Great Value Toasted O's Cereal

Breakdown

2 ingredients to avoid

Great Value Toasted O's Cereal scores 63/100 on Tallow — our okay 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.

Great Value Toasted O's Cereal lists 10 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oat Flour, Wheat Starch, Trisodium Phosphate, Caramel Color and Ferric Orthophosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 63/100 Great Value Toasted O's Cereal lands mid-scale — below the typical score in cereal, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats at 100/100.