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Corn Flakes
Great ValuePlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0078742213286

Corn Flakes

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

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Mar 2026

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

  • Milled corn71.7%No flag
  • Corn syrup14.2%No flag›
  • Salt0.3%No flag›
  • Barley malt extract0.3%No flag
  • Wheat starch0.3%No flag›
  • Bht added to preserve freshness · E3210.3%Moderate

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

  • Vitamins0.3%No flag›
  • Minerals0.3%No flag
  • Ferric orthophosphate0.3%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.3%No flag
  • Vitamin b3 · E3750.3%No flag
  • Zinc oxide0.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin0.3%No flag›
  • Calcium pantothenate0.3%No flag›
  • Pantothenic acid0.3%No flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.3%No flag›
  • Vitamin b60.3%No flag›
  • Folic acid11.1%No flag›
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milled corn, corn syrup, salt, barley malt extract, wheat starch, bht added to preserve freshness, vitamins and minerals: ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (vitamin b5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid,

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 4 Mar 2026

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

1 minor · 6 low · 2 not assessed

2 of 9 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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