What we eat for breakfast varies markedly in different cultures around the world, but often includes carbohydrates such as cereals, rice or bread and bakery products, fruit and vegetables, protein — such as meat, fish, eggs or dairy products — and hot or cold beverages.
Breakfast cereals are the most popular breakfast item in the U.S. and Canada, the UK and Ireland, and Australasia, but nowadays are also widely consumed in Europe. Nonetheless, a so-called continental breakfast of bread and bakery products, sometimes with cold meats and cheeses, is still more commonplace in many regions of Europe. Most Latin American, Asian and African breakfasts are still not Western-style.