Cereal with Magic Gems

Name: Cereal with Magic Gems
Brand: Lucky Charms

5Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

100

Ingredients

−85

corn syrup−13

high monounsaturated canola oil shortening−12

food colour (e-102) - tartrazine−11

natural and artificial flavour−11

vitamins and minerals (iron, niacinamide [vitamin b3], calcium pantothenate [vitamin b5], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin b6], folate)−11

7 more deductions−27

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Final score5

Ingredients · 18

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Common questions

Is Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems healthy?

Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems scores 5/100 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. 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 Cereal with Magic Gems?

Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems lists 18 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar and/Or Golden Sugar, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup and Dextrose. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems contain seed oils?

Yes. Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems lists High Monounsaturated Canola Oil Shortening and Canola and/Or High Monounsaturared Sunflower Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems?

Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems 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 Cereal with Magic Gems compare to other cereal?

At 5/100 Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems 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 Cereal with Magic Gems organic?

Lucky Charms Cereal with Magic Gems is not certified organic in our data.

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