Brand
Kellogg's
Made by
WK Kellogg Co
Aisle
Cereal
Kind
kids cereal
Barcode
00038000014697

Kellogg's

Kellogg's Apple Jacks

Sweetened corn and wheat rings flavoured with apple and cinnamon, a long-running Kellogg's kids' cereal.

Label check

Flagged ingredients6

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
Red 40Synthetic dyesRED 40
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOW 6
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
Soybean oilSeed oilsVEGETABLE OIL (HYDROGENATED COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED)
Cottonseed oilSeed oilsVEGETABLE OIL (HYDROGENATED COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED)

Ingredients as listed

CORN FLOUR BLEND (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed), oat fiber, salt, soluble corn fiber, degerminated yellow corn flour, dried apples, apple juice concentrate, cornstarch, cinnamon, natural flavor, modified corn starch, yellow 6, wheat starch, baking soda, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: Reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin D3, vitamin B12.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2723358). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More kids cereal first, then the rest of the cereal aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.