Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal
Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal by General Mills 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. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 1.12 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 / Extruded cereals
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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal has 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 Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal 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
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, corn starch, contains 2% or less of: corn syrup, dextrose, salt, gelatin, natural and artificial flavor, brown sugar, red 40, yellow 5 and 6, blue 1, caramel color. Vitamins and Minerals: calcium carbonate, iron, zinc, A B Vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin B (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), A B Vitamin (folic acid).
Product Details
- Brand
- General Mills
- Barcode
- 0016000179455
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Lucky Charms Instant Oatmeal'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.