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Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00016000322622

Cheerios Cereal

Cheerios · General Mills Sales Inc.

  • Lab testsA lab tested a product with this brand and name. See results
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of processed cereal products show what's typical. See levels

Lab results for a matching product

Likely this product: the lab recorded its brand and name but not its barcode, so we matched it by brand and name. Package size and recipe may differ.

Cheerios 100% Whole Grain Oats Cereal

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 in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)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 in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)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 in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)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).

Typical for processed cereal products

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.

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.

Ingredients (from the label)

Whole Grain Oats, Corn Starch, Sugar, Salt, Tripotassium Phosphate. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness.Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2025-07-24. Labels change; check the package.

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