Froot Loops Breakfast Cereal Good Source of Fiber

Name: Froot Loops Breakfast Cereal Good Source of Fiber
Brand: Kellogg's

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 11 contaminants flagged · 13 ingredients to avoid · Bioengineered

Includes lab results from its product family: Froot Loops (corn, wheat and oat flour loops)

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−107

aluminum−53

mercury−13

di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (dehp)−11

lead−10

cadmium−9

4 smaller deductions−11

Ingredients

−78

vegetable oil−9

cottonseed−9

red 40−9

yellow 5−9

blue 1−9

18 more deductions−33

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Packaging

−1

Packaging−1

Label claims

What the package says about how it was made

−10

Bioengineered−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+106

Minimum score+106

Final score0

Contaminants · 10

3 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Aluminum21.1 ppmof 0.2 ppm

Over the limit — 106×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.

Mercury8.28 ppbof 2 ppb

Over the limit — 4.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Cadmium8.61 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead4.96 ppbof 5 ppb

99% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic3.14 ppbof 10 ppb

31% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Glyphosate13.8 ppbof 160 ppb

9% of the limitEWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). EPA tolerance for glyphosate on oats is far higher at 30 ppm (30,000 ppb), 40 CFR 180.364.

Aminomethylphosphonic Acid6.38 ppbof 160 ppb

4% of the limitNo regulator publishes a food concentration limit for AMPA alone. EFSA (2023 glyphosate conclusion) and JMPR state glyphosate's toxicological reference values apply to AMPA (shared group ADI), so Tallow applies glyphosate's benchmark: EWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). Water-only references: EU drinking water 0.1 ug/L per pesticide/metabolite; Minnesota MDH guidance 1,000 ppb.

Chlormequat55.4 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

DiquatNDnone found

Not detected

ParaquatNDnone found

Not detected

Contaminants · 19

2 at/over limit

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Froot Loops (corn, wheat and oat flour loops)

Worst result per contaminant across the family

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

Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)16.3 ppbof 6 ppb

Over the limit — 2.7×US EPA drinking-water MCL, 40 CFR 141.61(c) — 0.006 mg/L. Applied to all foods as the TIGHTEST published DEHP number; the EU food-contact limit is looser (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442: SML 0.6 mg/kg, plus the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit with DBP/BBP/DIBP).