OATMEAL SQUARES BROWN SUGAR

How it scored 15 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 26 listed

• 1 Oat Flour
  Flour made from ground whole or rolled oats (Avena sativa).
  Safe
• 2 Wholemeal Flour
  Flour milled from the entire wheat kernel including bran, germ, and endosperm.
  Low
• 3 Brown Sugar
  Sucrose with residual or added molasses; chemically nearly identical to white sugar plus minor molasses content.
  Moderate
• 4 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 5 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 6 Barley Malt Extract
  Concentrated extract of malted barley (Dutch: gerstemoutextract); thick syrup made by mashing malted barley and concentrating the wort.
  Low
• 7 Molasses
  Thick, dark syrup byproduct of sugar refining from cane or sugar beet.
  Low
• 8 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 9 Calcium Carbonate
  Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a naturally occurring mineral (limestone, chalk) used as a calcium source, anticaking agent, and pH regulator in …
  Low
• 10 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 11 Tartrazine
  Synthetic azo dye (lemon-yellow color); also called FD&C Yellow No. 5. E-number E102.
  High
• 12 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 13 Sunset Yellow Fcf
  Synthetic azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US), water-soluble orange food coloring.
  High
• 14 D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
  The acetate ester of natural-form vitamin E (RRR-alpha-tocopherol); a stable form used in fortification and supplements.
  Low
• 15 Butylated Hydroxytoluene
  Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), a synthetic phenolic antioxidant used to prevent fat oxidation.
  High
• 16 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 17 Zinc Oxide
  Inorganic zinc compound (ZnO) used as a source of zinc nutrient in foods and supplements.
  Low
• 18 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 19 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 20 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  Low
• 21 Retinyl Palmitate
  Ester of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid; preformed vitamin A.
  Low
• 22 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 23 Vitamin E
  Fat-soluble vitamin (alpha-tocopherol and related tocopherols/tocotrienols); essential nutrient and antioxidant.
  Low
• 24 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low
• 25 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 26 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low