Great Value Ground Cinnamon

Name: Great Value Ground Cinnamon
Brand: Great Value

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 6 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Great Value Ground Cinnamon

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−88

lead−88

Ingredients

−85

artificial flavors−23

maltodextrin−6

soy lecithin−6

natural flavors−6

folic acid−5

23 more deductions−39

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+83

Minimum score+83

Final score0

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Great Value Ground Cinnamon

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Lead890 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 178×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Ground cinnamon

Ingredients · 32

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Common questions

Is Great Value Ground Cinnamon healthy?

Great Value Ground Cinnamon scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Great Value Ground Cinnamon. 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 Great Value Ground Cinnamon?

Great Value Ground Cinnamon lists 32 ingredients, starting with Maltodextrin, Isomaltulose, Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate and Hydrolyzed Whey Protein). Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Great Value Ground Cinnamon contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Great Value Ground Cinnamon’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 Great Value Ground Cinnamon?

Great Value Ground Cinnamon is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Great Value Ground Cinnamon compare to other spices & seasonings?

At 0/100 Great Value Ground Cinnamon scores worse than most spices & seasonings we have scored. A higher-scoring option in spices & seasonings is Saltix Baja Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind at 100/100.

Is Great Value Ground Cinnamon organic?

Great Value Ground Cinnamon is not certified organic in our data.

Has Great Value Ground Cinnamon been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Conventional ground cinnamon, single ingredient (lead driver: cinnamon)) with the other products in its family, Great Value Ground Cinnamon, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Great Value Ground Cinnamon contain heavy metals?

Great Value Ground Cinnamon itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected lead at 890 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Ground cinnamon. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.