Although all the cereals in the table are high potassium foods, and have better than 3 to 1 of potassium to sodium (Institute of Medicine's desired ratio for health benefits), only a few provide a good amount of potassium in a serving. This is because most ready to eat cereals have a serving size that is light, and have only a small percentage of the potassium that 100 grams of the cereal has. A few stand out. Homemade granola, Kashi Golean, Kellogg All Bran, and toasted wheat germ provide large amounts of potassium in a single serving.
The weights for the potassium and sodium are milligrams. The potassium and sodium values given are for 100 grams of food.
K is potassium. Na is sodium.
Except for the potassium to sodium ratio (which we calculated), the source of data is: USDA National Nutrient Database Standard Reference – Release 22.
| Food | Potassium | Sodium | Ratio K:Na |
| APPL CINN SQUARES MINI-WHEATS | 302 | 36 | 8.4 |
| CORN FLAKES,LO SODIUM | 73 | 10 | 7.3 |
| GRANOLA,HOMEMADE | 540 | 25 | 21.6 |
| HEALTH VALLEY,FIBER 7 FLAKES | 460 | 53 | 8.7 |
| KASHI 7 WHL GRAIN HONEY PUFFS | 264 | 20 | 13.2 |
| KASHI GOLEAN | 926 | 165 | 5.6 |
| KASHI ORGANIC PROMISE CINN HARVEST | 313 | 10 | 31.3 |
| KASHI ORGANIC PROMISE CRANBERRY SUNSHINE | 286 | 71 | 4 |
| KELLOGG,FROSTD MINI-WHTS,MPLE & BRWN SGR,BTE SZE |
338 | 1 | 338 |
| KELLOGG,ALL-BRAN ORIGINAL | 1020 | 242 | 4.2 |
| KELLOGG,FROSTD MINI-WHEATS,BITE SIZE | 345 | 8 | 43.1 |
| KELLOGG,PUFFED WHEAT | 475 | 3 | 158.3 |
| KELLOGG,FROSTD MINI-WHEATS,ORIGINAL | 352 | 10 | 35.2 |
| MALT-O-MEAL,FRSTD MINI SPOONERS | 340 | 18 | 18.9 |
| MALT-O-MEAL,MAPLE & BRWN SGR HOT WHT CRL,DRY |
130 | 10 | 13 |
| MALT-O-MEAL,PUFFED RICE CRL | 103 | 5 | 20.6 |
| MALT-O-MEAL,PUFFED WHEAT CRL | 412 | 10 | 41.2 |
| POST,HONEY NUT SHREDDED WHEAT | 253 | 22 | 11.5 |
| POST,SHREDDED WHEAT,BITE-SIZE | 327 | 19 | 17.2 |
| POST,SHREDDED WHEAT,SPOON-SIZE | 415 | 7 | 59.3 |
| PUFFED KASHI | 333 | 10 | 33.3 |
| QUAKER,100% NAT CRL W/ OATS,HONEY,& RAISINS |
485 | 54 | 9 |
| QUAKER,100% NAT GRANOLA OATS & HONEY | 463 | 50 | 9.3 |
| QUAKER,KRETSCHMER HONEY CRUNCH WHEAT GERM | 964 | 11 | 87.6 |
| QUAKER,KRETSCHMER TSTD WHEAT BRAN | 1284 | 6 | 214 |
| QUAKER,KRETSCHMER WHEAT GERM,REG | 1097 | 6 | 182.8 |
| QUAKER,QUAKER PUFFED RICE | 116 | 5 | 23.2 |
| QUAKER,QUAKER PUFFED WHEAT | 364 | 5 | 72.8 |
| QUAKER,SHREDDED WHEAT,BAGGED CRL | 354 | 4 | 88.5 |
| QUAKER,SUN COUNTRY GRANOLA W/ ALMONDS | 388 | 33 | 11.8 |
| RICE,PUFFED,FORT | 113 | 3 | 37.7 |
| WHEAT GERM,TSTD,PLN | 947 | 4 | 236.8 |
| WHEAT,PUFFED,FORT | 348 | 4 | 87 |
| WHEAT,SHREDDED,PLN,SUGAR & SALT FREE | 376 | 6 | 62.7 |
