Brand
Trix
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Cereal
Kind
kids cereal
Barcode
00016000151598

Trix

Trix

Fruit-flavoured corn puffs in several colours and shapes.

Label check

Flagged ingredients6

Fails 3 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 6Synthetic dyesYELLOW 6
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Rice Flour, Corn Syrup, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Salt, Trisodium Phosphate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1 and Other Color Added, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Rosemary Extract.Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, 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 2739292). 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 3 of the checks; fewest flags first.