Food · General Mills
Honey Nut Cheerios
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Low nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Middle of Breakfast. 26 of 51 on our shelves score higher.
Council note
Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Breakfast. 26 of 51 on our shelves score higher.
The pack
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A weak-ish nutrition box
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Low
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
1 additive
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.
Poor · 44/100 · nutrition low
- Nutrition quality44/100
- Ingredients95/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good. A factory recipe is a treat, not a habit.
What pulled it down
This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent
This is a treat pattern. It can only scrape into low Good if the list is clean and it is not ultra-processed.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
A weak-ish nutrition box
About 8.3 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. Salt is moderate. Fibre is a genuine plus. A treat pattern.
Ultra-processed
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.
Natural flavouring
-5Undisclosed mixture. Usually low toxicological risk, poor transparency.
Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 1550 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 33 gHigh Very sweet — about 8.3 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. |
| Saturated fat | 0.5 gLow |
| Salt | 1.2 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 7 g |
| Protein | 7 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Whole grain oats, sugar, corn starch, honey, brown sugar syrup, salt, tripotassium phosphate, natural almond flavour.
Sugar
Low concernNot a toxin. A teaspoon is a teaspoon. The issue is how many hide in drinks and breakfast.
Natural flavouring
−5Not a toxin. A sign the recipe needed a perfume. You cannot tell what is inside from the words.
Oats
No concernA keep. Choose certified gluten-free if you are coeliac — oats are often processed near wheat.
Honey
No concernNot vegan. Fine as a visible sweetener. A granola glued with honey is still sugar.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
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