Safe

Banana & Crème Cereal

by Kellogg's Special K

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041192100949 · Kellogg's Special K. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041192100949 · Serving size 1.25 cup (61 g)

The verdict

Banana & Crème Cereal by Kellogg's Special K scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Wheat, Sugar, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041192100949
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.

92100949 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Banana & Crème Cereal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Beta-carotene PHOTO-FINISH Bananas & creme · ±0 BOOK-OFF …100949 · July 2026

11 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Beta-carotene). Source sheet 92100949 · 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: Bananas & creme cereal with yogurt oat clusters · Nearest score peer is Bananas & creme cereal with yogurt oat clusters 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. Banana & Crème Cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Banana & Crème Cereal100/1002. Bananas & creme cereal with yogurt oat clusters: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Bananas & creme cereal wi…100/1003. Extra Crispy Clusters Almond: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Extra Crispy Clusters Alm…100/1004. Frosted Flakes Strawberry Milkshake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Frosted Flakes Strawberry…100/1005. Frosted Flakes Cinnamon French Toast: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Frosted Flakes Cinnamon F…100/100
High-band neighbours for Banana & Crème Cereal (100/100) outside Kellogg's Special K.
Chart values as text

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

Banana & Crème Cereal
100/100
Bananas & creme cereal with yogurt oat clusters
100/100
Extra Crispy Clusters Almond
100/100
Frosted Flakes Strawberry Milkshake
100/100
Frosted Flakes Cinnamon French Toast
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Banana & Crème Cereal lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (93rd 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
Whole Grain Wheat
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Rice
4
Banana Chips
5
Bananas
6
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
7
Wheat Bran
8
Whole Grain Oats
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Natural Brown Sugar Flavor
11
Rice Flour
12
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
13
Nonfat Milk
14
Palm Kernel Oil
15
Natural Flavors
16
Malt Flavor
17
Nonfat Yogurt Powder
18
Cultured Nonfat Milk
19
Heat-treated After Culturing
20
Honey
21
Soy Lecithin
22
Malt Extract
23
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
24
Mixed Tocopherols For Freshness
25
Cinnamon
26
Iron
27
Vitamin C
28
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
29
Vitamin E Acetate
30
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vitamin B6
32
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Vitamin B1
34
Thiamin Hydrochloride
35
Vitamin B2
36
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Beta-carotene
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Vitamin D3
40
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

whole grain wheat, sugar, rice, banana chips (bananas, coconut oil, sugar), wheat bran, whole grain oats, salt, brown sugar flavor, rice flour, corn syrup, nonfat milk, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, malt flavor, nonfat yogurt powder (cultured nonfat milk, heat-treated after culturing), honey, soy lecithin, malt extract, lactic acid, mixed tocopherols for freshness, cinnamon, iron, vitamin C (ascorbic acid), vitamin E acetate, niacinamide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin D3, vitamin B12

High-score cross-brand comparables for Banana & Crème Cereal

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Banana & Crème Cereal has a longer ingredient list than 93% 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 0041192100949: 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.