Frosted Cheerios

Name: Frosted Cheerios
Brand: Cheerios

Cheerios oat rings with a sweet frosting coating.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupCorn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
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
Corn syrup	Corn syrup	CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Salt, Trisodium Phosphate, Brown Sugar Syrup, 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 2739037). 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.

Frosted Cheerios

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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