Boxing food rankings

The best cereals and cereal products for boxers

All 378 cereals and cereal products from the official UK food dataset, ranked by all-round score. Bran, Wheatgerm, Flour lead the group. Open the full explorer to rank them for making weight, bulking or maximum protein instead.

#	Food	All-Round score	% Protein/kcal	Nutrients	Fullness
1	Branwheat	29.2	32%	94	69
2	Wheatgerm	25.9	31%	100	59
3	Floursoya	21.5	34%	73	62
4	Breakfast cerealbran type cereal, fortified	12.2	19%	85	55
5	Flourgram	7.7	26%	40	53
6	Breakfast cerealinstant hot oat, plain, raw, fortified	6.0	13%	82	41
7	Breakfast cerealbran flakes, fortified	5.9	12%	84	43
8	Flourwheat, wholemeal, bread/strong	4.9	17%	42	47
9	Breakfast cerealmalted flake, fortified	4.8	13%	73	36
10	Breakfast cerealoat, instant, plain, fortified, cooked, made up with semi-skimmed milk	4.8	21%	24	67
11	Breadwheatgerm	4.6	20%	29	55
12	Breakfast cerealwheat biscuits, Weetabix type, fortified	4.1	13%	56	40
13	Breadwholemeal, toasted	4.0	17%	31	52
14	Pizzafish topped, takeaway	3.9	24%	20	57
15	Pastawholewheat, spaghetti, dried, raw	3.9	15%	40	44
16	Breakfast cerealpuffed wheat, unfortified	3.8	15%	43	40
17	Sandwichwhite bread, tuna mayonnaise	3.7	21%	22	56
18	Breadwholemeal, average	3.6	17%	26	55
19	Pizzameat topped, retail and takeaway	3.5	21%	22	54
20	Breakfast cerealmalted wheat, fortified	3.5	10%	62	39
21	Bread rollswholemeal	3.4	17%	27	53
22	Flourwheat, wholemeal	3.3	14%	37	45
23	Flourchapati, brown	3.3	13%	44	42
24	Flourwheat, brown	3.2	15%	35	44
25	Sandwichwhite bread, chicken salad	3.1	25%	14	61
26	Biscuitswholemeal, homemade	3.0	14%	37	42
27	Bread rollsbrown, crusty	3.0	16%	27	49
28	Porridge oatsunfortified, cooked, made up with semi-skimmed milk	2.9	22%	14	67
29	Breakfast cerealshredded wheat type, unfortified	2.9	13%	37	43
30	Bread rollsbrown, soft	2.9	17%	23	52
31	Pizzachicken topped, retail	2.9	22%	16	57
32	Porridge oatsunfortified	2.9	11%	44	40
33	Bannocksmade with beremeal, homemade	2.8	14%	27	50
34	Ricewild, raw	2.7	14%	34	39
35	Muffinsbran, homemade	2.7	12%	31	50
36	Pancakessavoury, wholemeal, made with whole milk, homemade	2.7	15%	23	57
37	Breakfast cerealfruit and fibre type, fortified	2.7	9%	53	38
38	Pastaegg, fresh, filled with meat, boiled in unsalted water	2.6	20%	16	58
39	Pizzaham and pineapple, retail	2.6	21%	16	54
40	Pakorashomemade	2.6	18%	17	60

40 of 378 cereals and cereal products. Open the full interactive explorer to search and switch goals. Satiety is an estimate. It is modelled from the known drivers of fullness (protein, fibre, water, low energy density, low fat), not measured directly.

Common questions

What are the best cereals and cereal products for boxers?

Bran (wheat), Wheatgerm (), Flour (soya) score highest in this group on the all-round measure, which combines protein per calorie, nutrient density and estimated fullness.

How is the ranking worked out?

Each food is scored from the UK Government CoFID 2021 dataset and ranked by an all-round score. Switch goals in the full interactive explorer to re-rank for making weight, bulking or maximum protein.

General information for boxers, not medical or dietary advice. For a plan built around you, speak to a registered dietitian or your GP. Food data from the UK Government CoFID 2021 dataset, used under the Open Government Licence.

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