Honey Nut Cheerios

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 ingredients to avoid

General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios 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. Per serving it carries 3g fiber, 3g protein and 12g 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 Honey Nut Cheerios lists 27 ingredients, starting with Oats, Sugar, Corn Starch, Honey and Brown Sugar Syrup. 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 378 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios scores worse than most breakfast foods we have scored. A higher-scoring option in breakfast foods is One Degree Organic Foods Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats, 24 oz at 100/100.