Peanut Butter Cups Cereal by Malt-O-Meal

—Limited data

12/13 ingredients recognized

Ingredient safety46

Formulation quality40

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

Peanut Butter Cups Cereal

Name: Peanut Butter Cups Cereal
Brand: Malt-O-Meal

Food & Grocery Breakfast & Cereal0042400389941

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Flagged concerns

Canola Oil

Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.

Soybean Oil

High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.

BHT

Possible carcinogen; liver and kidney effects in animals; endocrine activity.

Artificial Flavor

Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure

Dextrose

Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike

Caramel Color

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

Sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

Full ingredient list

Degermed Corn Flour, Sugar, Peanut Butter, Dextrose, Canola Oil, Soybean Oil, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Cocoa, Caramel Color, Natural and Artificial Flavor, BHT