Cheerios Cereal

Breakdown

Processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

General Mills Cheerios Cereal scores 24/100 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 4g fiber, 5g protein and 2g 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.

General Mills Cheerios Cereal lists 23 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Corn Starch, Sugar, Salt and Tripotassium Phosphate. 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 359 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores General Mills Cheerios Cereal on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 24/100 General Mills Cheerios Cereal scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats at 100/100.