The 12 Best Supermarket Breakfasts

Best Hot Cereal

Arrowhead Mills Organic Steel Cut Oats Hot Cereal (1/4 cup)

160 calories
3 g fat (0 g saturated)
0 mg sodium
27 g carbohydrates

Unlike rolled oats, the steel-cut variety retains the natural density of the grain, forcing your body to burn more calories during digestion. Don’t have the time to cook steel cut oats? Fine—thankfully, rolled oats are nearly as robust; both versions are rich in protein, fiber, and minerals. Sweeten modestly if you must, but one chopped banana, with its 14 grams of sugar, might be just enough to satisfy your palate.

Not That!

Quaker Oatmeal Express Golden Brown Sugar

200 calories
2.5 g fat (0.5 g saturated)
250 mg sodium
41 g carbohydrates