cheerios

How it scored 85 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 28 listed

• 1 Wholemeal Oat
  Whole-grain oats (Avena sativa) retaining bran, germ, and endosperm.
  Safe
• 2 Corn
  Edible cereal grain from Zea mays.
  Safe
• 3 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 4 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 5 Maize Bran
  The fibrous outer layer of corn (maize) kernels, removed during milling.
  Safe
• 6 Whole Grain Rice
  Whole grain rice is rice that retains its bran and germ layers (e.g., brown rice), providing fiber, B vitamins, and minerals.
  Safe
• 7 Whole Grain Sorghum
  Intact sorghum kernels (Sorghum bicolor) including bran, germ, and endosperm.
  Safe
• 8 Millet
  A group of small-grained, gluten-free cereal grasses (Pennisetum, Eleusine, Panicum spp.).
  Safe
• 9 Brown Sugar Syrup
  Concentrated sweetener made from brown sugar dissolved in water, sometimes with molasses added back for flavor. Composed primarily of sucros…
  Low
• 10 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 11 Potassium Phosphates
  Potassium phosphates — monobasic (E 340(i)), dibasic (E 340(ii)), and tribasic (E 340(iii)) potassium salts of phosphoric acid.
  Low
• 12 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 13 Vitamin E
  Fat-soluble vitamin (alpha-tocopherol and related tocopherols/tocotrienols); essential nutrient and antioxidant.
  Low
• 14 zinc and iron —
• 15 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 16 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 17 Vitamin A
  Fat-soluble vitamin (retinol, retinyl esters, or provitamin A carotenoids) essential for vision, immune function, and growth.
  Low
• 18 Vitamin D
  Fat-soluble vitamin (D2 ergocalciferol or D3 cholecalciferol) essential for calcium absorption and bone health.
  Low
• 19 caramel color and annatto extract —
• 20 mixed tocopherols —
• 21 calcium carbonate —
• 22 mineral nutrients —
• 23 niacinamide —
• 24 calcium pantothenate —
• 25 pyridoxine hydrochloride —
• 26 thiamin mononitrate —
• 27 folic acid —
• 28 palmitate —