Safe

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal

by Gateway Foods Inc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0074317150475 · Gateway Foods Inc · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0074317150475 · Serving size 0.75 cup (30 g)

The verdict

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal by Gateway Foods Inc scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Whole Oat Flour, Sugar, Cornstarch. 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 33 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

17150475 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Thiamine Hydrochloride PHOTO-FINISH Sweet Peas · ±0 BOOK-OFF …150475 · July 2026

15 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Thiamine Hydrochloride). Source sheet 17150475 · 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: Sweet Peas · Nearest score peer is Sweet Peas 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Exceptional Value, Honey …100/1002. Sweet Peas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet Peas100/1003. Salad Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salad Dressing100/1004. High protein muffin apple cinnamon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. High protein muffin apple…100/1005. HIGH PROTEIN MUFFIN BLUEBERRY: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. HIGH PROTEIN MUFFIN BLUEB…100/100
High-band neighbours for Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal (100/100) outside Gateway Foods Inc.
Chart values as text

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

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal
100/100
Sweet Peas
100/100
Salad Dressing
100/100
High protein muffin apple cinnamon
100/100
HIGH PROTEIN MUFFIN BLUEBERRY
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. Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened 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

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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: 33 (93rd 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 Oat Flour
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
4
Wheat Germ
5
Honey
6
Brown Sugar
7
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
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
Tripotassium Phosphate
11
Almonds
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
Reduced Iron
15
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Palmitate
17
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Canola Oil
20
Color
21
Annatto Extract
22
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
23
Vitamin B6
24
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Vitamin B2
26
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Cholecalciferol
29
Vitamin B1
30
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Vitamin B12
33
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Whole oat flour, sugar, modified cornstarch, wheat germ, honey, brown sugar, contains 2% or less of: oat fiber, salt, calcium carbonate, tripotassium phosphate, almonds, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), reduced iron, vitamin a (palmitate), niacinamide, zinc oxide, canola oil, color (annatto extract, caramel), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), vitamin d (cholecalciferol), vitamin b1 (thiamine hydrochloride), folic acid, vitamin b12 (cyanocobalamin)

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Seeds Cereals and their products Cereal grains Oat Honey-nut-toasted-oats Toasted-oats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal

Neighbours outside Gateway Foods Inc with screening scores in the same high band as Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gateway Foods Inc; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Exceptional Value, Honey Nut Toasted Oats, Sweetened Cereal has a longer ingredient list than 93% 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 0074317150475: 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.