Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites

Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites: 4/5 ingredient safety

Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites by Kellogg's has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • 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

Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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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 grain wheat, sugar, contains 2% or less of brown rice syrup, gelatin, BHT for freshness., Vitamins and Minerals: Reduced iron, folic acid., Trigo integral, azúcar, contiene 2% o menos de jarabe de arroz integral, gelatina, BHT para mantener la frescura., Vitaminas y Minerales: Hierro reducido, ácido fólico.

Product Details

Barcode
0041192102608
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.