20/21 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 20 of 21 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Almond crunch cereal
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Flagged concerns
high oleic vegetable oil
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
corn syrup
Pure glucose; spikes blood sugar; contributes to metabolic disorders.
natural flavor
Vague term masking hundreds of possible compounds; may include MSG, beaver anal gland secretions, and other sources.
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.
brown sugar
White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar
Full ingredient list
Rice, dried cherries (cherries, sugar, glycerin, high oleic sunflower oil), sugar, whole grain wheat, whole grain rolled oats, almonds, degermed yellow corn meal, brown sugar, rice flour, high oleic vegetable oil (canola or sunflower oil), salt, malted corn and barley syrup, corn syrup, whey (from milk), natural flavor, mixed tocopherols (to maintain freshness). vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, zinc oxide (source of zinc), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin d.
Ingredient analysis
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