approximate estimates, sourced from public food-composition data and, for some UK packaged foods, manufacturer nutrition labels. Actual fibre content varies with variety, brand, ripeness, and cooking method — treat these figures as planning estimates rather than precise measurements. See the Fibre Calculator for further detail on individual foods.


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