Honey Bunches of Oats Honey bunches, front of pack

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Honey Bunches of Oats

Honey bunches

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #18 of 44 breakfast cereal we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving3/4 cup (32 g) Cereal (32 g)
Purine per servingabout 1 mg, at most 3 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 8 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 9 mg per serving
Main purine sourcerolled oats
Fructose per serving3 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving6 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 25% 4 mg 1 mg
almonds almonds (A) 31 mg up to 17% 2 mg under 1 mg
malted barley flour barley (A) 44 mg up to 10% 1 mg under 1 mg
corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 100% 4 mg under 1 mg
wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 11% under 1 mg under 1 mg
whole grain wheat whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 50% 2 mg under 1 mg
rice white rice (A) 6 mg up to 14% under 1 mg under 1 mg
malted corn corn (A) 12 mg up to 7.1% under 1 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.
  • Up to 3 mg of purine per serving, under 2% of the 400 mg daily guide. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 6 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

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: CORN, WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, BROWN SUGAR, ALMONDS, RICE, CANOLA OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, CORN SYRUP, SALT, WHEY (FROM MILK), MALTED CORN AND BARLEY SYRUP, HONEY, CARAMEL COLOR, CINNAMON, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR), BHT ADDED TO PACKAGING MATERIAL TO PRESERVE PRODUCT FRESHNESS, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, VITAMIN B6, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), ZINC OXIDE (SOURCE OF ZINC), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D3

Serving: 3/4 cup (32 g) Cereal (32 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2659123), dated 2023-10-26. UPC 884912014276. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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