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Blueberry Cheerios - General Mills - 14.2oz

Blueberry Cheerios - General Mills - 14.2oz

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Barcode: 0016000163485 (EAN / EAN-13) 016000163485 (UPC / UPC-A)

Quantity: 14.2oz

Packaging: Cardboard box

Brands: General Mills

Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Breakfasts, Cereals and potatoes, Cereals and their products, Breakfast cereals

Labels, certifications, awards: No gluten, No artificial flavors

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

37 ingredients

whole grain oats, sugar, blueberry puree concentrate, corn starch, canola oil, salt, corn syrup, vegetable and fruit juice color, trisodium phosphate, natural flavor, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), iron and zinc (mineral nutrients), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin a (palmitate), vitamin b (riboflavin), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12, vitamin d3.

Food processing

Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

Ingredient: Flavouring
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

Processed culinary ingredients

Processed foods

Ultra processed foods

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Additives

E339 - Sodium phosphates

Sodium phosphates: Sodium phosphate is a generic term for a variety of salts of sodium -Na+- and phosphate -PO43−-. Phosphate also forms families or condensed anions including di-, tri-, tetra-, and polyphosphates. Most of these salts are known in both anhydrous -water-free- and hydrated forms. The hydrates are more common than the anhydrous forms.
Source: Wikipedia

E339iii - Trisodium phosphate

Sodium phosphates: Sodium phosphate is a generic term for a variety of salts of sodium -Na+- and phosphate -PO43−-. Phosphate also forms families or condensed anions including di-, tri-, tetra-, and polyphosphates. Most of these salts are known in both anhydrous -water-free- and hydrated forms. The hydrates are more common than the anhydrous forms.
Source: Wikipedia

Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Unrecognized ingredients: Vegetable-and-fruit-juice-color, Added-to-preserve-freshness, Mineral-nutrients, A-b-vitamin, Vitamin-b, A-b-vitamins
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Vegan status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Vegetable-and-fruit-juice-color, Vitamin E, Added-to-preserve-freshness, Vitamin C, Iron, Zinc, Mineral-nutrients, A-b-vitamin, Thiamin, Thiamin mononitrate, Vitamin-b, A-b-vitamins, Folic acid, Vitamin b12
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Unrecognized ingredients: Vegetable-and-fruit-juice-color, Vitamin E, Added-to-preserve-freshness, Vitamin C, Iron, Zinc, Mineral-nutrients, A-b-vitamin, Thiamin, Thiamin mononitrate, Vitamin-b, A-b-vitamins, Folic acid, Vitamin b12
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: whole grain oats, sugar, blueberry, corn starch, canola oil, salt, corn syrup, vegetable and fruit juice color, trisodium phosphate, natural flavor, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols), added to preserve freshness, vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), iron, zinc (mineral nutrients), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamins, vitamin b1, thiamin mononitrate, vitamin a (palmitate), vitamins, vitamin b, riboflavin, a b vitamins, folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3
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canola oil -> en:canola-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20

salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

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niacinamide -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

vitamin b6 -> en:vitamin-b6 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

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vitamin a -> en:vitamin-a - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

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vitamins -> en:vitamins - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

vitamin b -> en:vitamin-b - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

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vitamin d3 -> en:cholecalciferol - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.1805555

Nutrition

Poor nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fiber is not specified, their possible positive contribution to the grade could not be taken into account.

⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 19
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 0

Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 8.3333, rounded value: 8.33)

Fiber: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 19.0277833333333, rounded value: 19)

Negative points: 15

Energy: 4 / 10 (value: 1628, rounded value: 1628)

Sugars: 6 / 10 (value: 27.7778, rounded value: 27.78)

Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)

Sodium: 5 / 10 (value: 472.2222, rounded value: 472.2)

The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

Nutritional score: (15 - 0)

Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
- Fat in moderate quantity (5.56%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Sugars in high quantity (27.8%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
  
  Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
  
  Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts
- Salt in moderate quantity (1.18%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	Compared to: Breakfast cereals
Energy	1,628 kj (389 kcal)	-1%
Fat	5.556 g	-33%
Saturated fat	0 g	-100%
Carbohydrates	80.556 g	+22%
Sugars	27.778 g	+80%
Fiber	?
Proteins	8.333 g	-14%
Salt	1.181 g	+199%
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	19.028 %

Environment

Eco-Score D - High environmental impact

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Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: C (Score: 45/100)

Category: Breakfast cereals, mix of puffed or extruded cereals, fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

PEF environmental score: 0.63 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 3.56 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	79.2 %
Processing	12.4 %
Packaging	3.8 %
Transportation	3.9 %
Distribution	0.8 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Bonuses and maluses

Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5

⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.

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No ingredients that threaten species

Packaging with a low impact

Malus: -1

Shape	Material	Recycling	Impact
Box	Cardboard		Low

Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: D (Score: 39/100)
Product: Blueberry Cheerios - General Mills - 14.2oz

Life cycle analysis score: 45
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -6

Final score: 39/100

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Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 1.8 km in a petrol car

356 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Breakfast cereals, mix of puffed or extruded cereals, fortified with vitamins and chemical elements (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	62.8 %
Processing	21.6 %
Packaging	7.9 %
Transportation	7.1 %
Distribution	0.5 %
Consumption	0.0 %

Packaging

Packaging with a low impact

Packaging parts

Box (Cardboard)

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
Paper or cardboard

Transportation

Origins of ingredients
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Blueberry Cheerios - General Mills - 14.2oz