Kashi Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 5 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Kashi Organic Cinnamon Harvest

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−99

aluminum−68

cadmium−19

lead−7

mercury−4

arsenic−1

Ingredients

−12

natural flavor−12

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+21

Minimum score+21

Final score0

Contaminants · 5

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Kashi Organic Cinnamon Harvest

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Aluminum8.09 ppmof 0.2 ppm

Over the limit — 40×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality (secondary/aesthetic), 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.2 mg/L. NOTE: this is a bottled-water level; it is not an FDA limit for aluminum in solid foods, where no comparable federal limit exists.

Measured in: Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz

Cadmium18.8 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 3.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz

Lead3.6 ppbof 5 ppb

72% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz

Mercury0.78 ppbof 2 ppb

39% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz

Arsenic0.823 ppbof 10 ppb

8% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz

Ingredients · 4

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Common questions

Is Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz healthy?

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz 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, Kashi Organic Cinnamon Harvest. 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 Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz?

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz lists 4 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Wheat, Cinnamon, Cane Sugar and Natural Flavor. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz’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 Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz?

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz compare to other cereal?

At 0/100 Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Lovebird Grain Free Honey Breakfast Cereal at 100/100.

Is Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz organic?

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic whole grain wheat, cane sugar, cinnamon; no cocoa, rice, nut) with the other products in its family, Kashi Organic Cinnamon Harvest, 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 Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz contain heavy metals?

Kashi Organic Cereal Cinnamon Harvest 52oz itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 0.823 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz, cadmium at 18.8 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz, lead at 3.6 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz and mercury at 0.78 ppb against a 2 ppb limit in Organic Cinnamon Harvest Cereal, 18 oz. 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.

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