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General millsPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0016000445055

General Mills, Chex, Toasted Coconut Almond

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 1 additive of concern (Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Tree nuts

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Moderate concernAntioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.
    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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Wholemeal oat51.6%No flag
  • Sugar24.2%No flag›
  • Canola Oil12.1%No flag›
  • Brown rice6.1%No flag›
  • Rice3%No flag›
  • Almond Pieces1.5%No flag
  • Coconut0.8%No flag›
  • Honey0.4%No flag›
  • Molasses0.2%No flag›
  • Rice Flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Natural flavouring<0.1%No flag
  • Vitamin ENo flag›
  • Mixed Tocopherols · E306No flag
  • Bht Added To Preserve Freshness · E321Moderate

    Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • And MineralsNo flag
  • Calcium Carbonate · E170iNo flag
  • IronNo flag›
  • ZincNo flag›
  • Mineral NutrientsNo flag
  • Vitamin CNo flag›
  • Sodium Ascorbate · E301No flag
  • A B VitaminNo flag
  • Niacinamide · E375No flag
  • Vitamin B6No flag›
  • Pyridoxine HydrochlorideNo flag›
  • Vitamin B2 · E101No flag
  • Riboflavin · E101No flag
  • VitaminsNo flag›
  • ThiaminNo flag›
  • Thiamin MononitrateNo flag›
  • Vitamin ANo flag›
  • Retinyl palmitateNo flag›
  • A B vitaminsNo flag
  • Folic AcidNo flag›
  • Vitamin B12No flag›
  • CholecalciferolNo flag›
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Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Canola Oil, Whole Grain Rice, Rice, Almond Pieces, Toasted Coconut, Honey, Molasses, Rice Flour, Salt, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor. Vitamin E (Mixed Tocopherols) And Bht 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 B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (Thiamin Mononitrate), Vitamin A (Palmitate), A B Vitamin (Folic Acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Tree nuts.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 3 May 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

8 moderate · 1 minor · 3 low · 9 not assessed

9 of 21 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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