Avoid

Froot Loops

by Kellogg's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0038000270093 · Kellogg's · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0038000270093 · Serving size 1 serving (100 g)

The verdict

Froot Loops by Kellogg's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 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 66-component record, beginning with Corn Flour Blend, Whole Grain Yellow Corn Flour, Degerminated 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 66 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00270093 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Froot Loops label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Apple Jacks · ±0 BOOK-OFF …270093 · July 2026

13 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00270093 · 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: Apple Jacks · Nearest score peer is Apple Jacks 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.

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.

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. Froot Loops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Froot Loops0/1002. Apple Jacks: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Apple Jacks0/1003. Froot loops: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Froot loops0/1004. FROSTED PUMPKIN PIE POP TARTS: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. FROSTED PUMPKIN PIE POP T…0/1005. Frosted Confetti Cake Flavored Tasty Filled Pastry Bites, Frosted Confetti Cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Confetti Cake Fla…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Froot Loops (0/100 on 66 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Froot Loops
0/100
Apple Jacks
0/100
Froot loops
0/100
FROSTED PUMPKIN PIE POP TARTS
0/100
Frosted Confetti Cake Flavored Tasty Filled Pastry Bites, Frosted Confetti Cake
0/100

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. Froot Loops scores 97.7 points below that category average (0/100 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

Froot Loops lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 66 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Flour Blend
2
Whole Grain Yellow Corn Flour
3
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
4
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Wheat Flour
6
Whole Grain Oat Flour
7
Modified Food Starch
8
Or Less Of Vegetable Oil
9
Organic Coconut
10
Soybean
11
Cottonseed
12
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
13
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
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Soluble Corn Fiber
16
Natural Flavor
17
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
18
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
20
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
21
Vitamin C
22
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
23
Reduced Iron
24
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin B6
26
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Vitamin B2
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Vitamin B₁
30
Thiamin Hydrochloride
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Vitamin D3
33
Vitamin B12
34
Mezcla De Harina De Maíz
35
Harina De Maíz Amarillo Integral
36
Harina De Maíz Amarillo Desgerminado
37
Azúcar
38
Harina De Trigo
39
Harina De Avena Integral
40
Almidón Alimentario Modificado
41
Contiene 2% O Menos De Aceite Vegetal
42
Coco Hidrogenado
43
Soya
44
Y/o Semilla De Algodón
45
Fibra De Avena
46
Maltodextrina
47
Sal
48
Fibra De Maíz Soluble
49
Sabor Natural
50
Rojo 40
51
Amarillo 5
52
Azul 1
53
Amarillo 6
54
Vitamina C
55
áCido Ascórbico
56
Hierro Reducido
57
Niacinamida
58
Vitamina B6
59
Clorhidrato De Piridoxina
60
Vitamina B2
61
Riboflavina
62
Vitamina B₁
63
Clorhidrato De Tiamina
64
áCido Fólico
65
Vitamina D3
66
Vitamina B12. Contiene Ingredientes De Trigo

Full Ingredient List

corn flour blend (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), sugar, wheat flour, whole grain oat flour, modified food starch, contains 2% or less of vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed), oat fiber, maltodextrin, salt, soluble corn fiber, natural flavor, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1, yellow 6, bht for freshness. vitamins and minerals: vitamin c (ascorbic acid), reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin b₁ (thiamin hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12. contains wheat ingredients. ingredientes: mezcla de harina de maíz (harina de maíz amarillo integral, harina de maíz amarillo desgerminado), azúcar, harina de trigo, harina de avena integral, almidón alimentario modificado, contiene 2% o menos de aceite vegetal (coco hidrogenado, soya, y/o semilla de algodón), fibra de avena, maltodextrina, sal, fibra de maíz soluble, sabor natural, rojo 40, amarillo 5, azul 1, amarillo 6, bht para mantener la frescura. vitaminas y minerales: vitamina c (ácido ascórbico), hierro reducido, niacinamida, vitamina b6 (clorhidrato de piridoxina), vitamina b2 (riboflavina), vitamina b₁ (clorhidrato de tiamina), ácido fólico, vitamina d3, vitamina b12. contiene ingredientes de trigo.

Other products containing Contiene 2% O Menos De Aceite Vegetal

Contiene 2% O Menos De Aceite Vegetal is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Breakfasts Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products Breakfast cereals

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Froot Loops

Neighbours outside Kellogg's in the same lower screening band as Froot Loops (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 Froot Loops's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Froot Loops'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 0038000270093: 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.