Brand
Lucky Charms
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Cereal
Kind
kids cereal
Barcode
00016000124998

Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms

Toasted oat pieces mixed with brightly coloured marshmallow shapes, one of General Mills' best-known kids' cereals.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

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 & 6
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5 & 6
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Whole Grain Corn, Corn Syrup, Corn Starch. Contains 2% or less of: Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Gelatin, Trisodium Phosphate, Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1, Red 40, Natural and Artificial 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 2739033). 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.