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Chocolate Almond Granola Cereal by Trader Joe's
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9/10 ingredients recognized

Ingredient safety50
Formulation quality58
Contaminant risk100
Label transparency75
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 9 of 10 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology

Trader Joe's

Chocolate Almond Granola Cereal

Food & GroceryBreakfast & CerealOrganic brandBarcode 00508438
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Flagged concerns

vegetable oil

Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.

natural flavor

Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.

milled cane sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

Full ingredient list

Whole rolled oats, milled cane sugar, almonds, rice flour, chocolate chunks (chocolate liquor, sugar, anhydrous dextrose, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla extract), vegetable oil (canola and/or safflower and/or sunflower oil), cocoa powder, salt, barley malt syrup, natural flavor.

Ingredient analysis

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