London's best granola

The granola king, this contains Brazil nuts and bite-sized clusters of oats sweetened with light muscovado sugar and maple syrup. The bag is small and expensive but a quarter-cup-sized portion sprinkled on plain yoghurt is superb.

£7/500g, Ottolenghi, ottolenghi.co.uk/shop

This deliciously nutty, seedy, toasted oaty mouthful is naturally sweetened, raisin-free and makes the perfect topping for a bowl of berries and yoghurt.

£4.99/500g bag available from Wholefoods Market, Honest to Goodness, Waitrose, Sainsbury’s; lizis.co.uk

So luxurious it’s almost a pudding, this new cereal is a tumble of baked, syrup-sweetened seed and oat clusters and lots of intensely flavoured freeze-dried berries.

£3.79/550g box from most supermarkets; dorsetcereals.co.uk

A gentle but flavoursome mix of honey-roasted oats and seeds which works as an excellent base for fruit compôtes. The hazelnuts and mixed berries version is also good.

£3.74/500g, available online from sideoven.com, arriving in London soon

Made up of buckwheat, barley, wheat, spelt, oats, rice and rye, and date syrup and coconut for sweetness, this is a rich, crunchy morning feast.

£3.49/500g, stocked in Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Budgens, Planet Organic; rudehealth.com