Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal
Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal by Cream of Wheat has 7 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 A.
- 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 / Porridge / Plain porridge
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot 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
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
wheat farina, calcium carbonate, salt, defatted wheat germ, guar gum, natural flavor, ferric orthophosphate (iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), bht (to preserve freshness), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid, cholecalciferol (vitamin d3).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Cream of Wheat
- Barcode
- 0013130060257
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Big Y
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot 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 Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cream of Wheat Instant Original Hot Cereal's 4/5 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.