Breakfast Cereals as a Part of a Healthy Food Ration

One of the principles of the healthy diet is containing food products with reduced amount of saturated fat, simple sugars and salt as a part of daily ration. Breakfast cereals fully meet these requirements and provide an opportunity to diversify the ration according to the personal taste preferences. Products can be used as a separate dish for breakfast or lunch, or as a snack. Even children due to absence of necessity in additional cooking may use products. An increase in the breakfast cereals production have been registered within last three years in Russia —the average annual growth of manufacturing is 2,4% for the 2017-2020 period. The article describes the analysis results of the actual breakfast cereals assortment, received by the extrusion technology, also submits information about nutritional and energy value, including content of critically important nutrients and considers opportunities and terms of involving them into a healthy ration.