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General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch

by General Mills

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000660908 · General Mills · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000660908 · Serving size 1 BAR (45 g)

The verdict

General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch by General Mills scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 58-component record, beginning with Cereal, Whole Grain Wheat, Crisp Rice. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 58 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00660908 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Cheerios Honey Nut · ±0 BOOK-OFF …660908 · July 2026

20 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 00660908 · 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: Cheerios Honey Nut · Nearest score peer is Cheerios Honey Nut 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. General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. General Mills, Cinnamon T…95/1002. Cheerios Honey Nut: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cheerios Honey Nut95/1003. Intensive Moisturizing Lotion: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Intensive Moisturizing Lo…95/1004. Chewy Bars Protein: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chewy Bars Protein95/1005. Suddenly Pasta Salad Caesar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Suddenly Pasta Salad Caes…95/100
High-band neighbours for General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch (95/100) outside General Mills.
Chart values as text

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

General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch
95/100
Cheerios Honey Nut
95/100
Intensive Moisturizing Lotion
95/100
Chewy Bars Protein
95/100
Suddenly Pasta Salad Caesar
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch scores 8.9 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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 81,477 Snacks 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cereal
2
Whole Grain Wheat
3
Crisp Rice
4
Rice Flour
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Barley Malt Extract
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
9
Soy Flour
10
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
11
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
12
Rice Bran
13
Canola Oil
14
Trisodium Phosphate
15
Mono And Diglycerides
16
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
17
Zinc And Iron
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 B2
24
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
26
Milk Filling
27
Palm Kernel Oil
28
Palm Oil
29
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
30
Nonfat Milk
31
Sweetened Condensed Milk
32
Milk
33
Monoglycerides
34
Soy Lecithin
35
Natural And Artificial Flavor
36
Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Retain Freshness
37
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
38
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
40
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
41
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
42
Tricalcium Phosphate
43
Water
44
Rice Bran Oil
45
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
46
Cinnamon
47
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
48
Vitamin C
49
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
50
Iron And Zinc
51
Caramel And Annatto Extract Color
52
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
53
Palmitate
54
Natural Flavor
55
Vitamin D3
56
Vitamin B1
57
Thiamin Mononitrate
58
Vitamin B12. Bht And Mixed Tocopherols Added To Retain Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Cereal (Whole Grain Wheat, Crisp Rice [Rice Flour, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Caramel Color], Soy Flour, Rice Flour, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Rice Bran And/Or Canola Oil, Salt, Trisodium Phosphate, Mono And Diglycerides, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc And Iron [Mineral Nutrients], Caramel Color, A B Vitamin [Niacinamide], Vitamin B6 [Pyridoxine Hydrochloride], Vitamin B2 [Riboflavin], A B Vitamin [Folic Acid]), Milk Filling (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Oil, Lactose, Nonfat Milk, Dried Sweetened Condensed Milk [Sugar, Milk], Monoglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Tbhq And Citric Acid Added To Retain Freshness]) Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Fructose, Maltodextrin, Isolated Soy Protein, Glycerin, Palm Oil, Tricalcium Phosphate, Sugar, Water, Rice Bran Oil And/Or Canola Oil, Sorbitol, Cinnamon, Soy Lecithin, Gelatin, Vitamin C (Sodium Ascorbate), Mono And Diglycerides, Iron And Zinc (Mineral Nutrients), Calcium Carbonate, Caramel And Annatto Extract Color, Salt, Vitamin A (Palmitate), A B Vitamin (Niacinamide), Natural Flavor, Vitamin D3, Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate), A B Vitamin (Folic Acid), Vitamin B12. Bht And Mixed Tocopherols Added To Retain Freshness.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Neighbours outside General Mills with screening scores in the same high band as General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Milk 'N Cereal Bars, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch's 1 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 0016000660908: 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.