Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein
Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein by General Mills has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.9 out of 5, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.22 points below 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 / Breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements
How This Score Is Built
Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein 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). 9 of its 9 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 Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.9 Top 81% higher than 19% 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
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, Sugar, Pea Protein, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil, Salt, Caramel Color, Tripotassium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron, Zinc, Niacinamide, Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid, Thiamin Mononitrate, Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.9/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- General Mills
- Barcode
- 0016000229976
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein's 3.9/5 average puts it in the lower 81%, 0.22 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.9/5 rating on Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein's 3.9/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.