25% Less Sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch Bowlpak
General Mills Sales Inc. · Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00016000294448
What stands out
- Recall
1 FDA recall names this barcode (2013, closed): possible Salmonella. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2013, closed). Details
- Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of processed cereal products show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2013-07-10 · Class I · Terminated General Mills is recalling a small quantity of single-serve reduced-sugar Cinnamon Toast Crunch bowlpak sold in foodservice establishments. The company was notified by an ingredient supplier that it had recalled an ingredient due to the possible presence of salmonella.General Mills, Inc: General Mills, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, 25% Less Sugar, Self-Serve Bowl, Net WT 1.0 oz ( 28g), Distributed by General Mills Sales, Minneapolis, MN 55440, Package UPC 00016000294448. Case: General Mills, BOWLPAK, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Reduced Sugar, 96 - 1 oz (28g) containers, Distributed by General Mills Sales, Minneapolis, MN 55440, Case UPC 10016000294445. Recall F-1589-2013 details
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2026-04-23). 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 processed cereal products
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 5.78 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).One serving (1 bowl, 28 g, from the label):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): 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 samples, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 16, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 4.73, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 16.3, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.6, highest 4.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.7, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 7 of 20 samples, average 0.55, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Oatmeal, plain, cooked: found in 15 of 20 samples, average 1.35, highest 4 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"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 Wheat, Sugar, Rice Flour, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Polydextrose, Dextrose, Salt, Cinnamon, Trisodium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin, Rosemary Extract. BHT Added to Preserve Freshness.Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate), Iron and Zinc (mineral nutrients), A B Vitamin (niacinamide), Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), Vitamin B1 (thiamin mononitrate), Vitamin A (palmitate), Vitamin B2 (riboflavin), A B Vitamin (folic acid), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2026-04-23. Labels change; check the package.