Breakfast Cereals - Hot And Cold · barcode 09310055105072

Kellogg's Special K High Protein 380g

Kellogg's · No Brand Owner supplied for New Zealand Data

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 breakfast cereals - hot and cold show what's typical. See levels

Typical for breakfast cereals - hot and cold

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

Cadmium: typically 9.1 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.2 kg (14 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
8% of a toddler's daily limit
2% 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
Perchlorate: typically 1.5 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.1 kg (13 lb) a day; an adult at about 28 kg (62 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury: 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 Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: 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 Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 2.2, highest 2.6 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 Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: 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 Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.7, highest 5.1 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)
Perchlorate in Oatmeal, plain, cooked: found in 15 of 20, average 1.35, highest 4 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)

Rice, Whole Grains (Wheat, Oat Flour), Wheat Protein, Sugar, Sultanas , Almond, Pepitas, Minerals (Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Zinc Oxide), Wheat Starch, Oat Fibre, Salt, Emulsifier, Barley Malt Extract, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonate), Vitamins (Niacin, Vitamin D, Tocopherols, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Folate)

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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