Pumpkin Spice Cheerios

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

General Mills Pumpkin Spice 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 11g 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 Pumpkin Spice Cheerios lists 33 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Starch, Canola Oil and Refiner's 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 389 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores General Mills Pumpkin Spice Cheerios on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 General Mills Pumpkin Spice Cheerios scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats at 100/100.