Breakfast Cereal

Name: Breakfast Cereal
Brand: Lucky Charms

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 5 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Lucky Charms (oats and corn)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−32

glyphosate−32

Ingredients

−85

corn syrup−18

color (red 3 & 40)−16

blue 1−16

yellow 5 & 6 lake−16

natural and artificial flavor. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols)−15

3 smaller deductions−4

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+27

Minimum score+27

Final score0

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Lucky Charms (oats and corn)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Glyphosate400 ppbof 160 ppb

Over the limit — 2.5×EWG 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.

Measured in: Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal, Giant Size, 26.1 oz

Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal healthy?

Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal 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, Lucky Charms (oats and corn). 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 Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal?

Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal lists 12 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Starch, Modified Corn Starch and Corn Syrup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal’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 Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal?

Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal compare to other cereal?

At 0/100 Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal 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 Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal organic?

Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal is not certified organic in our data.

Has Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Whole grain oats, sugar, whole grain corn/corn starch, marshmallows; no cocoa, rice, cinnamon) with the other products in its family, Lucky Charms (oats and corn), 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 Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal contain glyphosate?

Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal itself has not been tested for glyphosate, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected glyphosate at 400 ppb against a 160 ppb limit in Lucky Charms Breakfast Cereal, Giant Size, 26.1 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.