Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz

Name: Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz
Brand: Post

17Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

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

Cadmium46.4 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 9.3×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 10

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz healthy?

Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz scores 17/100 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 Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz?

Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz lists 10 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Wheat, Malted Barley Flour, Salt, Dried Yeast and Reduced Iron. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz’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 Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz?

Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz compare to other cereal?

At 17/100 Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz 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 Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz organic?

Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected cadmium at 46.4 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Post Grape-Nuts Cereal, 20.5 oz. It also tested for lead, arsenic and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

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