Caution

Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon

by Foodhold

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267065392 · Foodhold. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267065392 · Serving size 30 g (0.75 cup)

The verdict

Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon by Foodhold scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Oat Flour, Sugar, Corn Meal. 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 31 analyzed
0688267065392
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

85/100

Grade A

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

67065392 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 45% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Kale With Chourico · ±0 BOOK-OFF …065392 · July 2026

14 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 67065392 · 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: Kale With Chourico Soup · Nearest score peer is Kale With Chourico Soup 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamo…85/1002. Kale With Chourico Soup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Kale With Chourico Soup85/1003. Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Vanilla: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Instant Pudding & Pie Fil…85/1004. Fully Cooked Sliced Bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fully Cooked Sliced Bacon85/1005. Sweetener: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweetener85/100
High-band neighbours for Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon (85/100) outside Foodhold.
Chart values as text

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

Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon
85/100
Kale With Chourico Soup
85/100
Instant Pudding & Pie Filling, Vanilla
85/100
Fully Cooked Sliced Bacon
85/100
Sweetener
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 31 (87th 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 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Grain Oat Flour
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Corn Meal
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
Brown Sugar
7
Canola Oil
8
Apple Puree Concentrate
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Dicalcium Phosphate
11
Cinnamon
12
Trisodium Phosphate
13
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
14
BHT
Caution GRAS
15
Preservative
16
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
17
Zinc Oxide And Reduced Iron
18
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
19
Vitamin C
20
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
B Vitamin
22
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B6
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B2
27
Thiamin Mononitrate
28
Vitamin B1
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Vitamin D
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

Whole grain oat flour, sugar, corn meal, wheat starch, corn syrup, brown sugar, canola oil, apple puree concentrate, salt, dicalcium phosphate, cinnamon, trisodium phosphate, vanillin, bht (a preservative), vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, zinc oxide and reduced iron, sodium ascorbate (vitamin c), niacinamide (a b vitamin), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon

Neighbours outside Foodhold with screening scores in the same high band as Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Foodhold; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Oats & O's, Apple Cinnamon, A Sweetened Toasted Oat Cereal With The Flavor Of Apple & Cinnamon'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 0688267065392: 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.