Cereals Products - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) · barcode 00016000466821
Nat Vly Oat Clusters Cereal Choc
General Mills Sales Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of cereals products - ready to eat (shelf stable) show what's typical. See levels
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 limit3% 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, YELLOW CORN GRITS, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE CHUNKS (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL VANILLA EXTRACT), CANOLA OIL, SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT), REFINER'S SYRUP, TAPIOCA SYRUP, RICE STARCH, CORN BRAN, BROWN SUGAR SYRUP, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, BAKING SODA, NATURAL FLAVOR, COCOA POWDER. VITAMIN E (MIXED TOCOPHEROLS) ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2019-04-01. Labels change; check the package.