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Kellogg's In & Out Cereal Unicorn 18.7oz

Kellogg Company US · Processed Cereal Products · barcode 00038000189234

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of processed cereal products show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2022-04-01). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • 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. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. 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.

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)

Sugar, corn flour blend (whole grain yellow corn flour, degerminated yellow corn flour), wheat flour, whole grain oat flour, contains 2% or less of vegetable oil (hydrogenated coconut, soybean and/or cottonseed, palm), oat fiber, salt, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), soluble corn fiber, natural flavor, wheat starch, red 40, cornstarch, blue 1, color added, BHT for freshness, yellow 6.Vitamins and Minerals: Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid), niacinamide, reduced iron, zinc oxide, vitamin B6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin B1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin A palmitate, vitamin B12, folic acid, vitamin D3.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-04-01. Labels change; check the package.

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