Cheerios Cinnamon Oat Crunch

Name: Cheerios Cinnamon Oat Crunch
Brand: Cheerios

Crunchy oat squares with a cinnamon coating, in a larger-flake style than regular Cheerios.

Label check

Flagged ingredients2

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Sunflower oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Canola oil	Seed oils	CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Whole Grain Corn, Modified Corn Starch, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Brown Sugar Syrup, Rice Flour, Salt, Corn Starch, Cinnamon, Tripotassium Phosphate, Color (caramel color, annatto extract), Baking Soda, Rosemary Extract. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.Vitamins and Minerals: Tricalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), A B Vitamin (calcium pantothenate), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), Vitamin B12, Vitamin A (palmitate), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin D3.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2720783). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More oat cereal first, then the rest of the cereal aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Cheerios Cinnamon Oat Crunch

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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