Cherrios

How it scored 45 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 36 listed

• 1 Oat
  Whole grain Avena sativa, available as groats, steel-cut, rolled, or instant oats.
  Safe
• 2 Cornmeal
  Coarse flour ground from dried whole corn (Zea mays) kernels.
  Safe
• 3 Vegetable Blend
  Generic umbrella term for a mixture of unspecified vegetables (fresh, frozen, or dried). Specific species not disclosed.
  Safe
• 4 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 5 Canola Oil
  Edible oil pressed from low-erucic-acid varieties of Brassica napus or B. campestris (rapeseed). Refined, bleached, deodorized, and standard…
  Low
• 6 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 7 High Oleic Sunflower Oil
  Sunflower oil from cultivars bred to be high in monounsaturated oleic acid (>80%).
  Safe
• 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 Sweet Potato
  Edible storage root of Ipomoea batatas, a whole vegetable rich in beta-carotene, fiber, and complex carbohydrates.
  Safe
• 11 Apple
  Fruit of Malus domestica, eaten fresh or used in cooking and processing.
  Safe
• 12 Cherry
  Fruit of Prunus avium (sweet) or Prunus cerasus (sour) trees, eaten fresh, dried, or canned.
  Safe
• 13 Radish
  Edible root of Raphanus sativus (Brassicaceae family).
  Safe
• 14 Tripotassium Phosphate
  Tripotassium phosphate (K3PO4); inorganic potassium phosphate salt used as buffer and emulsifier.
  Low
• 15 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
• 16 Tocopherol-Rich Extract
  Tocopherol-rich extract — a natural extract of mixed tocopherols (vitamin E forms) from vegetable oils, used as a natural antioxidant.
  Low
• 17 Annatto
  Natural carotenoid pigments (bixin, norbixin) extracted from seeds of the Bixa orellana tree.
  Low
• 18 Extracts Of Rosemary
  Extracts of rosemary — antioxidant preparation derived from Rosmarinus officinalis containing carnosic acid and carnosol.
  Low
• 19 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low
• 20 Minerals
  Generic umbrella term for inorganic nutrient additives (e.g., calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, potassium iodide).
  Safe
• 21 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
• 22 Calcium Pantothenate
  Calcium salt of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5); the most common supplemental form of B5.
  Low
• 23 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  Low
• 24 Folate
  A B-vitamin (vitamin B9) occurring naturally in foods (folate) and added as folic acid in fortification.
  Low
• 25 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 26 golden sugar —
• 27 Corn Syrup
  A sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture produced from corn starch hydrolysate. The high-fructose form (HFCS) contains approximately 42% or 55%…
  Moderate
• 28 Mixed Fruit
  Generic term for a combination of multiple fruits, fresh, frozen, dried, or canned, of unspecified composition.
  Low
• 29 Carrot Powder
  Dehydrated, ground carrot used as a flavor, color, and nutrient source.
  Safe
• 30 Spinach Powder
  Dried, ground leaves of Spinacia oleracea L.
  Safe
• 31 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 32 Iron
  Mineral element; essential micronutrient. In food, typically appears as ferrous sulfate, ferric orthophosphate, or reduced iron.
  Low
• 33 Pantothenic Acid
  Vitamin B5 - water-soluble vitamin essential for synthesis of coenzyme A and acyl carrier protein. Pale-yellow viscous liquid; commonly supp…
  Low
• 34 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low
• 35 Strawberry Puree
  Pureed whole strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa), sometimes with added sugar or ascorbic acid.
  Safe
• 36 Apple Puree
  Cooked, pureed apples (Malus domestica), sometimes with added ascorbic acid as antioxidant.
  Safe