Caution

Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries

by Schnucks

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041318291568 · Schnucks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041318291568 · Serving size 30g

The verdict

Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries by Schnucks scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Oat Flour, Includes The Oat Bran, Sugar. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 33 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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

18291568 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Chunky Blue Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …291568 · July 2026

13 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 18291568 · 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: Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing · Nearest score peer is Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing 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 second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

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. Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweetened Toasted Oat Cer…85/1002. Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chunky Blue Cheese Dressi…85/1003. Light thousand island dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Light thousand island dre…85/1004. Light Ranch Dressing: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Light Ranch Dressing85/1005. Dressing & marinade: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Dressing & marinade85/100
High-band neighbours for Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries (85/100) outside Schnucks.
Chart values as text

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

Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries
85/100
Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing
85/100
Light thousand island dressing
85/100
Light Ranch Dressing
85/100
Dressing & marinade
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (89th 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Grain Oat Flour
2
Includes The Oat Bran
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
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
6
Organic Freeze Dried Blueberries
7
Freeze Dried Strawberries
8
Organic Freeze Dried Raspberries
9
Oat Bran
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
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
12
Dicalcium Phosphate
13
Trisodium Phosphate
14
Vitamin C
15
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
16
Natural Flavor
17
Iron & Zinc
18
Mineral Nutrients
19
B Vitamin
20
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
BHT
Caution GRAS
22
Preservative
23
Color Added
24
Vitamin B1
25
Thiamin Mononitrate
26
Vitamin B2
27
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Vitamin B6
29
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Vitamin B12
33
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR (INCLUDES THE OAT BRAN), SUGAR, WHEAT STARCH, CORN SYRUP, FREEZE DRIED BLUEBERRIES, FREEZE DRIED STRAWBERRIES, FREEZE DRIED RASPBERRIES, OAT BRAN, SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE), NATURAL FLAVOR, IRON & ZINC (MINERAL NUTRIENTS), A B VITAMIN (NIACINAMIDE), BHT (A PRESERVATIVE), COLOR ADDED, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, A B VITAMIN (FOLIC ACID), VITAMIN B12, AND VITAMIN D.

Other products containing Iron & Zinc

Iron & Zinc is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries

Neighbours outside Schnucks with screening scores in the same high band as Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Schnucks; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With Real Berries'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 0041318291568: 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.