Quick Cooking Hot Wheat Cereal by Malt O Meal

—Limited data

12/13 ingredients recognized

Ingredient safety54

Formulation quality66

Contaminant risk100

Label transparency65

How we scored this

PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 12 of 13 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology

Malt O Meal

Quick Cooking Hot Wheat Cereal

Name: Quick Cooking Hot Wheat Cereal
Brand: Malt O Meal

Food & Grocery Breakfast & Cereal0042400001072

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Flagged concerns

caramel color

Ammonia-process caramel coloring; may contain 4-MEI; ultra-processed marker.

sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

brown sugar

White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar

Full ingredient list

Wheat farina, sugar, brown sugar, malted barley, calcium carbonate, ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), natural & artificial flavor, caramel color, niacinamide (vitamin b3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2).