25/30 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 25 of 30 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology
Sweetened Cereal with Apple & Cinnamon
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Flagged concerns
vegetable oil
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
modified cornstarch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
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.
contains or less of brown sugar syrup
White sugar with trace molasses; marginally better than refined white sugar
Full ingredient list
corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour, sugar, whole grain oat flour, modified cornstarch, salt, contains 2% or less of brown sugar syrup, vegetable oil, hydrogenated coconut, soybean, palm, or cottonseed, defatted wheat germ, soluble corn fiber, apple puree concentrate, apple juice concentrate, dried apples, cinnamon, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid, niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin hydrochloride, vitamin A palmitate, folic acid, vitamin B12, vitamin D3
Ingredient analysis
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