Best Breakfast Bar
Post Healthy Classics Raisin Bran Cereal Bars, Cranberry ($3.39)
Unlike many other cereal bars, this chewy combo of bran flakes, oat-bran nuggets, and dried cranberries really delivers in the nutrition and flavor departments. You’ll get 3 grams of fiber and a quarter of your daily requirements for riboflavin, niacin, thiamin, and vitamins B6 and B12—all for just 120 calories and 2 grams of fat.

Best Bagel
Sara Lee Heart Healthy 100% Whole Wheat Bagels ($3.03)
These honey-sweet bagels have a heck of a lot more going for them than the typical New York version. Each packs 6 grams of fiber and 11 grams of protein in a 220-calorie package. Purists may balk at the somewhat squishy texture, but toasted and smeared with low-fat cream cheese, they’re a satisfying breakfast.

  Best Cereal
Total Honey Clusters ($4.19)
This combination of wheat and corn flakes and granola-like bits will certainly satisfy your need for crunch. It touts 100 percent of the daily value for 12 key nutrients and is an “excellent source” of whole grains, delivering at least 16 grams per serving. Three grams of fiber per 3⁄4 cup isn’t the highest in the cereal aisle, but this cereal outpaces the competition in flavor.

Best Oatmeal
Quaker Weight Control Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon ($3.69)
How could oatmeal be any better for you? Load it with twice as much fiber (6 grams) and 3 grams more protein (a total of 7 grams) per serving, compared with regular instant oatmeal—a combination that just might help you hold out till lunch (no mid-morning nosh necessary). Sugar substitutes keep calories low while adding just the right amount of sweetness.

  Best Breakfast Entrée
South Beach Diet, Denver-style Breakfast Wraps ($3.49)
A healthy take on the classic Denver omelet (egg whites, mozzarella cheese, red and green peppers, ham, and onions) in a whole-grain, high-fiber wrap. With 180 calories, 7 grams of fat, 16 grams of protein, and a whopping 15 grams of fiber, it’s a great breakfast-at-your-desk option: Microwave for just 2 minutes and enjoy.

Lunch

Best Soup
Campbell’s Select Savory Lentil ($2.29)
This vegetarian soup studded with chunks of carrot and celery packs 6 grams of fiber, 8 grams of protein, and 20 percent of the daily requirement for iron into just 140 calories. As canned soups go, the sodium count is reasonable. Plus, the pop-top lid gives you easy access for a quick lunch.

Best Lunch Meat
Starkist Albacore Lemon & Cracked Pepper Tuna Fillet ($2.89)
Slide this 1⁄2-inch thick slab of tuna onto a bed of greens, and you’ve got a no-fuss niçoise salad. You don’t even have to add extra salad dressing; the marinade takes care of that. Stow these single-serving pouches (no can opener required) in a drawer at work for a quick protein-powered lunch (each contains 33 grams).

  Best BreadEarth Grains Honey Whole Grain ($2.89)
Oats and sunflower seeds add a satisfying crunch (and a healthful boost) to this slightly sweet sandwich bread. Each slice has 110 calories, 2 grams of fiber, a respectable 5 grams of protein, and 10 percent of the daily value for calcium, folic acid, and vitamin D—important for healthy bones and healthy hearts.

Best Grain Side Dish
Uncle Ben’s Ready Rice Whole Grain Brown Rice ($1.69)
In the old days, you had to work hard to get your whole grains, spending a good 45 minutes to cook up a pot of brown rice. Now you can have it in 90 seconds—with no pot to scrub when you’re done. Tear open the plastic pouch, stick it in the microwave, and you have enough tender rice to pair with chicken, fish, or stir-fries.

  Best Veggie Side Dish
Green Giant Select Vegetables With Tuscan Herb Sauce ($3.99)
This medley of broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots, and green beans will make meeting your daily quota for veggies much tastier. The key? Buttery garlic “flavor chips” that melt into a creamy sauce. Sounds weird, but the sauce tastes great, and there are only 2 grams of fat per 1⁄2-cup serving.

Amy’s Mediterranean Pizza With Cornmeal Crust ($6.79)
A generous wedge of this pie weighs in at 360 calories and 15 grams of fat—a small price to pay for what you get: a crust that actually gets crispy; organic veggie toppings; mozzarella, Parmesan, and fontina cheeses; and a tangy sauce of organic tomatoes and capers. Not quite pizzeria quality, but close.

  Best Frozen Entrée
Lean Cuisine Dinnertime Selects, Chicken Portabello ($3.49)
Here’s one frozen dinner that won’t have you dipping into the snack jar an hour after your meal. Judge Phil Lempert applauds the generous (compared with most “diet” entrees) main course: tender pieces of chicken in an earthy mushroom sauce. Rice and vegetables and a chocolate-cherry dessert round out the meal, all for less than 400 calories.

Best Ice Cream
Edy’s/Dreyer’s Slow Churned Light Ice Cream, French Silk ($5.49)
Edy’s/Dreyer’s has mastered the art of making a light ice cream as creamy as the regular stuff. In comparison, this blend of mocha and vanilla mousse ice creams with bittersweet chocolate chips has half the fat and a third fewer calories (4.5 grams fat, 130 calories per 1⁄2 cup). Now, if only we could master the art of portion control.

Kettle Brand Bakes Hickory Honey BBQ ($2.99)
Low-fat chips are like most online dates—totally unsatisfying. But our judges found this sweet-smoky version completely snack-worthy. Trans fat-free and made with real potatoes (not dehydrated ones, like some other brands use), these chips set you back just 3 grams of fat (65 percent less fat than regular chips) and 120 calories per 1-ounce serving.

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Snack bar

Weil by Nature’s Path Goji Moji Pure Fruit & Nut Bar
Goji berries are the new “it” fruit this year, showing up in lots of health foods. These tart Tibetan berries are superhigh in antioxidants and add a touch of chewiness to this organic bar. Dried fruit, cashews, and other natural flavors add up to a tasty snack with 5 grams of fiber and just 170 calories. ($1.99)

Chips

Popchips Original Potato Chips
These totally natural, preservative-free chips are the ideal treat for salty snackers. The chips are air-popped instead of fried and seasoned with a bit of sea salt for a great clean flavor. Each single-serving bag has just 120 calories and 4.5 grams of fat (no saturated or trans). ($2.99)

  Nuts

Blue Diamond Oven Roasted Almonds, Vanilla Bean
Loaded with heart-healthy fat and fiber, almonds are the perfect treat. Problem is, we tend to snack mindlessly on them, racking up calories. The brilliance of this new product is its flip-top canister, which shows you exactly what a serving is so you don’t go overboard. The subtle vanilla flavor is a hit with our judge, who also appreciates the absence of high fructose corn syrup. ($3.99)

Yogurt

Rachel’s Refresh Pink Grapefruit Lychee Yogurt
This new brand’s flavors make you feel like you’re eating yogurt for the first time. The pink grapefruit–lychee flavor is just tart enough, and judge Keegan Gerhard loves that it’s made with evaporated cane juice instead of high fructose corn syrup. The added DHA omega-3s (important for brain health) only sweeten the deal. (99 cents)

  Fruity snack

Peeled Snacks, FigSated
Fruit-and-nut mixes are often lacking in flavor because the nuts tend to get soggy while the fruit gets dried out. Not so with this wondrous little 150-calorie-per-serving snack. The nuts are packed separately, so they’re perfectly crunchy when you mix them with the plump dried figs, apricots, and dates. Drop it in your gym bag and go. ($2.99 per bag)

Meal-replacement bar

ProBar Superfood Slam
Most bars in this category list about 100 different ingredients and feature a wide array of preservatives. The ProBar is the first that truly tastes like real food, probably because it’s made with wholesome ingredients like organic oats, peanut butter, and sunflower seeds. Plus, it features açaí for extra antioxidants and flaxseed for omega-3s. This 350-calorie bar is a meal—it’ll keep you full for hours. ($3.29)

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1. Grab-and-go breakfast item: Planters Daybreak Blend, Berry Almond Trail Mix. Dashing off to work without time for a real breakfast? Instead of getting sucked in by that jumbo coffee-shop muffin, grab this satisfying blend of almonds, raisins, cranberries, and granola clusters. (It’s also good stirred into vanilla yogurt.) Watching your hips? Each portable pouch has 180 calories and 3 grams each of fiber and protein. ($3.49)

2. Frozen breakfast item: Morningstar Farms Veggie Sausage Patties. Most of us steer clear of traditional breakfast sausage, but no one wants to eat vegetarian versions—until now. These low-fat 80-calorie patties actually taste like the old-fashioned meat kind. Plus, they only take a minute-and-a-half to zap in the microwave and give you 10 grams of protein per patty. ($3.99)

  3. Hot cereal: Quaker Simple Harvest Multigrain Hot Cereal, Maple Brown Sugar with Pecans. Oats are great for your heart, but a lot of instant oatmeal is packed with sugar and sodium. That’s why we love this new natural option from Quaker Oats. Not only is it a whole-grain bonanza (it has oats, whole wheat, and barley), but it also packs half as much sugar and sodium as most instants. And it only has 160 calories. ($3.89)

4. Cold cereal: Barbara’s Bakery Cinnamon Crunch Shredded Oats. A quick bowl of cold cereal for breakfast just got healthier: These tasty cinnamony squares scored a thumbs-up from judge Nancy Rodriguez for delivering more than 80 percent of your daily whole grains. Plus, it boasts 4 grams of filling fiber per serving. ($4.99) 

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1. Frozen lunch: Helen’s Kitchen Thai Yellow Curry with Tofu Steaks & Vegetables over Rice. Another lunch at your desk? Go gourmet with this vegetarian meal that judge Phil Lempert calls “fabulous.” This vegan dish is a tasty mix of organic broccoli, red peppers, tofu, and basmati rice. It’s satisfying, too, thanks to 12 grams of protein per serving. All this for 280 calories, less than 5 grams of fat, 1 gram of saturated fat, and 30 percent of your daily calcium needs. ($4.89)

2. Cheese: Kraft LiveActive Cheddar Cheese Sticks. Get more bang from your Cheddar: These on-the-go snack sticks—with 120 calories, 10 grams of fat, and 20 percent of your daily calcium needs—have live, active probiotic cultures that help promote digestive health. We’re fans of the Cheddar flavor, but they’re also available in mozzarella and colby-Jack. ($3.99)

  3. Sandwich bread: The Baker Organic Pomegranate & Blueberry. This fruit-laced bread can do it all. Top it with almond butter to get your day going, use it to spiff up your turkey sandwich, or serve it with your spinach salad at dinner. We love that each slice has 15 grams of whole grains, 3 grams of fiber, and only 100 calories. ($4.99)

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1. Pasta sauce: Bertolli, Sun Ripened Tomato & Olive Pasta Sauce. Pasta with a jar of sauce is the ultimate no-stress dinner, but you do have to drag out an extra pan to heat the sauce. Not anymore: This one comes in an innovative microwave pouch, so you just heat the whole thing up for 90 seconds. Plus, the yummy (preservative-free!) sauce gets its hint of sweetness from a natural source: carrot juice. ($2.89 for a 13.5-ounce pouch)

2. Quick-and-easy side dish: Marrakesh Express Mango Salsa Couscous. Couscous is a bit of a wallflower in the flavor department. But this all-natural mix (less than 200 calories per serving) brings on the tangy-sweet flavor of mango salsa. Serve it with chicken, seafood, or pork tenderloin for a sensational dinner. ($2.79)

  3. Frozen entrée: Weight Watchers Smart Ones Dragon Shrimp Lo Mein. Unlike most frozen dinners, this one actually tastes fresh. You’d think that the shrimp and noodles were just sautéed, and the crisp sugar snap peas and carrots came from the produce aisle. This skinny entrée racks up only 240 calories and 4 grams of fat, so we suggest pairing it with a side salad and even a small dessert. ($3.19)

4. Frozen pizza: Kashi All Natural Five Cheese Tomato Pizza. Kashi took its legendary seven-whole-grain mix and created a fabulous pizza crust with it. Covered with a mouthwatering and supercheesy blend of Asiago, Parmesan, mozzarella, and two types of Cheddar, this doesn’t taste like a healthy pizza. The crust cooks up nice and crisp, and one-third of the pie is less than 300 calories and 10 grams of fat. ($5.99)

  5. Meal kit: Annie Chun’s Peanut Sesame Organic Noodles & Sauce. Judge Phil Lempert was wowed by this organic, MSG-free noodle mix. Once your water is boiling, this meal comes together in about six minutes and serves three. It has just 280 calories with 9 grams of protein and a reasonable amount of sodium (390 milligrams) for something so flavorful. Toss in cooked chicken strips or cubed tofu for a protein boost. ($3.99)

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1. Dairy beverage: Springfield Creamery, Nancy’s Lowfat Organic Raspberry Kefir. If milk has lost its excitement (or if you’re lactose intolerant), this smooth, yogurtlike drink might win you back. Judge Robin Miller loves the great raspberry flavor—brought to you by organic berries and organic agave nectar. It’s a nutritional powerhouse, too, with 7 grams of protein, 3 grams of fiber, and 25 percent of your daily calcium needs. ($1.49 for 8 ounces)

2. Enhanced water: Kellogg’s Special K2O Protein Water Mix Iced Tea. Didn’t think your water could pack a punch? Add a packet of this mix to your 16.9-ounce bottle, and you’ll get 5 grams of protein and fiber for only 30 calories. It’s a great way to banish those hunger pangs between work and dinner, so stock your desk drawer with them. Bonus: You get 20 percent of three B vitamins for a nutrient boost. ($3.99 for a box of 7)

  3. Bottled tea: Honest Tea, Pomegranate White Tea with Açaí. Antioxidant alert! This refreshing organic brew is full of antioxidants from white tea and Brazilian açaí. It’s light, too, at just 40 calories per serving, or 85 if you gulp the whole bottle (like we do). Plus, it has about one-eighth of the caffeine in a cup of coffee—a little pick-me-up without the jitters. ($1.59)

4. Juice: Kagome 100% Juice Blend Yellow Mango Orchard. Like most of us, you’re probably not eating enough fruits and veggies. No problem, just drink them! This refreshing blend of four fruits and eight veggies—including mango, banana, carrot, and even asparagus—has no added sugar and tons of sight-saving antioxidants. Eight ounces nets you a full serving each of fruits and vegetables for only 120 calories. ($2.29 for 11.5 ounces)

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1. Candy bar: Hershey’s Reese’s Peanut Butter 100 Calorie Wafer Bars. It’s 3 p.m., and your energy level and enthusiasm have taken a nosedive. You’re craving something chocolatey and yummy but don’t want to wreck your diet. This snack to the rescue: It nails the flavor of Reese’s Cups, but it’s not a diet-wrecker. Judge Keegan Gerhard loves the individual packages and great crunch. ($2.99)

2. Frozen Yogurt: Häagen-Dazs, Vanilla Honey & Granola Frozen Yogurt. Finally, a fro-yo that tastes decadent. The chunks of granola and swirls of sweet honey in this rich-tasting treat make it crave-worthy. And the best part? A half-cup serving has just 200 calories and 4 grams of fat. Plus, you’ll also feel great knowing that you’re getting 15 percent of your daily calcium requirement, coupled with good bacteria, in each creamy bite. ($4.19)

  3. Cookie: Dancing Deer Baking Co. Triple Chocolate Shortbread Cookies. These are the most chocolaty cookies we’ve ever tasted. First you get a bite of the crunchy chocolate shortbread, then the chocolate chips melt on your tongue. We can’t believe that a treat this good is only 130 calories—for two cookies! The best part is that the cookie duo is packaged in mini cellophane packs, so you’re not tempted to eat a third (or fourth!) cookie. ($3.99)