Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal

Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal: 4/5 ingredient safety

Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal by Kellogg's, Special K, Kellog's, Kelloggs, Kellogg has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Breakfasts / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Breakfast cereals

How This Score Is Built

Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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 wheat flour, sugar, soy protein isolate, rice flour, cornstarch, whole grain yellow corn flour, brown sugar syrup, wheat bran, fructose, contains 2% or less of salt, cinnamon, natural flavors, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color, bht for freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0038000200700
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal's 4/5 score be read?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places Cinnamon brown sugar crunch cereal in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.