Puff cereals are commonly eaten as a ready-to-eat breakfast with milk, enjoyed as quick on-the-go snacks, added to snack mixes or lunch bags, and used as toppings or ingredients in desserts and homemade cereal bars.

Many puff cereal boxes list a standard set of vitamins and minerals (commonly 12 vitamins and minerals) and often claim the cereal is a 'good source of calcium' per serving.

At least one certified USDA organic peanut-butter puff cereal appears in the results, and several other puff cereals are promoted as made without synthetic colors, artificial flavors, artificial sweeteners, or high-fructose corn syrup.