Cocoa puffs

Name: Cocoa puffs
Brand: Cocoa Puffs

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Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Cocoa puffs healthy?

Cocoa puffs scores 5/100 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. 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 Cocoa puffs?

Cocoa puffs lists 12 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Rice Flour, Corn Meal and Corn Syrup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Cocoa puffs contain seed oils?

Yes. Cocoa puffs lists Sunflower and/Or Canola Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Cocoa puffs?

Cocoa puffs is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Cocoa puffs compare to other cereal?

At 5/100 Cocoa puffs 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 Cocoa puffs organic?

Cocoa puffs is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.