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Cereal Blueberry Morning

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #29 of 44 breakfast cereal we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 cup (59 g)
Purine per servingabout 2 mg, at most 5 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 8 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 17 mg per serving
Main purine sourcerolled oats
Fructose per serving8 g
Added sugar per serving13 g
Total sugar per serving16 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
whole grain rolled oats rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 20% 5 mg 2 mg
salt barley malt extract barley (A) 44 mg up to 13% 3 mg under 1 mg
dried blueberries blueberries (B) 22 mg up to 25% 3 mg under 1 mg
almonds almonds (A) 31 mg up to 17% 3 mg under 1 mg
whole grain wheat whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 100% 7 mg under 1 mg
rice white rice (A) 6 mg up to 50% 2 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 2 mg of purine per serving, and at most 5 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from rolled oats. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 13 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RICE, CANE SUGAR, DRIED BLUEBERRIES (BLUEBERRIES, INVERT SUGAR, GLYCERIN, SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR), WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, ALMONDS, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL. SALT BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, RICE SYRUP, MOLASSES, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR. BHT ADDED TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), REDUCED IRON, ZINC OXIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D3, VITAMIN B12.

Serving: 1 cup (59 g). Added sugar: 13 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2470858), dated 2023-02-16. UPC 884912102102. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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