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Baby cereal: what's actually in it?

Read first. This page records ingredient lists only. It does not recommend any product, stage or feeding approach, and it does not rank products. The World Health Organization advises exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months and continued breastfeeding alongside complementary foods to 2 years or beyond; for when and how to start solids, and for any allergy or feeding concern, speak to your paediatrician. Age labels on the packs (6+ months, 10+ months) are the manufacturer's suitability statements, recorded here as printed — they are not this page's advice.

Baby cereal is a dry instant cereal, mixed with milk or water, sold as a first solid food. On the Singapore shelf the category is dominated by Nestlé Cerelac (rice, wheat, and mixed variants, with and without milk), plus Heinz porridge and imported Gerber, Bellamy's and Hipp cereals. This page covers instant baby cereals and porridges. Baby food purees and jars are a separate category; baby and toddler snacks are a separate category.

This page does not give a health score or a "best" pick.

The headline, in 30 seconds

Only one Cerelac on this page is verified from a Singapore listing. Cerelac Rice (No Milk) is panelled from a FairPrice Singapore ingredient section, made in Malaysia. Every other Cerelac panel is an Indian or Middle East listing, flagged as such — Cerelac recipes differ sharply by market.
Rice (No Milk) is the simplest list here. Rice 75%, corn flour, minerals, vitamins, DHA from fish oil, probiotic cultures and vanillin — no milk solids, no sugar.
The "with milk" Cerelacs add sugar and oil. The Indian Wheat Rice Mixed Veg lists milk solids at 31.7% and no refined sugar in its no-refined-sugar variant, while the Wheat & Honey and Mixed Fruit variants list sucrose/sugar outright — the sugar question turns on the exact variant, not the brand.
Heinz porridge is milk-first or cereal-first depending on the product. Creamed Porridge is 62% whole milk; My First Oat Porridge is 58% cereals with 25% skimmed milk powder and 5.7% honey.

At a glance

Product	Age on pack	First ingredient	Added sugar?	With milk?	Pack size (as printed)	Country of manufacture (as printed)
Nestlé Cerelac — Rice (No Milk) (FairPrice SG)	6+ months	Rice (75%)	No sugar listed	No (may contain traces of milk)	400 g	Malaysia
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat & Honey with Milk, Stage 2	Stage 2	Wheat flour	Yes — sucrose, honey	Yes — milk skimmed solids	400 g	not stated
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Veg, 10–24 months (India)	10–24 months	Wheat flour (53.3%)	No refined sugar (per this variant's claim)	Yes — milk solids (31.7%)	not stated	not stated
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Fruit, 10–24 months (India)	10–24 months	Wheat flour (38.6%)	Yes — sugar	Yes — milk solids (36.2%)	not stated	not stated
Heinz My First Oat Porridge (UK)	Infant	Cereals 58%	Yes — honey (5.7%)	Yes — skimmed milk powder (25%)	125 g	not stated
Heinz Oat & Apple Porridge, 6+ months (UK)	6+ months	Milled cereals (40%)	Not stated in retrieved portion	Yes — skimmed milk powder (28%)	not stated	not stated
Heinz Creamed Porridge, 6+ months (UK)	6+ months	Whole milk (62%)	Yes — sugar	Yes — whole milk (62%)	120 g	not stated

Panelled with verbatim lists: 7 products. Seen-but-not-verified: see the list below. No prices are shown: they change weekly and would go stale. This site compares ingredients only.

Nestlé Cerelac — Singapore listing

Nestlé Cerelac Cereal — Rice (No Milk)

Pack size: 400 g · Made in: Malaysia (as printed)

Ingredients (FairPrice Singapore ingredient section): Rice (75%), Corn Flour, Minerals (Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Phosphate, Ferrous Fumarate, Potassium Iodide), Vitamins (C, E, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, B1, B6, B2, A, Folic Acid, D3, B12), Docosahexaenoic Acid (Fish Oil, contain Milk Protein), Probiotic Cultures Bifidobacterium Lactis, Vanillin. Contains permitted flavouring. Food additives are of plant or synthetic origin. May contain: Traces of milk, soya and gluten.

The FairPrice listing describes it as an ideal first solid food from 6 months, made from rice and cereal grains which rarely cause allergies. Country/place of origin: Malaysia (per FairPrice). 6+ months No added sugar listed Origin: Malaysia Allergens: may contain milk, soya, gluten; DHA from fish oil

Nestlé Cerelac — other-market listings (flagged, not SG packs)

Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat & Honey Infant Cereal with Milk, Stage 2

Pack size: 400 g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Middle East retailer listing): Wheat flour, milk skimmed solids, sucrose, honey, palm olein, low erucic acid rapeseed oil, coconut oil, sunflower oil, artificial flavor (vanilla), bifidus, vitamins: vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, pantothenic acid, vitamin A, vitamin B2, folic acid, vitamin K, vitamin D, biotin, vitamin B12. Minerals: calcium carbonate, sodium phosphate, ferrous fumarate, zinc sulfate, sodium chloride, magnesium carbonate, potassium iodide. Contains milk and gluten.

Flag: Middle East listing; the SG-sold Wheat & Honey Cerelac still needs a pack photo. Sucrose is the third ingredient and honey follows it; four oils are listed. Stage 2 Added sugar: sucrose, honey Allergens: milk, gluten

Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Veg, 10 to 24 months (India)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Indian product documentation): Wheat flour (Atta) (53.3%), Milk solids (31.7%), Soyabean oil, Rice flour (5.5%), Tomato paste (5.3%), Corn flour (3%), Carrot flakes (2.5%), Minerals, Vitamins and Enzyme (Alpha amylase). Contains Wheat and Milk. May contain Barley.

Flag: Indian listing for a "No Refined Sugar" variant; the SG-sold equivalent still needs a pack photo. Note the same product name appears in Indian listings with sugar in the list (a different variant) — the "no refined sugar" claim belongs to this specific variant, not to the name. 10–24 months No refined sugar (this variant) Allergens: wheat, milk; may contain barley

Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Fruit, 10 to 24 months (India)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (Indian retailer listing): Wheat flour (38.6%), Milk solids (36.2%), Sugar, Apple juice concentrate (4.6%), Cereol corn mix flakes (Corn flour (3.6%), Sugar, Malt extract, Mineral, Antioxidant (alpha-tocopherol)), Soyabean oil, Rice flour (3.4%), Orange juice concentrate (3.1%), Strawberry rice flakes (Strawberry puree (0.9%), Sugar, Starch, Maltodextrin, Rice flour (0.1%)), Minerals and Vitamins.

Flag: Indian listing; the SG-sold equivalent still needs a pack photo. Sugar is the third ingredient and appears again inside the corn mix flakes and the strawberry rice flakes — three separate sugar entries in one list. 10–24 months Added sugar: sugar (three entries) Allergens: wheat, milk

Heinz porridge — UK listings (flagged, not SG packs)

Heinz My First Oat Porridge (UK)

Pack size: 125 g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (UK retailer listing): Cereals 58% (Hydrolysed Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour), Skimmed Milk Powder 25%, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed, Sunflower), Honey 5.7%, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C, Ferrous Fumarate, Flavouring (Vanillin), Niacin, Zinc Sulphate.

Flag: UK listing; SG sale not verified. Honey at 5.7% is the sweetener here — honey is an added sugar even though it is not called sugar. Added sugar: honey (5.7%) Allergens: wheat, milk UK listing only

Heinz Oat & Apple Porridge — 6+ months (UK)

Pack size: not stated · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (UK retailer listing, as retrieved — the list truncates after the oils): Milled Cereals (40%) [Wholegrain Wheat (35%), Rye (0.8%), Wholegrain Oat (0.8%), Wholegrain Spelt (Wheat) (0.8%), Millet (0.8%), Rice (0.8%), Buckwheat (0.8%)], Skimmed Milk Powder (28%), Vegetable Oils [Sunflower Oil, Rapeseed Oil, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Coconut Oil… (list truncated in source).

Flag: UK listing, and the retrieved list is truncated — the tail of the list (minerals, vitamins, flavouring) was not retrieved, so this panel is partial and the SG pack must be photographed. Six cereals are named, with wholegrain wheat at 35% of the product. 6+ months Allergens: wheat (incl. spelt), rye, milk UK listing only — partial list

Heinz Creamed Porridge — 6+ months (UK)

Pack size: 120 g · Made in: not stated (as printed)

Ingredients (UK retailer listing): Whole milk (62%), rice, water, oats (5%), sugar.

Flag: UK listing; SG sale not verified. Five ingredients: milk first at 62%, then rice, water, oats at 5%, and sugar last. 6+ months Added sugar: sugar Allergen: milk UK listing only

Seen but not verified — do not panel until checked

Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat with Milk, Oats with Milk, Banana, Honey, and other SG variants — Cerelac flavours sold in Singapore; only the Rice (No Milk) FairPrice ingredient section was retrieved in this pass.
Gerber — Oatmeal, Rice, Multigrain and other infant cereals — sold in Singapore; no SG verbatim list retrieved.
Bellamy's Organic — Baby Rice, Oat, and mixed cereals; Hipp — Organic cereals; Nestlé NAN — infant cereals — sold in Singapore; no SG verbatim list retrieved.
Heinz infant porridge — other flavours (banana, fruit & yoghurt, veggie pasta with cheese, summer fruits) — seen in SG aisle posts; no SG verbatim list retrieved.
Pigeon, Wakodo and Morinaga baby cereals (Donki, Meidi-Ya import aisles) — Japanese baby cereals sold in Singapore; no SG verbatim list retrieved.
FairPrice house-brand and other supermarket own-label baby cereals — no SG verbatim list retrieved.

Nutrition — what the numbers say

All figures in the table are as sold, per 100 g of the dry cereal as printed. Sugars here are total sugars as printed. No official Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D) was found printed on any of these listings in this pass, so none is quoted here; no grade has been assigned.

Salt and sodium: salt = sodium × 2.5. No sodium figure was printed in any source retrieved for this category, so the sodium column reads "not stated" throughout — it is not estimated as zero.

Total vs added sugars: packs list total sugars, not added sugars. A total-sugars figure is never labelled here as "added sugar". The ingredient list remains the evidence for added sugar (sucrose, sugar, honey, glucose syrup) versus naturally occurring sugars (lactose in milk solids).

Figures marked "not stated" were not in the source retrieved; they are not estimated, borrowed from another variant, or copied across flavours. Click a column header to sort the table; "not stated" always sorts last.

Product	Basis	Energy ↕	Protein ↕	Total fat ↕	Saturated fat ↕	Carbohydrate ↕	Sugars ↕	Sodium (salt equiv.) ↕
Nestlé Cerelac — Rice (No Milk) (FairPrice SG)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat & Honey with Milk, Stage 2	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Veg, 10–24 months (India)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Nestlé Cerelac — Wheat Rice Mixed Fruit, 10–24 months (India)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Heinz My First Oat Porridge (UK)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Heinz Oat & Apple Porridge, 6+ months (UK)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Heinz Creamed Porridge, 6+ months (UK)	Per 100 g, as sold	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated

Observed numbers, no verdict: no per-100 g nutrition figure was verified for any panelled baby cereal in this pass — the FairPrice ingredient section for Cerelac Rice (No Milk) carries the ingredient list but no nutrition panel was retrieved with it, and the other-market listings retrieved carried lists only. This page is therefore ingredient-only until SG packs are photographed.

Seen but not verified (nutrition): no per-100 g nutrition panel was verified in this pass for any product on this page, panelled or seen-but-not-verified. Their ingredient panels are unchanged; their nutrition figures are not estimated here.

How to read a baby cereal label — the jargon, in plain English

With milk vs no milk: "With milk" cereals contain milk solids and are mixed with water; "no milk" cereals contain no milk solids and are mixed with the baby's usual milk. The distinction is in the list, not just the front of the pack.
Hydrolysed wheat flour: Wheat flour treated with enzymes to break down some of its starch, making it easier to digest and mix smoothly. It is still wheat, and still contains gluten.
Alpha amylase (enzyme): An enzyme added to thin the cereal once mixed, so it stays pourable rather than setting thick. It is a processing aid, not a nutrient.
Bifidus / Bifidobacterium lactis: A probiotic culture added to some Cerelac variants. Its presence is a formulation choice, not a measure of the cereal's sugar or milk content.
"No refined sugar" (variant claim): A claim on a specific variant, meaning no sucrose or refined sugar was added to that variant. It does not apply to the product name as a whole — other variants of the same name can and do list sugar.
Stage 2 / Stage 3 / 10–24 months: The manufacturer's age band, usually tied to texture and nutrient fortification. Recorded as printed; not this page's feeding advice.

What this page is not

Not a health score, not a "best" pick, and not feeding advice. Rice, wheat and mixed cereals are different products, and this page does not rank them or recommend when to start solids.
Not a taste test, and not a price comparison. Prices change weekly; ingredients change less often, but still change.
Not complete. This page is thin: only one panel is verified from a Singapore listing, and no nutrition panel was verified for any product. The Gerber, Bellamy's, Hipp and remaining Cerelac variants are not yet panelled, for the verification reasons given, not hidden.

Sources and method

Checked 12 November 2026 from: FairPrice Singapore ingredient section (Nestlé Cerelac Rice (No Milk) — SG listing, origin Malaysia); Middle East retailer listing (Cerelac Wheat & Honey Stage 2); Indian product documentation and retailer listings (Cerelac Wheat Rice Mixed Veg and Mixed Fruit); UK retailer listings (Heinz porridges — flagged as UK). Cold Storage publishes no ingredient list on any product page, so its shelf could not be panelled from its site. Full per-fact source list is in the accompanying research notes. Nutrition: figures are standardised to per 100 g where the source gives per-100 figures; per-serving-only figures are labelled as such and are not converted; sugars are total sugars as printed, not added sugars, unless the source states added sugars; salt = sodium × 2.5. Where a full pack list could not be verified, the product is in seen-but-not-verified instead of being panelled.