Is Cereal made with normal ingredients?
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Artificial colors and enriched flour are no good!
Artificial colors like Red 40 and Blue 1? Mamma mia, why put food coloring in perfectly good cereal? And 'enriched flour' means they took out the good stuff and put back fake vitamins. A real shame!
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What’s actually inside
All 23 ingredients, analyzed.
23 ingredients14 clean · 3 caution · 6 flagged
- Corn Syrup
Industrial sweetener
- Dextrose
Industrial additive
- Modified Corn Starch
Processing aid & stabilizer
- Trisodium Phosphate
Stabilizer
- Red 40
Artificial dye
- Yellow 5
Artificial dye
- Yellow 6
Artificial dye
- Blue 1
Artificial dye
- Natural and Artificial Flavor
Artificial flavor
Better options
What to buy instead.
Cereal products made with real ingredients.
Bio-Familia AG
Muesli Cereal
A simple list of wholesome ingredients.
CEREAL12/13 clean · Apr 20, 2026
Unknown
Honey'd Corn Flakes
Simple, recognizable ingredients for Nonna's breakfast.
CEREAL5/5 clean · Apr 17, 2026
Nature's Path Foods Inc.
Homestyle Instant Oatmeal
Simple, wholesome oats.
CEREAL1/1 clean · Mar 17, 2026
ANNIE'S, INC.
Annie's Organic Cocoa Puffs Cereal
Good ingredients with a few modern touches.
CEREAL7/11 clean · May 5, 2026
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
Is Cereal made with normal ingredients?▾
No. Cereal contains 6 industrial ingredients that wouldn't exist without a factory: Corn Syrup, Red 40, Yellow 5, and 3 more.
What ingredients are in Cereal?▾
Cereal by Unknown contains 23 ingredients: Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Whole Grain Corn, Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin, Trisodium Phosphate, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron, Vitamin A (palmitate), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate).
What should I buy instead of Cereal?▾
We found 4 CEREAL products made with real ingredients: Muesli Cereal by Bio-Familia AG, Honey'd Corn Flakes by Unknown, Homestyle Instant Oatmeal by Nature's Path Foods Inc., and more. All of them passed Nonna's kitchen test.
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