Safe

Trix cereal bar

by General Mills

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000319158 · General Mills. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000319158

The verdict

Trix cereal bar by General Mills scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with Gradie Whole Grain Oats, Cereal, Whole Grain Corn. 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 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0016000319158
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00319158 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Trix cereal bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Vitamin A PHOTO-FINISH Fruity Cherios Cereal · ±0 BOOK-OFF …319158 · July 2026

13 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Vitamin A). Source sheet 00319158 · 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: Fruity Cherios Cereal Bar · Nearest score peer is Fruity Cherios Cereal Bar 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Trix cereal bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Trix cereal bar100/1002. Fruity Cherios Cereal Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruity Cherios Cereal Bar100/1003. Simply Chex Snack Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Simply Chex Snack Mix100/1004. Protein Chewy Bars, Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Protein Chewy Bars, Peanu…100/1005. Soft Baked Muffin Bars Chocolate Chip: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Soft Baked Muffin Bars Ch…100/100
High-band neighbours for Trix cereal bar (100/100) outside General Mills.
Chart values as text

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

Trix cereal bar
100/100
Fruity Cherios Cereal Bar
100/100
Simply Chex Snack Mix
100/100
Protein Chewy Bars, Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate
100/100
Soft Baked Muffin Bars Chocolate Chip
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Trix cereal bar lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Gradie Whole Grain Oats
2
Cereal
3
Whole Grain Corn
4
Corn Meal
5
Rice Flour
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
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
8
Cancla
9
Sunflower Oil
10
Able And Fruit Juice
11
Annatto Extract
12
Turmeric Extract Salt Trisodium Phosphate
13
Natural Flavor
14
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
15
Malic Acid. Color Ve Nerals Calcium Carbonate
16
Tricalcium Phosphate
17
Vitamin C
18
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
19
Iron And Zinc
20
Mineral Nutionie
21
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Vitamin B6
23
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B₁
25
Thiamin Mononitrate
26
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Palmitate
28
Vitamin & B Vitamin
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Vitamin B₁2
31
Vitamin D3
32
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Canola Oil
34
Whole Wheat Flour
35
B₂
36
Rib Root Extract
37
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
38
Brown Rice Flour
39
Vegetable Glycerin
40
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
41
Whole Comour
42
Whole Oat Flour
43
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
44
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
45
Soy Lecithin
46
Minneapolis
47
Mn 55440 Usa
48
Bioengineered Od Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

gradie whole grain oats, cereal (whole grain corn, corn meal, rice flour, sugar, corn syrup, cancla and/or sunflower oil, able and fruit juice, annatto extract, turmeric extract salt trisodium phosphate, natural flavor, citric acid, malic acid. color ve nerals calcium carbonate, tricalcium phosphate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), iron and zinc (mineral nutionie) niacinamide), vitamin b6 [pyridoxine hydrochloride], vitamin b₁ [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin a [palmitate), vitamin & b vitamin [folic acid], vitamin b₁2, vitamin d3), corn syrup, sugar, fructose, canola oil, whole wheat flour, a b₂ (rib root extract, maltodextrin. contains 2% or less of: brown rice flour, vegetable glycerin, calcium carbonate, whole comour, whole oat flour, wheat starch, salt, soy lecithin, natural flavor, baking soda. vitamin a b vit chic coains wheat and soy ingredients. learn more at ask.generalmills.com die by general mills sales, inc., minneapolis, mn 55440 usa contains bioengineered od ingredients

High-score cross-brand comparables for Trix cereal bar

Neighbours outside General Mills with screening scores in the same high band as Trix cereal bar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Trix cereal bar has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its published 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 0016000319158: 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.