If you are trying to lose weight, skipping breakfast is not a good way to do this as foods we eat for breakfast have lower calorie, saturated fat and cholesterol content. They are more nutritious than the food we eat for our snacks, for lunch and dinner, making breakfast the most important meal of the day. Whole-grain cereals are highly recommended by nutritionist as they help control weight and improve health. However, a recent study reveals that leading brands of breakfast cereals a lot of people eat today contain great amounts of sugar, salt and saturated fat. Eating them every morning is like eating McBacon Roll, and chocolates for breakfast.

Consumer group Which? tested 275 different kinds of cereals and found that 76% of them have high sugar content while 90% of the brands aimed for the younger market are high in sugar. Among those that contain greatest amount of sugar are Asda's and Morrisons' Golden Puffs, Kellogg's Coco Pop Straws and Quaker Oatso Simple for Kids. Generally, all the cereals tested have medium to low saturated fat content but Sainsbury's Crunchy Oat Cereal (has 20.3g fat per 100g) and Jordan's Country Crisp were seen to have too much of saturated fat.

On the other hand, Kellogg's All-Bran was seen to contain 2.25g per 100g of salt. Nestle's Golden Grahams, Asda's Choco Flakes, Sainsbury's Hooplas and Kellogg's Rice Krispies were also noted for having great amount of salt.