More About Breakfast Cereal

Our Breakfast Cereals collection gathers the French supermarket cereal aisle: chocolate cereals for children, Kellogg's Trésor and Extra, Special K, granola and muesli, porridge oats and organic cereals. Epicerie Corner stocks French-market cereals from Nestlé, Kellogg's, Quaker, Jordans and Bjorg, including many recipes that are rarely sold in the UK, delivered across the country.

Breakfast Cereals in France

A bowl of cereal with cold milk is the standard weekday breakfast for French children, often alongside a hot chocolate. Many of the cereals they grow up with are made by the same companies as in the UK, but the brands, flavours and recipes are different. Chocapic, for example, is a chocolate wheat cereal from Nestlé that has been a French favourite for decades, and Kellogg's filled cereal pillows are sold in France as Trésor rather than Krave. Adults tend to choose lighter cereals such as Special K or Fitness, crunchy granolas like Kellogg's Extra, or muesli and oats.

Types of Cereal in Our Range

Chocolate and Children's Cereals

From Nestlé there are Chocapic (including an organic version and a mini pack of six portions), Lion Caramel and Chocolate in regular, organic and 1.05kg maxi sizes, Nesquik and Nesquik organic, Cookie Crisp, Crunch, Golden Grahams, Cini Minis, Chokella hazelnut and a Nestlé cereal mix. Kellogg's adds Pop's Honey, Smacks, Frosties, Rice Krispies and Corn Flakes. Bjorg's organic children's range includes Choc Crak', honey balls and filled Croc', and NAT makes a chocolate-strawberry granola developed with families.

Kellogg's Trésor

Crunchy cereal pillows with a melting filling: Trésor Chocolate Hazelnut in 410g and 1.1kg packs, Milk Chocolate, Caramel Peanut maxi, Cookies and Cream and Chocolate Brownie.

Lighter Flakes and Fibre Cereals

Special K comes in Nature, Red Fruits, Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate versions in large packs, and Nestlé Fitness wholegrain flakes in Natural, Milk Chocolate and Dark Chocolate. Kellogg's All-Bran Fibre Plus is a high-fibre wheat bran cereal.

Granola, Muesli and Crunchy Clusters

Kellogg's Extra granolas include caramelised hazelnut, dark chocolate hazelnut and organic plain, dark chocolate and summer fruits versions. Jordans Country Crisp clusters come in four nuts, milk chocolate, dark chocolate and milk chocolate hazelnut, with Jordans Special Muesli and Kellogg's Country Store. Quaker Cruesli is available in milk chocolate, dark chocolate and three chocolates, and Grainea and Happy Bio offer strawberry and chia seed mueslis.

Oats and Porridge

For porridge, overnight oats and baking there are Quaker Oats, Bjorg organic oat flakes and oat bran, Bio Village organic oat flakes and Happy Bio organic chia seeds.

Organic Breakfast Cereals

Organic cereals (céréales bio) have a large place in French supermarkets, and this collection includes many of them. Bjorg, a French organic brand, makes children's cereals, oat flakes and oat bran. Nestlé offers organic versions of Chocapic, Lion and Nesquik, and Kellogg's makes Extra organic granolas in plain, dark chocolate and summer fruits flavours. Bio Village oat flakes, Cheerios organic honey and Happy Bio muesli and chia seeds complete the organic choice. Organic products are made with ingredients from certified organic farming; look for the organic logo on each pack. You will find even more in our organic cereals collection.

How to Choose a Breakfast Cereal

• For children: chocolate cereals such as Chocapic, Lion, Nesquik or Trésor are the French classics; compare sugar content on the nutrition panels.
• For a lighter bowl: Special K, Fitness Natural, Corn Flakes or Rice Krispies.
• For fibre: All-Bran, oat bran, porridge oats and wholegrain mueslis.
• For crunch: granolas such as Kellogg's Extra, Jordans Country Crisp and Quaker Cruesli.
• For organic shopping: Bjorg, Bio Village, Happy Bio, Kellogg's Extra organic and the organic Chocapic, Lion and Nesquik.
• Allergens: many cereals contain wheat, barley or oats, and some contain nuts or milk; check each product page.

Serving Ideas

Serve chocolate cereals with cold milk for a classic French children's breakfast, or with hot milk in winter. Granolas and Cruesli are good with yoghurt and fresh fruit, and Special K or Fitness with berries. Cook oats with milk for porridge, or soak them overnight with yoghurt and fruit. Keep the inner bag closed after opening so the cereal stays crisp. For bars made from the same cereals, see Cereal Bars, and for the rest of the morning table, browse Breakfast.

Breakfast Cereal FAQs

What is Chocapic?

Chocapic is a Nestlé breakfast cereal made of small chocolate-flavoured wheat pieces. It is one of the most familiar cereals in France and other European countries but is not widely sold in the UK. We stock the classic, organic and mini-pack versions.

Is Trésor the same as Krave?

Trésor is the name Kellogg's uses in France for its filled cereal pillows, sold in the UK as Krave. The French range includes flavours such as chocolate hazelnut and caramel peanut, and recipes can differ from UK versions.

What is the difference between granola, muesli and Cruesli?

Muesli is a mix of raw or lightly toasted cereal flakes with dried fruit and nuts. Granola is baked with oil and a sweetener into crunchy clusters. Cruesli, from Quaker, is a crunchy muesli in which oat and wholemeal nuggets are toasted, sitting between the two.

Can I use oat flakes for baking?

Yes. Porridge oats and oat flakes are used in French home baking for biscuits, crumbles, cereal bars and bread, and they can be blended into a coarse flour. Oat bran can be stirred into yoghurt, compote or pancake batter to add fibre. Follow your recipe for quantities.

How should I store cereals?

Keep cereals in a cool, dry cupboard, roll down and close the inner bag after each use, or transfer them to an airtight container. This keeps them crunchy until the best-before date.