Bran Flakes - Post
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Barcode: 0884912113139 (EAN / EAN-13) 884912113139 (UPC / UPC-A)
Brands: Post, Post Foods Llc
Brand owner: POST
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Breakfasts, Cereals and potatoes, Cereals and their products, Breakfast cereals
Countries where sold: United States
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Ingredients
Food processing
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Processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 3 - Processed foods group:
- Ingredient: Salt
- Ingredient: Sugar
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
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected
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Vegan status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Reduced iron, Zinc oxide, Thiamin mononitrate, Thiamin, Folic acid, Vitamin b12
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Vegetarian status unknown
Unrecognized ingredients: Reduced iron, Zinc oxide, Thiamin mononitrate, Thiamin, Folic acid, Vitamin b12
The analysis is based solely on the ingredients listed and does not take into account processing methods.
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
en: Whole grain wheat, wheat bran, sugar, wheat flour, malted barley flour, salt, vitamins, minerals (reduced iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d3- Whole grain wheat -> en:whole-wheat - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9010 - percent_min: 5.88235294117647 - percent_max: 100
- wheat bran -> en:wheat-bran - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9621 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50
- sugar -> en:sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 19.4444
- wheat flour -> en:wheat-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 9410 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 19.4444
- malted barley flour -> en:barley-malt-flour - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 9550 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 19.4444
- salt -> en:salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11058 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamins -> en:vitamins - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- minerals -> en:minerals - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- reduced iron -> en:reduced-iron - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- niacinamide -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin b3 -> en:e375 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- zinc oxide -> en:zinc-oxide - labels: en:zinc-source - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin a palmitate -> en:retinyl-palmitate - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- pyridoxine hydrochloride -> en:pyridoxine-hydrochloride - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin b6 -> en:vitamin-b6 - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- thiamin mononitrate -> en:thiamin-mononitrate - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin b1 -> en:thiamin - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- riboflavin -> en:e101 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin b2 -> en:e101 - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- folic acid -> en:folic-acid - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin b12 -> en:vitamin-b12 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
- vitamin d3 -> en:cholecalciferol - vegan: maybe - vegetarian: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 1.3194445
Nutrition
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Bad nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Positive points: 5
- Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 30.9, rounded value: 30.9)
- Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 53.9, rounded value: 53.9)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
Negative points: 30
- Energy: 10 / 10 (value: 3550, rounded value: 3550)
- Sugars: 10 / 10 (value: 54, rounded value: 54)
- Saturated fat: 0 / 10 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
- Sodium: 10 / 10 (value: 1470, rounded value: 1470)
The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.
Nutritional score: (30 - 5)
Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in moderate quantity (7.72%)
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.
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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.
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Sugars in high quantity (54%)
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.
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Salt in high quantity (3.67%)
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.
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Serving size:
36 g
Environment
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Eco-Score D - High environmental impact
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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
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
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Missing origins of ingredients information
Malus: -5
⚠ ️ The origins of the ingredients of this product are not indicated.
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Missing packaging information for this product
Malus: -15
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Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: D (Score: 25/100)
Product: Bran Flakes - Post
Life cycle analysis score: 45
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20
Final score: 25/100
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Carbon footprint
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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
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Missing packaging information for this product
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Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
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