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Cereal
Quaker OatsPlant Based Foods And Beverages · 0030000662120

Cereal

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Ammonia caramel).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Peanut

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

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Ammonia caramelModerate concernCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
    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.
  2. 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

  • Corn flour63.8%No flag›
  • Sugar6.5%No flag›
  • Peanut paste6.5%No flag
  • Peanuts3.3%No flag›
  • Dextrose1.6%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated oil0.8%No flag
  • Cottonseed oil0.4%No flag›
  • Rapeseed oil0.4%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Oat flour6.5%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil6.5%No flag›
  • Coconut vegetable oil3.3%No flag›
  • Palm vegetable oil3.3%No flag›
  • Oil5.1%No flag›
  • Salt0.4%No flag›
  • Caramel color · E150a0.4%No flag
  • Reduced iron0.4%No flag›
  • Niacinamide · E3750.4%No flag
  • BHT · E3210.4%Moderate

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

  • To preserve freshness0.4%No flag
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.4%No flag›
  • Pyridoxine hydrochloride0.4%No flag›
  • Riboflavin" · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid"0.4%No flag›
  • Ingredients1.8%No flag
  • Ammonia caramel (E150C)Moderate

    Caramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.

Show original label text

Corn flour, sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, dextrose, hydrogenated cottonseed and/or rapeseed oil, salt), oat flour, vegetable oil (coconut and/or palm oil), salt, caramel color, reduced iron, niacinamide*, BHT (to preserve freshness), thiamine mononitrate", pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin", folic acid". * One of the B vitamins CONTAINS PEANUT INGREDIENTS.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Peanut.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Ammonia caramelCaramel colour class III; may contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), an animal carcinogen.
  • Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)Antioxidant; animal-study tumour/endocrine signals; structurally related to BHA.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

6 low · 4 not assessed

4 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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