Kellogg'sPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 8690504271680

Special K classic

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Annatto / bixin / norbixin).

Food health: High
Chemical concern: Not assessed

Allergens

Gluten

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 Feb 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

Annatto / bixin / norbixinMinor concernNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
What it is
Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
Why it's flagged
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
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.

Cereals82%No flag
Whole wheat44.3%No flag
Rice37.7%No flag›
Sugar9.7%No flag›
Mulberry molasses4.2%No flag
Salt0.4%No flag›
Glucose syrup0.4%No flag›
Colour0.4%No flag
Annatto · E160b0.4%Low
Natural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.
Antioxidant0.4%No flag
Tocopherol-rich extract · E3060.4%No flag
Vitamins r cotinamide0.4%No flag
Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
Thiamin0.4%No flag›
Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.4%No flag›
Vitamin 60.4%No flag
Folic acid0.4%No flag›
Folic acid0.4%No flag›
Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
Cyanocobalamin0.4%No flag›
Vitamin 120.4%No flag
Minerals0.7%No flag

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Cereals (82%) (whole wheat (54%), rice (46%)), sugar, mulberry molasses, salt, glucose syrup, colorant (annatto), antioxidant (tocopherol-rich extract), vitamins r cotinamide, thiamine mononitrate (thiamine), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit 6), pteroylmonoglutamic acid (folic acid), riboflavin, cyanocobalamin (vit 12)], minerals [elemental iron (iron)]

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 13 Feb 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern

Annatto / bixin / norbixinNatural colour; occasional allergic/intolerance reactions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

SaltModerate concern
Thiamin MononitrateModerate concern
Pyridoxine HydrochlorideModerate concern

4 moderate · 1 minor · 2 low

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Special K classic

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Nutrition profile and additives of concern

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