Chocolate Cheerios

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Cheerios Chocolate Cheerios scores 4/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 3g fiber, 3g protein and 10g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Cheerios Chocolate Cheerios lists 12 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch and Cocoa Processed With Alkali. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

140 kcal per serving, or 389 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Cheerios Chocolate Cheerios on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 4/100 Cheerios Chocolate Cheerios scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Lovebird Grain Free Honey Breakfast Cereal at 100/100.