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Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal

by Key Food

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073296313598 · Key Food · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073296313598 · Serving size 0.75 cup (30 g)

The verdict

Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal by Key Food scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Whole White Flour, Sugar, Rich 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 32 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

96313598 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 50% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-RARE Ferrous Fumarate PHOTO-FINISH American Pasteurized Prepared · ±0 BOOK-OFF …313598 · July 2026

16 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ferrous Fumarate). Source sheet 96313598 · 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: American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product · Nearest score peer is American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product 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.

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. Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Key food, bunch o' cinnam…100/1002. American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. American Pasteurized Prep…100/1003. Sliced Swiss Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sliced Swiss Cheese100/1004. Saltines Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Saltines Crackers100/1005. Graham Crackers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Graham Crackers100/100
High-band neighbours for Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal (100/100) outside Key Food.
Chart values as text

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

Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal
100/100
American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product
100/100
Sliced Swiss Cheese
100/100
Saltines Crackers
100/100
Graham Crackers
100/100

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. Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 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

Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (92nd 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

1
Whole White Flour
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Rich Flour
4
Canola Oil
5
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
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
7
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
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Cinnamon
11
Trisodium Phosphate
12
Vitamin C
13
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
14
Color
15
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
16
Annatto Extract
17
Soy Lecithin
18
Natural Flavor
19
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Palmitate
21
Iron
22
Ferrous Fumarate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
23
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B1
25
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B6
27
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Cholecalciferol
30
Vitamin B2
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Whole white flour, sugar, rich flour, canola oil, fructose, dextrose, maltodextrin, salt, calcium carbonate, cinnamon, trisodium phosphate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), color (caramel, annatto extract), soy lecithin, natural flavor, vitamin a (palmitate), iron (ferrous fumarate), niacinamide, vitamin b1 (thiamine mononitrate), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin d (cholecalciferol), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid.

Categories

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

High-score cross-brand comparables for Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal

Neighbours outside Key Food with screening scores in the same high band as Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Key Food; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Key food, bunch o' cinnamon squares cereal has a longer ingredient list than 92% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category 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 0073296313598: 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.