Cereal

Cheerios 100% Whole Grain Oats Cereal

Lab results for this product

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024)

• DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): 37 ppb (found in 5 of 5, highest 52). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 41 kg (90 lb) a day of this; an adult at more than 100 kg.
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  under 1% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit
• DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate): 15 ppb (found in 5 of 5, highest 43). No US agency limit we can cite.
• DEHP: 21 ppb (found in 5 of 5, highest 24). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 14 kg (31 lb) a day of this; an adult at about 67 kg (150 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  under 1% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit
• DMP (dimethyl phthalate): found in 1 of 5 samples (highest 5.6 ppb). No US agency limit we can cite.
• DEHT (DOTP): 100 ppb (found in 5 of 5, highest 180). No US agency limit we can cite.
• DEHA: found in 2 of 5 samples (highest 11 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need more than 100 kg a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 kg.
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  under 1% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit

Not found above the lab's limit: BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), BPS (bisphenol S), BPF (bisphenol F), BPA (bisphenol A).

ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.

Barcoded products this likely is: Cheerios Cereal, Cheerios Cereal Pouch, Cheerios Cereal, Cheerios Cereal 8 Count (matched by brand and name).

Typical for cereal

Compared with FDA's oat ring cereal: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.

• Lead: typically 4.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 610 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.4 kg (5.3 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  16% of a toddler's daily limit

  4% of a adult's daily limit
• Cadmium: typically 19 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 750 g (26 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.5 kg (7.7 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  13% of a toddler's daily limit

  3% of a adult's daily limit
• Arsenic (total): typically 28 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
• Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  5% of a toddler's daily limit

  1% of a adult's daily limit
• Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
• Perchlorate in Oat ring cereal: found in 20 of 20, average 4.9, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

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