The best high iron cereal you can buy in the UK (top 6)
Our modern diets are so often missing key vitamins and minerals due to the way that our food is processed. One such mineral which is often absent from our diets is Iron, and the issue with a lack of Iron in your diet is that it's a mineral your body needs to perform a number of important functions, including maintaining healthy blood.
Often, the easiest and most effective way to get more iron into our diet is to eat foods which have been fortified with iron, such as cereals. Fortunately, there are lots of cereals that you can buy in the UK which have been fortified with this mineral. We thought it would be useful to round up the highest iron cereals that you can buy in the UK, let's get into it:
Weetabix Banana - 5.3mg per 2 biscuits
Weetos - 3.6mg per 30g
We should start by clarifying that we probably wouldn't consider Weetos to be a particularly healthy cereal, due to the quite high levels of sugar and calories. But at 3.6mg of Iron per 30g, there is no denying that Weetos is high in iron. So if you're someone who is looking to increase your intake but also doesn't like plan-tasting cereal, then a bowl of Weetos is a great option. Just be warned, these are pretty addictive! Learn more and buy them here - sainsburys.co.uk
Multigrain Cheerios - 3.6mg per 30g
Like many of the cereals from Nestle, every variation of Cheerios is fortified with vitamins and minerals. The honey variety of Cheerios contains 3mg of Iron per 30g, but it's the Multigrain Cheerios which are the highest in Iron at 3.6mg per 30g. Multigrain Cheerios actually contain exactly the same amount of Iron as Weetos, but we'd obviously recommend going with Multigrain Cheerios if you're wanting a cereal which is healthier overall. Learn more and buy them here - groceries.asda.com
Tesco Wheat Biscuits - 4.6mg per 2 biscuits
We've already mentioned that Weetabix and the variations of the cereal are quite high in Iron, and the same goes for many of the supermarket own-brand versions of Weetabix. We were very surprised and impressed to see that the Tesco version of Weetabix actually contains more iron than the original Weetabix. In 2 Tesco Wheat Biscuits, you get 4.6mg of Iron, compared to 4.5mg of Iron in 2 original Weetabix biscuits. So although the difference isn't huge, it's still noteworthy. Learn more and buy this cereal from Tesco here - tesco.com
Ready Brek - 3.6mg per 30g
We also published a guide not long ago about how healthy Ready Brek is, and one of the aspects of this cereal which makes it healthy is that it's fortified with minerals such as Iron. Ready Brek actually contains 3.6mg of Iron per 30g, and this number rises even more if you use as much milk as we do with our Ready Brek (we love a milky porridge). Learn more and buy it here - sainsburys.co.uk
Tesco Cornflakes - 4.2mg per 30g
We were surprised when we looked at Kellogg's Corn Flakes that, despite the cereal being fortified with quite a few vitamins and minerals, the cereal was actually quite low in Iron at just 2.4mg per 30g. But once again, when we looked at the Tesco version of this popular cereal we found that it was packed with almost twice as much Iron. At 4.2mg of Iron per 30g, you're definitely better to eat the Tesco version of Corn Flakes rather than the Kellogg's version if your main priority is to increase your Iron intake. Learn more and buy the cereal here - tesco.com
We hope this guide helps you to find a great cereal which is high in Iron. Let us know if you've tried any of these cereals or if you have any other suggestions for us. If you'd like to read something similar, we have a guide about the highest fibre cereal you can buy in the UK.
Finn H
Finn is the editor of You Well and has been writing about travel, health, and more for over 10 years.