Post NOVA 4

Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds

Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds: 3/5 ingredient safety

Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds by Post has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds 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 Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds sits nationally

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

3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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

3
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
0
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

Corn, whole grain wheat, sugar, whole grain rolled oats, brown sugar, almonds, rice, canola oil, wheat flour, malted barley flour, corn syrup, salt, whey (from milk), malted corn and barley syrup, honey, caramel color, cinnamon, natural and artificial fla

Product Details

Brand
Post
Barcode
0004912249265
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds's 3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Honey Bunches Of Oats, Cereal With Almonds's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.