Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal

Name: Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal
Brand: Special K

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Ingredients · 21

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Common questions

Is Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal healthy?

Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal scores 8/100 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 Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal?

Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal lists 21 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Wheat, Rice, Sugar, Almonds and Wheat Bran. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Special K Vanilla Almond 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 Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal?

Special K Vanilla Almond 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 Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal compare to other cereal?

At 8/100 Special K Vanilla Almond 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 Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal organic?

Special K Vanilla Almond Breakfast Cereal is not certified organic in our data.

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