Brand
Lucky Charms
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Toaster pastries, waffles and oatmeal
Kind
pancake mix
Barcode
00016000178083

Lucky Charms

Lucky Charms Complete Marshmallow Pancake Mix

Add-water pancake mix with colourful marshmallow-style pieces based on the cereal.

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Flagged ingredients5

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

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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

Enriched Flour Bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Whole Wheat Flour, Cereal Topping (sugar, whole grain oats, corn starch, corn syrup, whole grain corn, dextrose, gelatin, salt, trisodium phosphate, color [red 40, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1], 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), Marshmallow Bits (dextrose, palm oil, enriched flour bleached [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], natural flavor, color [yellow lake 5, red lake 40, blue lake 1, and other color added]), Sugar, Defatted Soy Flour, Leavening (baking soda, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), Palm Oil, Dextrose, Buttermilk, Salt, Corn Starch, DATEM, Artificial Flavor.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2698029). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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