Healthy Cereals for Children – What You Should Know About Them

The first meal of the day should be as varied as possible so that the healthy breakfast does not become boring for children . I also find it helpful if everything can be prepared quite quickly in the morning – without taking a lot of time.

This is where your child or baby strengthens for the first time in the day. Thus, the meal should be filling, varied, and delicious, and already contain some important nutrients.

The best way to do this is with a cereal for children, with a Bircher cereal and fresh fruit: raspberries, blueberries, apples, or kiwis.

A toddler consumes a lot of calories in relation to their height. At one year old, the child consumes about 800 calories. By the age of two, it might already be 1,000 calories.

This is due to their growth, constant movement, and the significant energy required for brain function.

Precisely for this reason, it is important that their meals are packed with nutrients such as vitamins, trace elements, minerals, fiber, and healthy fats. This is why a healthy cereal is best – with milk or natural yogurt.

Children's muesli without sugar – make it yourself

So when considering what breakfast to serve your child, think mainly of muesli – berry muesli or muesli with yogurt. For example, there are numerous recipes for granola without sugar.

Under our children's brand Yanick & Fee, you can choose from other balanced, nutrient-rich organic products with a low sugar content and made from whole grains. Chocolatey and fruity cereals, as well as a berry crunchy with greatly reduced sugar content, are offered.

We have therefore developed children's products that either contain no added sugar at all or have a sugar content reduced by 30 – 50% compared to conventional children's breakfast cereals.

In addition to oatmeal breakfast in various forms (cereal, overnight oats, porridge , breakfast cereal...), you could definitely opt for millet porridge or a breakfast made from buckwheat. Fresh fruit or compote is recommended.

What goes into a healthy cereal for children?

Actually, there are hardly any dishes or breakfast recipes that are not suitable for children. When preparing meals for children, note: the less sugar, the better. That's why it's better to prepare a healthy cereal for the children.

A healthy breakfast recipe for kids might look like this:

You use flakes (oatmeal, spelt flakes, buckwheat) as a base and mix them with dried fruits, flaxseeds, chia seeds , fresh fruit (bananas, apples, berries , cranberries ,...), nuts and other treats, whatever your child likes.

If you are satisfied with the result, your child can enjoy it with some milk or a milk substitute. Instead of milk, you can also use plain yogurt or jars of fruit and homemade granola .

You will soon find that a healthy, freshly prepared cereal becomes a breakfast highlight for children, and the use of Nutella on bread is no longer necessary or only happens once a week.

Which cereal is really healthy?

Oatmeal is a little superhero. Even a small portion of oats , overnight oats or porridge for children as a healthy start brings a huge portion of health and performance to the breakfast plates every day.

One thing is clear: you won't get bored at the breakfast table. We offer a lot of balanced and healthy children's products. Especially for breakfast before kindergarten , we recommend:

Our unique organic porridge cocoa banana, as well as all our cereal varieties for children (organic crunchy spelt, Bircher porridge, strawberry chia porridge, blueberry apple porridge, coconut apricot porridge, or our blackberry porridge...)

Muesli with milk for breakfast for children

Here we can warmly recommend oatmeal and valuable oatmeal or other cereal flakes with raisins and chia seeds or amaranth with oat milk.

Grain flakes provide the children's body with fiber, as well as iron, biotin, zinc, and magnesium. They are ideal as complex carbohydrates for a healthy breakfast , a dessert, or as a snack.

Muesli in yogurt – Which yogurt is healthy for children?

Our recipe tip:

Peel and slice a banana. Now place the prepared fruit in a bowl, drizzle with lemon juice, and mix with the natural yogurt, oatmeal, and chia seeds. Finally, sweeten the cereal with some honey and sprinkle with ground cinnamon as desired.

Chia seeds regulate blood sugar and carbohydrates throughout the day and ensure that children do not feel hungry too early. The plain yogurt contains a lot of protein but only a few calories and is satiating.

Healthy cereal for children from VERIVAL

A good day starts with a good morning. This includes a good breakfast for children with the best organic ingredients. First and foremost, we at VERIVAL believe that children should enjoy breakfast.

Healthy and balanced meals are clearly an advantage. Is this balancing act possible? That's why we sought help in creating our recipes:

On one hand, through extensive scientific advice from nutrition experts and, on the other hand, through practical tastings by children aged 6-10 years.

In this way, we were able to ensure that the products contain as little sugar as necessary but still meet the taste preferences of the little ones.