Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
Summary
Kellogg's Frosted Flakes scores 1/100. Food Democracy Now / The Detox Project 2016 testing (Anresco Laboratories) confirmed positive for glyphosate. Despite a short ingredient list (milled corn, sugar, malt flavor, salt), the second ingredient is sugar — the cereal is essentially sugar-coated refined corn flakes. Bioengineered ingredients confirmed.
At a glance
Contaminants 1
Source: Anresco Laboratories
Glyphosate Detected High
Detected at a high level — at or above health-based exposure limits. Regular exposure at this level is a genuine health concern. Glyphosate is classified as a probable human carcinogen by IARC.
Food Democracy Now / The Detox Project 2016 testing (Anresco Laboratories, FDA-registered, LC-MS/MS) confirmed positive for glyphosate.
Key ingredients 3
Sugar (second ingredient)Very Bad
Heavy added-sugar load — sugar is the second ingredient by weight, making this cereal essentially sugar-coated refined corn.
See more about Sugar (second ingredient) →Milled Corn (refined)Bad
Degerminated, refined corn with most of the fiber, vitamins, and minerals stripped out.
See more about Milled Corn (refined) →Bioengineered (GMO) ingredientNeutral
Contains bioengineered food ingredient as labeled.
See more about Bioengineered (GMO) ingredient →Processing
Ultra-Processed Foods
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