Breakfast Tier List

The slow-carb champion — 3g fiber per 100g cooked, almost no sodium.

Crispy potato, canola oil — 11.6g fat, 15mg sodium. The diner staple.

16.6g protein, 814mg sodium. The deli-counter classic.

28g protein per 100g — the leanest pork here, and nearly the saltiest bite for bite.

Crisp outside, fluffy inside — and fortified to the gills.

18g protein per 100g — and 2000mg sodium. The bagel's salty soulmate.

Creamy, cheesy comfort at 97 kcal per 100g.

The clean-label sausage — still 606mg sodium per 100g.

A vehicle for syrup that happens to carry 6.8g protein.

Egg-soaked bread. The 177mg cholesterol per 100g is all egg.

Pan-fried potatoes with real character — and 279mg sodium.

Delicious. Nutritionally indefensible. We don't make the rules.

The can's finest hour — crispy edges, 412mg sodium.

56g carbs and 832mg sodium — dessert that clocked in early.

Salt and fat in link form — 814mg sodium per 100g.

Everything good and bad about breakfast in one tortilla.

The drive-thru classic: 324 kcal, 8.6g sat fat, zero apologies.

Bacon's leaner cousin — less fat, most of the salt.

11.7g sugar per 100g — dessert cosplay at only 84 kcal.

Southern comfort in its purest form: 14.7g fat per 100g.