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Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz

by Kellogg's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000160974 · Kellogg's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000160974 · Serving size 1 Bar (35 g)

The verdict

Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz by Kellogg's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Soy Protein Isolate, Sugar, Soluble Corn Fiber. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00160974 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Kellogg'S Special K · ±0 BOOK-OFF …160974 · July 2026

10 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00160974 · 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: Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Caramel Pretzel Cashew 1.23Oz · Nearest score peer is Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Caramel Pretzel Cashew 1.23Oz 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kellogg'S Special K Cerea…100/1002. Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Caramel Pretzel Cashew 1.23Oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kellogg'S Special K Cerea…100/1003. Dark chocolate pistachio: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dark chocolate pistachio100/1004. Pringles, potato crisps, the original, the original: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pringles, potato crisps, …100/1005. Pringles, potato crisps, sour cream, onion, sour cream, onion: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pringles, potato crisps, …100/100
High-band neighbours for Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz (100/100) outside Kellogg's.
Chart values as text

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

Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz
100/100
Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Caramel Pretzel Cashew 1.23Oz
100/100
Dark chocolate pistachio
100/100
Pringles, potato crisps, the original, the original
100/100
Pringles, potato crisps, sour cream, onion, sour cream, onion
100/100

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. Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 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

Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 30 (80th 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

1
Soy Protein Isolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Soluble Corn Fiber
4
Peanuts
5
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Palm Kernel And Palm Oil
7
Organic Rolled Oats
8
Semisweet Chocolate Chunks
9
Natural Chocolate
10
Milkfat
11
Cocoa Butter
12
Soy Lecithin
13
Natural Flavor
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Cherries
16
Cherries
17
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
18
Dried Cranberries
19
Or Less Of Cocoa
20
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
21
Soybeans
22
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Natural Flavors
24
Cherry Juice Concentrate
25
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
26
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Elderberry Juice Concentrate For Color
28
And Rosemary Extract For Freshness
29
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
30
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Soy protein isolate, sugar, soluble corn fiber, peanuts, fructose, palm kernel and palm oil, rolled oats, semisweet chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate, milkfat, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor, salt), dried cherries (cherries, sugar), dextrose, dried cranberries, contains 2% or less of cocoa (processed with alkali), glycerin, soybeans, sea salt, natural flavors, cherry juice concentrate, citric acid, soy lecithin, whey, elderberry juice concentrate for color, rosemary extract for freshness, xanthan gum, wheat starch.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Bars Cereal bars

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz

Neighbours outside Kellogg's with screening scores in the same high band as Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kellogg's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Kellogg'S Special K Cereal Bars Chocolate Cherry 1.23Oz's 0 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 0038000160974: 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.