Avoid

Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies

by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070882049190 · Meijer · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070882049190 · Serving size 1 cup (33 g)

The verdict

Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies by Meijer scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Corn, Wheat And Whole Grain Oat Flour, 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.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 35 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

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

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.

82049190 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Rolled Fondant · ±0 BOOK-OFF …049190 · July 2026

15 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 82049190 · 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: Rolled Fondant · Nearest score peer is Rolled Fondant 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.

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 multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweetened multi-grain cer…25/1002. Rolled Fondant: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Rolled Fondant25/1003. Cupcake Decorating Kit: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cupcake Decorating Kit25/1004. Cupcake Decorating Kit: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cupcake Decorating Kit25/1005. Icing Decorations: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Icing Decorations25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies (25/100 on 35 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies
25/100
Rolled Fondant
25/100
Cupcake Decorating Kit
25/100
Cupcake Decorating Kit
25/100
Icing Decorations
25/100

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. Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies scores 72.7 points below that category average (25/100 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

Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 35 (95th 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 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Corn
2
Wheat And Whole Grain Oat Flour
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
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
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Apple Juice Concentrate
7
Apples
8
Natural Flavor
9
Milled Corn
10
Corn Starch
11
Cinnamon
12
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
13
Baking Soda
14
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
15
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
16
Blue 1. Bht
17
Vitamins & Minerals
18
Vitamin B1
19
Thiamin Mononitrate
20
Vitamin B2
21
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B6
25
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
27
Vitamin B12
28
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Vitamin C
30
Sodium Ascorbate And Ascorbic Acid
31
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
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
33
Reduced Iron
34
Zinc
35
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Corn, wheat and whole grain oat flour, sugar, corn syrup, salt, apple juice concentrate, dried apples, natural flavor, milled corn, modified corn starch, cinnamon, yellow 6, baking soda, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1. 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 and ascorbic acid), vitamin d, calcium carbonate, reduced iron, zinc (zinc oxide).

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Cereals and their products

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies

Neighbours outside Meijer in the same lower screening band as Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Sweetened multi-grain cereal, apple crunchies's 3 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 0070882049190: 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.