Original Whole Grain Oat Cereal, 350 g

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Ultra-processed · 10 ingredients to watch

Cheerios Original Whole Grain Oat Cereal, 350 g scores 55/100 on Tallow — our okay band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. 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 Original Whole Grain Oat Cereal, 350 g lists 13 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Corn Starch, Sugar, Salt and Trisodium Phosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 55/100 Cheerios Original Whole Grain Oat Cereal, 350 g lands mid-scale — below the typical score in cereal, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Lovebird Grain Free Honey Breakfast Cereal at 100/100.