Product Insight: Cheerios cereal bar
Cheerios cereal bar by Cheerios, General Mills is tracked in PlainIngredients with 3 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 3 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
whole grain oats, cereal (whole grain oats, whole grain corn, sugar, corn starch, corn bran, whole grain rice, whole grain millet, whole sorghum, brown sugar syrup, salt, tripotassium phosphate, color [caramel color, annatto extract], vitamin e [mixed tocopherols] added to retain freshness, vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, zinc and iron [mineral nutrients], a b vitamin [niacinamide], a b vitamin [calcium pantothenate), vitamin c [sodium ascorbate], vitamin b6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride], vitamin b₂ (riboflavin], vitamin b₁ [thiamin mononitrate], a b vitamin [folic acid), vitamin a [palmitate], vitamin b₁2, vitamin d3), corn syrup, fructose, canola oil, sugar, sweetened cranberries (sugar, cranberries), chicory root extract, whole wheat flour, maltodextrin, whole grain rice. contains 2% or less of: vegetable glycerin, calcium carbonate, corn flour, wheat starch, salt, whole grain corn, vegetable juice color, baking soda, natural flavor, soy lecithin. contains wheat and soy ingre
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Cheerios, General Mills
- Barcode
- 0016000319141
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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