Special K Cereal Original

Name: Special K Cereal Original
Brand: Special K

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Ingredients · 13

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Common questions

Is Special K Cereal Original healthy?

Special K Cereal Original scores 24/100 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 Special K Cereal Original?

Special K Cereal Original lists 13 ingredients, starting with Milled Corn, Malt Flavor, Bht Added To Packaging For Freshness, Iron and Vitamin c. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Special K Cereal Original contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Special K Cereal Original’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 Special K Cereal Original?

Special K Cereal Original is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Special K Cereal Original compare to other cereal?

At 24/100 Special K Cereal Original scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Kavanagh's Organic Jumbo Porridge Oats at 100/100.

Is Special K Cereal Original organic?

Special K Cereal Original is not certified organic in our data.

Has Special K Cereal Original been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Special K Cereal Original, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.