Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Least Processed Extruded Cereals

10 of the top 10 extruded cereals products sit in NOVA group 1 — the least processed end of the scale. The extruded cereals with the lowest NOVA processing group — fewer industrial ingredients and additives. We checked 890 extruded cereals with complete data.

  1. 1 Bitesize Shredded Wheat

    Bitesize Shredded Wheat

    Nestlé · 720 g
    a NOVA 1 363 kcal 0.7 g sugar 11.8 g protein 2.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  2. 2 Bite size wheat shreds

    Bite size wheat shreds

    Harvest Morn · 500 g
    a NOVA 1 367 kcal 0.7 g sugar 12.7 g protein 2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  3. 3 Shredded wheat

    Shredded wheat

    Nestlé · 370 g
    a NOVA 1 367 kcal 0.7 g sugar 11.8 g protein 2.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  4. 4 Post Shredded Wheat

    Post Shredded Wheat

    Post · 425 g
    a NOVA 1 353 kcal 0 g sugar 11.8 g protein 2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  5. 5 Shredded Wheat

    Shredded Wheat

    Post · 18 oz
    a NOVA 1 210 kcal 0 g sugar 7 g protein 1.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  6. 6 Multigrain Alpha Bites

    Multigrain Alpha Bites

    BEAR · 350g
    a NOVA 1 380 kcal 11 g sugar 9.3 g protein 2.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · No additives

  7. 7 Fruchtringe

    Fruchtringe

    DmBio · 300g
    a NOVA 1 348 kcal 12 g sugar 8.3 g protein 3.5 g fat

    Also: No additives

  8. 8 Bitesize Wheat Shreds

    Bitesize Wheat Shreds

    Harvest Morn · 500g
    a NOVA 1 367 kcal 0.7 g sugar 12.5 g protein 2.2 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  9. 9 Plain Wheats

    Plain Wheats

    Kellogg's
    a NOVA 1 397 kcal 0.9 g sugar 12 g protein 1.7 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

  10. 10 Original Cereali Integrali

    Original Cereali Integrali

    W. K. Kellogg · 300 g
    a NOVA 1 371 kcal 2.4 g sugar 14 g protein 2.5 g fat

    Also: Palm oil free · Vegan · Vegetarian

How we built this list

We ranked all published extruded cereals on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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