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Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores

by Malt O Meal

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0042400231271 · Malt O Meal · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0042400231271 · Serving size 3/4 cup (30 g)

The verdict

Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores by Malt O Meal scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Corn Meal, Sugar, Whole Grain Wheat. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00231271 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Honey graham, cocoa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …231271 · July 2026

18 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 00231271 · 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: Honey graham, cocoa corn puff and marshmallow cereal · Nearest score peer is Honey graham, cocoa corn puff and marshmallow cereal 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.

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. Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Honey graham squares & co…95/1002. Honey graham, cocoa corn puff and marshmallow cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Honey graham, cocoa corn …95/1003. Cereals: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cereals95/1004. Naturally Flavored Sweetened Corn Puff Cereal With Real Cocoa: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Naturally Flavored Sweete…95/1005. Maple & Brown Sugar Mini Spooners, Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Maple & Brown Sugar Mini …95/100
High-band neighbours for Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores (95/100) outside Malt O Meal.
Chart values as text

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

Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores
95/100
Honey graham, cocoa corn puff and marshmallow cereal
95/100
Cereals
95/100
Naturally Flavored Sweetened Corn Puff Cereal With Real Cocoa
95/100
Maple & Brown Sugar Mini Spooners, Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal
95/100

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. Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical 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

Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 63,434 products 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: 45 (99th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn Meal
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Whole Grain Wheat
4
Marshmallows
5
Modified Corn-starch
6
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
7
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
8
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
9
Artificial Flavor
10
Natural Flavor
11
Molasses
12
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
13
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Corn Flour
15
Corn Starch
16
Honey
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Baking Soda
19
Corn Bran
20
Cocoa Powder
21
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
22
Canola Oil
23
Soybean Oil
24
Soy Lecithin
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Trisodium Phosphate
27
Natural & Artificial Flavor. Bht
28
Vitamin B1
29
Thiamin Mononitrate
30
Vitamin B2
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Vitamin B6
35
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
37
Vitamin B12
38
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Vitamin C
40
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
41
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Reduced Iron
43
Zinc
44
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
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

Full Ingredient List

Corn meal, sugar, whole grain wheat, marshmallows (sugar, modified corn-starch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, artificial flavor, natural flavor), molasses, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, fructose, corn flour, modified corn starch, contains 2% or less of: corn syrup, honey, salt, baking soda, corn bran, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), coconut oil and/or canola oil and/or soybean oil, soy lecithin, dextrose, caramel color, trisodium phosphate, natural & artificial flavor. bht (to preserve freshness). vitamins & minerals: vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), niacin (niacinamide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin a palmitate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), vitamin d, reduced iron, zinc (zinc oxide), calcium carbonate.

Other products containing Natural & Artificial Flavor. Bht

Natural & Artificial Flavor. Bht is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores

Neighbours outside Malt O Meal with screening scores in the same high band as Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Malt O Meal; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores'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 Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare Honey graham squares & cocoa corn puff cereal with marshmallows, s'mores'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 0042400231271: 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.