Fruit loops

How it scored 15 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 35 listed

• 1 Corn Flour Blend
  A blend of corn flour with other flours or starches, used as a multi-grain baking ingredient.
  Safe
• 2 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 3 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 4 Oat Flour
  Flour made from ground whole or rolled oats (Avena sativa).
  Safe
• 5 Modified Starch
  Starch from corn, potato, tapioca, wheat, or rice that has been physically, enzymatically, or chemically modified (E1400-E1452) to improve c…
  Low
• 6 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 7 Oat Fibre
  Insoluble dietary fiber isolated from the oat hull (outer husk) of Avena sativa.
  Low
• 8 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
• 9 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 10 Soluble Corn Fiber
  Soluble fiber derived from corn starch, also known as resistant maltodextrin or fibersol.
  Low
• 11 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
• 12 Allura Red
  Allura Red AC (E129; FD&C Red No. 40 in the US) — a synthetic monoazo dye, sodium salt of 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-sulfophenyl)azo…
  High
• 13 Tartrazine
  Synthetic azo dye (lemon-yellow color); also called FD&C Yellow No. 5. E-number E102.
  High
• 14 Brilliant Blue Fcf
  Brilliant Blue FCF (FD&C Blue No. 1), a synthetic triphenylmethane dye used to produce a bright blue colour.
  Moderate
• 15 Sunset Yellow Fcf
  Synthetic azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US), water-soluble orange food coloring.
  High
• 16 Butylated Hydroxytoluene
  Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), a synthetic phenolic antioxidant used to prevent fat oxidation.
  High
• 17 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low
• 18 Minerals
  Generic umbrella term for inorganic nutrient additives (e.g., calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, potassium iodide).
  Safe
• 19 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 20 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
• 21 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  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 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 24 Thiamin Hydrochloride
  The hydrochloride salt of thiamin (vitamin B1), an essential water-soluble vitamin.
  Low
• 25 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
• 26 Cholecalciferol
  Vitamin D3, the form of vitamin D synthesized in skin from UVB exposure or obtained from animal sources.
  Low
• 27 Vitamin B12
  Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is an essential water-soluble vitamin.
  Low
• 28 Yellow Corn Flour
  Finely ground flour from dried yellow corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 29 Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
  Yellow corn flour from which the germ has been removed for longer shelf life.
  Low
• 30 Coconut Oil
  Edible oil extracted from coconut (Cocos nucifera) flesh; ~90% saturated fat (mostly medium-chain triglycerides, primarily lauric acid).
  Low
• 31 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 32 Cottonseed
  Seed of Gossypium spp. cotton plants; processed into oil, meal, and refined protein.
  Low
• 33 Vitamin C Safe
• 34 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  Low
• 35 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low