Regular breakfast consumption has beneficially effects on learning, mood, behaviour, body mass index, and contributes to the overall quality of diet. Skipping breakfast is very common especially in young adult women, therefore the aim of this study was to evaluate the nutritional value of breakfast in female students (n=84, 18-24 years old) and determine the glycaemic index (GI) for two traditional and two non-traditional breakfast measured according to the prescribed protocol which involved healthy young adult subjects (n=10, 20-28 years old). 54.4 % of female students consume breakfast every day. The energy value of an average breakfast is 395 kcal, protein contribute to energy intake with 16.7 %, carbohydrate with 59.4 % s and fats with 26.1 %. Described types of breakfast were divided into five categories depending on the ingredients. Female students often consume different types of cereal for breakfast (56.4 %). It was found that students who for breakfast eat animal products have the highest value of the body mass index (p = 0.017). Glycaemic index values of traditional (69 % and 83 %) and non-traditional breakfast (67 % and 72 %) were relatively high and not significantly different (p = 0.864). Lower values of glycaemic index were determined in the breakfasts that have higher fat contribution to energy intake, so evaluation of quality of breakfast must be based on an evaluation of the overall nutrition profile of a meal, not just one of the parameters, in this case the glycaemic index.