Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal

Name: Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal
Brand: Chex

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 4 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Corn Chex

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−24

cadmium−24

Ingredients

−85

canola oil−33

natural flavor−8

natural almond flavor−8

folic acid−7

corn starch−3

12 more deductions−26

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+19

Minimum score+19

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Corn Chex

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium6.81 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: General Mills Corn Chex

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: General Mills Corn Chex

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: General Mills Corn Chex

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: General Mills Corn Chex

Ingredients · 24

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Common questions

Is Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal healthy?

Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Corn Chex. 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.

What is in Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal?

Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal lists 24 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Corn Starch and Honey. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal contain seed oils?

Yes. Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal lists Canola Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal?

Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal compare to other cereal?

At 0/100 Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Lovebird Grain Free Honey Breakfast Cereal at 100/100.

Is Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal organic?

Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal is not certified organic in our data.

Has Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Whole grain corn, corn meal, sugar, corn starch; no rice, cocoa or nuts (includes Honey Nut)) with the other products in its family, Corn Chex, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal contain heavy metals?

Chex Gluten Free Honey Nut Breakfast Cereal itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 6.81 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in General Mills Corn Chex. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.