23/25 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 23 of 25 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Cereal, peanut butter
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Flagged concerns
canola oil
Industrial seed oil; very high omega-6; hexane-extracted and heavily refined; promotes inflammatory imbalance.
bht for freshness
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
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 syrup
White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar
Full ingredient list
Whole grain yellow corn flour, sugar, degerminated yellow corn meal, peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, salt, hydrogenated vegetable oil [rapeseed, cottonseed, soybean], dextrose, molasses, monoglycerides, peanut oil), corn bran, dextrose, brown sugar syrup, contains 2% or less of salt, canola oil, baking soda, natural and artificial flavor (contains pecan, walnut and almond), bht for freshness, wheat flour. vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (ascorbic acid), niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12.
Ingredient analysis
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