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Cheerios
Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 1 additive of concern (Potassium phosphates).
- Moderate
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 4 Mar 2026
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.
Potassium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- E340iii0.6%No flag
- Mixed tocopherols · E3060.6%No flag
- Added to preserve freshness0.6%No flag
- Minerals0.6%No flag
- Calcium carbonate · E170i0.6%No flag
- Mineral nutrients0.6%No flag
- Sodium ascorbate · E3010.6%No flag
- A b vitamin0.6%No flag
- Niacinamide · E3750.6%No flag
- Ab vitamins0.6%No flag
- Potassium phosphates (E340)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
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whole grain oats, corn starch, sugar, salt, tripotassium phosphate. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, iron and zinc (mineral nutrients), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin a (palmitate), vitamin b, (thiamin mononitrate), ab vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin d3.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Potassium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Corn StarchLow concern
- SugarLow concern
- SaltLow concern
7 of 16 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
Alternatives
No lower-concern alternatives are available for this product yet.
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Where this product data comes from
How we assembled this record: source coverage, image cache state, review state, and the active product version.
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