Cheerios Original

Name: Cheerios Original
Brand: Cheerios

Plain whole grain oat rings with little sugar, the base for the whole Cheerios line.

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Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 0 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Corn Starch, Sugar, Salt, Tripotassium Phosphate. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2725544). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, also passing all five

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

Cheerios Original

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Ingredients as listed

Same aisle, also passing all five

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