List of High Protein Foods - Breakfast Cereals
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List of High Protein Foods for breakfast cereals as classified by the US FDA.
Protein is essential for your body to build, repair, and maintaining muscle. Therefore, protein provides many benefits for people who wish to increase their lean muscle mass or burn fat.
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) classifies a food as "High Protein" if it contains greater than 10 grams of protein per serving.
Therefore, the following high protein foods from the breakfast cereals category each contain greater than 10 grams of protein per serving. Additionally, each food in this high protein foods list meets two additional criterea:
- The food derives greater than 20% of its calories from protein, and
- The calories from fat are less than 25% of total calories.
The nutritional information comes from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 19.
Additionally, the FDA classifies a food as "low fat" if there are less than 3 grams of fat per serving. In the chart of high protein foods below, we denote "low fat" foods below by an asterisk (*).
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| Serving Size | Calories | Protein Grams | % of Calories From Protein | Fat Grams | % of Calories From Fat | Low Fat |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KASHI GOLEAN by Kellogg | 1 cup | 148 | 13.6 | 39% | 1.0 | 6% | * | 100 grams | 284 | 26.1 | 39% | 1.9 | 6% | * | 4 oz | 322 | 29.6 | 39% | 2.2 | 6% | * |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S SPECIAL K | 100 grams | 379 | 22.5 | 25% | 1.6 | 4% | * | 4 oz | 430 | 25.5 | 25% | 1.8 | 4% | * |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, TIGER POWER | 100 grams | 350 | 18.9 | 23% | 1.9 | 5% | * | 4 oz | 397 | 21.4 | 23% | 2.2 | 5% | * |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG'S, SMART START Soy Protein | 1 cup | 202 | 10.5 | 22% | 1.5 | 6% | * | 100 grams | 367 | 19.0 | 22% | 2.7 | 6% | * | 4 oz | 416 | 21.5 | 22% | 3.1 | 6% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, wheat germ, toasted, plain | 1 cup | 432 | 32.9 | 33% | 12.1 | 25% | 100 grams | 382 | 29.1 | 33% | 10.7 | 25% | 4 oz | 433 | 33.0 | 33% | 12.1 | 25% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN Original | 100 grams | 260 | 13.1 | 22% | 4.9 | 17% | 4 oz | 295 | 14.9 | 22% | 5.6 | 17% |
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| Serving Size | Calories | Protein Grams | % of Calories From Protein | Fat Grams | % of Calories From Fat | Low Fat |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, KRETSCHMER Honey Crunch Wheat Germ | 100 grams | 372 | 26.6 | 30% | 7.8 | 18% | 4 oz | 422 | 30.1 | 30% | 8.8 | 18% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG, KELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN WITH EXTRA FIBER | 100 grams | 192 | 11.3 | 25% | 3.5 | 16% | 4 oz | 218 | 12.8 | 25% | 4.0 | 16% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, KRETSCHMER Toasted Wheat Bran | 100 grams | 200 | 17.6 | 37% | 5.2 | 23% | 4 oz | 227 | 19.9 | 37% | 5.9 | 23% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, KRETSCHMER Toasted Wheat Bran | 100 grams | 200 | 17.6 | 37% | 5.2 | 23% | 4 oz | 227 | 19.9 | 37% | 5.9 | 23% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, QUAKER, KRETSCHMER Wheat Germ, Regular | 100 grams | 366 | 31.4 | 37% | 9.6 | 23% | 4 oz | 415 | 35.6 | 37% | 10.8 | 23% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KELLOGG'S, SPECIAL K Low Carb Lifestyle | 100 grams | 349 | 33.7 | 41% | 9.7 | 24% | 4 oz | 396 | 38.2 | 41% | 11.0 | 24% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, NATURE'S PATH, OPTIMUM SLIM | 100 grams | 327 | 16.4 | 21% | 4.6 | 12% | 4 oz | 371 | 18.6 | 21% | 5.2 | 12% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KASHI MIGHTY BITES Cinnamon Cereal | 100 grams | 356 | 17.0 | 20% | 3.9 | 10% | 4 oz | 404 | 19.3 | 20% | 4.4 | 10% |
| Cereals ready-to-eat, KASHI MIGHTY BITES, Honey Crunch Cereal | 100 grams | 353 | 17.0 | 21% | 4.0 | 10% | 4 oz | 400 | 19.3 | 21% | 4.5 | 10% |
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