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General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar

by General Mills

Open Food Facts label for barcode 13765767 · General Mills. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 13765767

The verdict

General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar by General Mills scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Whole Grain Oats, Corn Syrup, Cereal. 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 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
13765767
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

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.

13765767 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Fructose PHOTO-FINISH Cinnabon Coffee Creamer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …765767 · July 2026

12 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fructose). Source sheet 13765767 · 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: Cinnabon Coffee Creamer · Nearest score peer is Cinnabon Coffee Creamer 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.

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.

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. General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. General Mills Cocoa Puffs…95/1002. Cinnabon Coffee Creamer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cinnabon Coffee Creamer95/1003. Marshmallow Snack Bar: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Marshmallow Snack Bar95/1004. Terry Ho's Yum Yum Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Terry Ho's Yum Yum Sauce95/1005. Sweet Teriyaki: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sweet Teriyaki95/100
High-band neighbours for General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar (95/100) outside General Mills.
Chart values as text

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

General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar
95/100
Cinnabon Coffee Creamer
95/100
Marshmallow Snack Bar
95/100
Terry Ho's Yum Yum Sauce
95/100
Sweet Teriyaki
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (95th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Whole Grain Oats
2
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
3
Cereal
4
Whole Grain Corn
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Corn Meaf
7
Cocoa Processed With Alkal
8
Canola Oi
9
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Brown Sugar Syrup
13
Baking Soda
14
Tricalcium Phosphate
15
Caicium Carbonate
16
Vitamin C
17
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
18
Ab Vitamin
19
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Zinc And Iron
21
Mineral Nutrients
22
Vitamin 5
23
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B2
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B1
27
Thiamin Mononitrate
28
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Palmitate
30
B Viamin Tolic Acid
31
Vitamin B12
32
Vitamin Da
33
Whole Wheat Flour
34
Canola Oil
35
Brown Rice Flour
36
Chicory Hoot Extract
37
Vegetable Glycerin
38
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
39
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
40
Whole Oat Hour
41
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
42
Corn Flour. Modified Wheat Starch
43
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

whole grain oats, corn syrup, cereal (whole grain corn, sugar, corn meaf, corn syrup, cocoa processed with alkal, canola oi, caramel color, salt, fructose, brown sugar syrup, baking soda, natural flavor. vitamins and minerals: tricalcium phosphate, caicium carbonate, vitamin c [[sodium ascorbate), ab vitamin (niacinamide], zinc and iron [mineral nutrients], vitamin 5 (pyridoxine hydrochloride]. vitamin b2 [riboflavin], vitamin b1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin a [palmitate], a b viamin tolic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin da), sugar, whole wheat flour, fructose, canola oil, brown rice flour, chicory hoot extract. contains 2 % or less of: vegetable glycerin, calcium carbonate, cocoa processed with alkali, whole oat hour, maltodextrin, corn flour. modified wheat starch, caramel color, salt, baking soda, natural flavor. contains wheat: may contain soy ingredients

High-score cross-brand comparables for General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar

Neighbours outside General Mills with screening scores in the same high band as General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within General Mills; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Fructose is the first flagged ingredient selected from General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Fructose. Open Fructose
  • Compare General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal Bar'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 13765767: 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.