Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain

Name: Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain
Brand: General Mills

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Ingredients · 36

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Common questions

Is General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain healthy?

General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain 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 General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain?

General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain lists 36 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Meal, Sugar, Raisins and Rice Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain?

General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain compare to other cereal?

At 5/100 General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats at 100/100.

Is General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain organic?

General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain is not certified organic in our data.

Has General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for General Mills Basic 4 Heart Healthy Cereal Fruit and Nut Fiber Cereal with Whole Grain, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

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