Kellogg's
Apple Jacks breakfast cereal
Food & Beverage
48
Avoid
Safety Summary
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Key Concerns
Positive Signals
Score Breakdown
Ingredients (33)
| Ingredient | Risk Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| apple juice concentrate | Low Risk | — |
| baking soda | Beneficial | — |
| bht for freshness | Avoid | Possible carcinogen. Organ toxicity at high doses. |
| blue 1 | Caution | Brilliant blue. Hyperactivity. Limited safety data. |
| cinnamon | Low Risk | — |
| contains or less of vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed, canola) | Low Risk | Often refined. Omega-6 inflammatory potential. |
| corn flour blend (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour) | Low Risk | — |
| cornstarch | Low Risk | — |
| degerminated yellow corn flour | Low Risk | — |
| dried apples | Low Risk | — |
| folic acid | Low Risk | — |
| modified corn starch | Low Risk | — |
| modified food starch | Low Risk | — |
| natural flavor | Beneficial | — |
| niacinamide | Low Risk | — |
| oat fiber | Beneficial | — |
| red 40 | Caution | Artificial dye. Hyperactivity in children. Possible carcinogen. |
| reduced iron | Low Risk | — |
| salt | Low Risk | — |
| soluble corn fiber | Low Risk | — |
| sugar | Low Risk | — |
| turmeric extract color | Beneficial | — |
| vitamin a palmitate | Low Risk | — |
| vitamin b12 | Low Risk | — |
| vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride) | Low Risk | — |
| vitamin b2 (riboflavin) | Low Risk | — |
| vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride) | Low Risk | — |
| vitamin d3 | Low Risk | — |
| vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid) | Low Risk | Vitamin C. Antioxidant. Safe. |
| wheat flour | Low Risk | — |
| whole grain oat flour | Beneficial | — |
| yellow 6 | Caution | Sunset yellow. Hyperactivity. Possible carcinogen. |
| zinc oxide | Low Risk | — |