S'mores Lucky Charms
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000195196 · General Mills · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
S'mores Lucky Charms by General Mills scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 80 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 80-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Whole Grain Wheat. 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.
- 70/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 80 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
43/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
70/100
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.
00195196 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
S'mores Lucky Charms label screening desk
15 of 80 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00195196 · 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: Fruit by the Foot Starburst Flavored · Nearest score peer is Fruit by the Foot Starburst Flavored at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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
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. S'mores Lucky Charms scores 27.7 points below that category average (70/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick 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
S'mores Lucky Charms lists 80 ingredients on its label
80 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 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
How the 70/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 80 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
whole grain corn, sugar, whole grain wheat, corn meal, corn syrup, canola and/or sunflower oil, modified corn starch, dextrose, salt, cocoa processed with alkali, brown sugar syrup, honey, baking soda, gelatin, fructose, caramel color, yellow 5 & 6 red 40, blue 1, trisodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavor, 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 b, (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin a (palmitate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin d3. contains wheat ingredients. ingredientes: maíz integral, azúcar, trigo integral, harina de maíz, jarabe de maíz, aceite de canola y/o girasol, almidón de maíz modificado, dextrosa, sal, cacao procesado con alcali, jarabe de azúcar morena, miel, bicarbonato de sodio, gelatina, fructosa, color caramelo, amarillo 5 y 6, rojo 40, azul 1, fosfato trisódico, saborizantes naturales y artificiales, extracto de romero. vitaminas y minerales: carbonato de calcio, fosfato tricálcico, vitamina c (ascorbato de sodio), hierro y zinc (nutrientes minerales), vitamina a b (niacinamida), vitamina b6 (clorhidrato de piridoxina), vitamina b₁ (mononitrato de tiamina), vitamina a (palmitato), vitamina b2 (riboflavina), vitamina a b (ácido fólico), vitamina b12, vitamina d3. contiene ingredientes de trigo.
Other products containing Cacao Procesado Con Alcali
Cacao Procesado Con Alcali is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for S'mores Lucky Charms
Neighbours outside General Mills near S'mores Lucky Charms's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 80 on 0016000195196).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (80 on 0016000195196).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from S'mores Lucky Charms's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 80-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
- Compare S'mores Lucky Charms's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
- Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0016000195196: 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.