Avoid

Apple jacks

by Kellogg's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000191756 · Kellogg's · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000191756 · Serving size 1 cup (29 g)

The verdict

Apple jacks by Kellogg's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Sugar, Corn Flour Blend, Whole Grain Yellow Corn Flour. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 45 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00191756 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Apple jacks label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal · ±0 BOOK-OFF …191756 · July 2026

17 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00191756 · 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: Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal With Marshmallows, Marshmallows · Nearest score peer is Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal With Marshmallows, Marshmallows 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Apple jacks: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Apple jacks0/1002. Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal With Marshmallows, Marshmallows: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Sweetened Multi-Grain Cer…0/1003. Frosted Strawberry Milkshake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted Strawberry Milksh…0/1004. Frosted Confetti Cupcake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Confetti Cupcake0/1005. Frosted Confetti Cupcake Pop-Tarts: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Confetti Cupcake …0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Apple jacks (0/100 on 45 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Apple jacks
0/100
Sweetened Multi-Grain Cereal With Marshmallows, Marshmallows
0/100
Frosted Strawberry Milkshake
0/100
Frosted Confetti Cupcake
0/100
Frosted Confetti Cupcake Pop-Tarts
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Apple jacks scores 92.4 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Apple jacks lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Corn Flour Blend
3
Whole Grain Yellow Corn Flour
4
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Whole Grain Oat Flour
7
Modified Food Starch
8
Or Less Of Corn Starch
9
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
10
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
11
Vegetable Oil
12
Organic Coconut
13
Soybean
14
Cottonseed
15
Canola
16
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Soluble Corn Fiber
19
Natural And Artificial Flavor
20
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
21
Apple Juice Concentrate
22
Apples
23
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Cinnamon
25
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Baking Soda
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Turmeric Extract Color
30
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
31
Vitamin C
32
Sodium Ascorbate And Ascorbic Acid
33
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Reduced Iron
35
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Vitamin B6
37
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Vitamin B2
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Vitamin B1
42
Thiamin Hydrochloride
43
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
44
Vitamin B12
45
Vitamin D3

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, corn flour blend (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), wheat flour, whole grain oat flour, modified food starch, contains 2% or less of modified corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose, vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed, canola), oat fiber, salt, soluble corn fiber, natural and artificial flavor, degerminated yellow corn flour, gelatin, apple juice concentrate, dried apples, cornstarch, cinnamon, yellow 6, baking soda, yellow 5, red 40, turmeric extract color, blue 1, bht for freshness. vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid), niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Prepared meats

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Apple jacks

Neighbours outside Kellogg's in the same lower screening band as Apple jacks (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kellogg's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Apple jacks's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Apple jacks's 4 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 0038000191756: 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.