Safe

Strawberry Banana Cheerios

by Cheerios

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000185173 · Cheerios · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000185173 · Serving size 1 serving (37 g)

The verdict

Strawberry Banana Cheerios by Cheerios scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 60-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Syrup. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 60 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00185173 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Strawberry Banana Cheerios label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-RARE Vitamin A PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry Banana Cheerios · ±0 BOOK-OFF …185173 · July 2026

10 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Vitamin A). Source sheet 00185173 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Strawberry Banana Cheerios · Nearest score peer is Strawberry Banana Cheerios at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Strawberry Banana Cheerios: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Strawberry Banana Cheerios100/1002. Strawberry Banana Cheerios: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry Banana Cheerios100/1003. Chex mix bars cookies and cream: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chex mix bars cookies and…100/1004. Fruit Flavored Snacks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fruit Flavored Snacks100/1005. Fruit Flavored Snacks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fruit Flavored Snacks100/100
High-band neighbours for Strawberry Banana Cheerios (100/100) outside Cheerios.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Strawberry Banana Cheerios
100/100
Strawberry Banana Cheerios
100/100
Chex mix bars cookies and cream
100/100
Fruit Flavored Snacks
100/100
Fruit Flavored Snacks
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Strawberry Banana Cheerios scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Strawberry Banana Cheerios lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 60 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Whole Grain Oats
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
4
Banana Puree
5
Corn Starch
6
Strawberry Puree
7
Canola
8
Sunflower Oil
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Tripotassium Phosphate
11
Vegetable And Fruit Juice Color
12
Natural Flavor. Vitamin E
13
Mixed Tocopherols
14
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
15
Vitamin C
16
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
17
Iron And Zinc
18
Mineral Nutrients
19
B Vitamin
20
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Vitamin B6
22
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Vitamin B₁
24
Thiamin Mononitrate
25
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Palmitate
27
Vitamin B₂
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Vitamin B12
31
Avena Integral
32
Azúcar
33
Jarabe De Maíz
34
Puré De Banana
35
Almidón De Maíz
36
Puré De Fresas
37
Aceite De Canola Y/o Girasol
38
Sal
39
Fosfato Tripotásico
40
Color De Jugo De Frutas Y Verduras
41
Saborizante Natural. Vitamina E
42
Tocoferoles Mezclados
43
Carbonato De Calcio
44
Vitamina C
45
Ascorbato De Sodio
46
Hierro Y Zinc
47
Nutrientes Minerales
48
Vitamina A B
49
Niacinamida
50
Vitamina B
51
Clorhidrato De Piridoxina
52
Vitamina B₁
53
Mononitrato De Tiamina
54
Vitamina A
55
Palmitato
56
Vitamina B2
57
Riboflavina
58
áCido Fólico
59
Vitamina B12
60
Vitamina D3

Full Ingredient List

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Banana Puree, Corn Starch, Strawberry Puree, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Salt, Tripotassium Phosphate, Vegetable and Fruit Juice Color, Natural 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. Ingredientes: Avena Integral, Azúcar, Jarabe de Maíz, Puré de Banana, Almidón de Maíz, Puré de Fresas, Aceite de Canola y/o Girasol, Sal, Fosfato Tripotásico, Color de Jugo de Frutas y Verduras, Saborizante Natural. Vitamina E (tocoferoles mezclados) Añadida para Preservar la Frescura. Vitaminas y Minerales: Carbonato de Calcio, Vitamina C (ascorbato de sodio), Hierro y Zinc (nutrientes minerales), Vitamina A B (niacinamida), Vitamina B. (clorhidrato de piridoxina), Vitamina B₁ (mononitrato de tiamina), Vitamina A (palmitato), Vitamina B2 (riboflavina), Vitamina A B (ácido fólico), Vitamina B12, Vitamina D3.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Breakfasts Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Breakfast cereals Extruded cereals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Strawberry Banana Cheerios

Neighbours outside Cheerios with screening scores in the same high band as Strawberry Banana Cheerios (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cheerios; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Strawberry Banana Cheerios has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0016000185173: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.