Frosted Flakes Cereal — ENGINEERED

Name: Frosted Flakes Cereal
Brand: Signature SELECT

Munch or Dump rates Frosted Flakes Cereal by Signature SELECT ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Refined milled corn coated in sugar, with corn syrup and barley malt extract stacked on top — three separate sweetener sources engineering the sweet hit. The vitamin fortification is a fig leaf over what is essentially candy you eat with a spoon.

Why this verdict

Three sweetener sources: sugar, corn syrup, barley malt extract
Refined milled corn base with sugar as the second ingredient
Built for craving — sweet coating on a fast-digesting refined grain
Fortification masks a nutritionally hollow formula

Ingredients (7)

Milled corn (moderate) — Refined, degermed corn — fast carbohydrate with the fiber and germ stripped out.
Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
Corn Syrup (caution) — Added sugar baked into the crust.
Barley Malt Extract (moderate) — A third sweetener that also contributes gluten and color.
Salt (moderate) — Used in moderation, might exceed necessary amount.
wheat starch (safe) — Vitamin C, acts as a preservative here.
folic acid (safe) — Added folate.

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