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Malt O Meal S'mores Honey Graham Squares & Cocoa Corn Puff Cereal With Marshmallows, S'mores

Post Consumer Brands, LLC · Cereal · barcode 00042400240518

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA. 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 2023-11-16). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • 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: 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.

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

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
  • 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

Typical for cereal

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food 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)
  • Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: 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, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 39.7, highest 57 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: 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, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.1, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Oat ring cereal: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 4.9, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Inorganic arsenic, Perchlorate. FDA measured them 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)

CORN MEAL, SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, MARSHMALLOWS (SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, GELATIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR), MOLASSES, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, FRUCTOSE, CORN FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORN SYRUP, HONEY, SALT, BAKING SODA, CORN BRAN, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), COCONUT OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, CARAMEL COLOR, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR. BHT (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS). VITAMINS & MINERALS: VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), NIACIN (NIACINAMIDE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN C (SODIUM ASCORBATE), VITAMIN D, REDUCED IRON, ZINC (ZINC OXIDE), CALCIUM CARBONATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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