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Mashups Frosted Flakes + Apple Jacks Breakfast Sweetened Cereal, Corn; Apple

The Kellogg Company · Cereal · barcode 00038000254215

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), 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.
  • Additives4 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cereal show what's typical. See levels
  • Others2 other cereal products have lab results. Compare them

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-07-13). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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 Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Red No. 40 (Allura Red), Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue).
  • 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).

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

Only the shared rules above.

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

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

Typical for cereal

Compared with FDA's corn flakes: 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, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: 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)
  • Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 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)

MILLED CORN, SUGAR, CORN FLOUR BLEND (WHOLE GRAIN YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR), WHEAT FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MALT FLAVOR, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (HYDROGENATED COCONUT, SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL), OAT FIBER, SOLUBLE CORN FIBER, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DRIED APPLES, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, CORNSTARCH, CINNAMON, NATURAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, YELLOW 6, WHEAT STARCH, BAKING SODA, YELLOW 5, RED 40, BLUE 1, BHT FOR FRESHNESS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: IRON (FERRIC PHOSPHATE), NIACINAMIDE, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN B (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D, VITAMIN B

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-07-13. Labels change; check the package.

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