Brand
Cheerios
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Cereal
Kind
oat cereal
Barcode
00016000231184

Cheerios

Chocolate Cheerios

Oat rings sweetened and flavoured with cocoa.

Label check

Flagged ingredients3

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Salt, Caramel Color, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Tripotassium Phosphate, Natural Flavor. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2739229). 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 fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.