Cereals Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) · barcode 00016000275393

Gmills Oatmeal Crisp Flakes Cluster Cereal Hearty Raisins

General Mills Sales Inc.

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of cereals products - ready to eat (shelf stable) show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2019-04-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source

Typical for cereals products - ready to eat (shelf stable)

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 17.3 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 720 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
14% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 49.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Inorganic arsenic: typically 90.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.7 g (0.34 oz) a day; an adult at about 45 g (1.6 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 10× a toddler's daily limit
▲ 2.2× a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 3 of 3, average 39.7, highest 57 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.1, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20, average 0.45, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
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, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

WHOLE GRAIN OATS, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, RAISINS, CORN SYRUP, GLYCERIN, BROWN SUGAR SYRUP, BROWN SUGAR, SALT, OAT FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, HONEY, CINNAMON, BAKING SODA, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, COLOR ADDED. VITAMIN E (MIXED TOCOPHEROLS) AND BHT ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS.VITAMINS AND MINERALS: CALCIUM CARBONATE, IRON (A MINERAL NUTRIENT), A B VITAMIN (NIACINAMIDE), A B VITAMIN (CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), A B VITAMIN (FOLIC ACID).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2019-04-01. Labels change; check the package.

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