Target Cereal & Granola — Ingredient Scan Results

We scanned every cereal & granola we could find at Target and ranked them purely by ingredient quality. No sponsorships, no affiliate deals — just data.

12
Scanned
63
Avg Score
6
Clean Labels

Target Cereal & Granola — Ranked by Ingredient Score

#1

FARMERS MARKET MIX OAT-BASED CEREAL, FARMERS MARKET

by Seven Sundays, LLC

100
/ 100
1 seed oil

Checkit score 100/100. contains fr:sunflower seeds.

#2

Organic Berry Fruit Cereal

by Kadhi

92
/ 100
gluten 1 additive 1 seed oil

Checkit score 92/100. contains cane sugar cornstarch.

#3

HONEY ALMOND FLAX CRUNCH PLANT PROTEIN AND MULTIGRAIN CLUSTERS WITH HONEY, ALMONDS & FLAX SEEDS CEREAL, HONEY ALMOND FLAX CRUNCH

by Kellogg Company

90
/ 100
gluten nuts sesame-seeds soybeans 2 seed oils

Checkit score 90/100. contains canola oil, rapeseed oil. not organic.

#4

CEREAL MADE WITH BARLEY, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT AND OATS WITH RAISINS, DATES AND ALMONDS

by The Kellogg Company

84
/ 100
gluten nuts 1 additive 1 seed oil

Checkit score 84/100. contains milled corn. not organic.

#5

MARKET PANTRY, CINNAMON OAT BITES, SWEETENED OAT CEREAL

by Target Stores

68
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 68/100. not organic.

#6

ARCHER FARMS, NATURALLY FLAVORED FRENCH VANILLA ALMOND GRANOLA

by Target Stores

68
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 68/100. not organic.

#7

SIMPLY BALANCED, ORGANIC GRANOLA, BERRY BLEND

by Target Stores

64
/ 100
gluten 1 additive 3 seed oils

Checkit score 64/100. contains canola oil, rapeseed oil.

#8

MARSHMALLOW FLAVORED CEREAL WITH MARSHMALLOWS, MARSHMALLOW

by The Kellogg Company

56
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 56/100. not organic.

#9

CORN FLAKES CRISPY TOASTED FLAKES CEREAL, CORN FLAKES

by Target Stores

50
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 50/100. not organic.

#10

MIXED BERRY GRANOLA, MIXED BERRY

by Target Stores

38
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 38/100. not organic.

#11

SWEETENED CHOCOLATE FLAVORED RICE CEREAL, SWEETENED CHOCOLATE

by Post Consumer Brands, LLC

23
/ 100
soybeans 2 additives 3 seed oils

Checkit score 23/100. 1 moderate additive(s). contains canola, rapeseed. not organic.

#12

COCONUT GRAIN-FREE GRANOLA, COCONUT

by Target Stores

20
/ 100
Clean label

Checkit score 20/100. not organic.

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