18/25 ingredients recognized
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 18 of 25 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Harris teeter, magic stars, sweetened oat cereal with marshmallows cereal
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Flagged concerns
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
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
vitamin a palmitate
May enhance tumor development when applied on skin exposed to UV; avoid in daytime SPF products.
sugar
High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.
Full ingredient list
Whole grain oat flour (includes the oat bran), marshmallows (sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, modified food starch, gelatin, artificial and natural flavor, yellow 5 & 6, red 40, blue 1), sugar, wheat starch, corn syrup, salt, calcium carbonate, color added, dicalcium carbonate, color added, dicalcium phosphate, trisodium phosphate, artificial flavor, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), zinc and iron (mineral nutrients), a b vitamin (niacinamide), bht (a preservative), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin a palmitate, a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin d.
Ingredient analysis
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