Palm Oil Free Cereal

We ran 987 cereal through our palm oil free rules: 24 pass, 12 need a label check, and 117 don't make it.

Plain flakes and oats have almost no added fat. Granola, clusters and anything baked or coated is different: the binding fat is often palm oil, listed as such or hidden as "vegetable oil". Children's cereals with a chocolate or honey coating are the most frequent fails on this shelf.

You can eat these

Where the traps are

What actually disqualifies cereal from a palm oil free diet, counted across 60 of the 117 products that fail:

palm oil
37 products
palm oil, flagged by the open food facts ingredient analysis
10 products
palm kernel
5 products
palm kernel oil
5 products
huile de palme
2 products

Check the label first

For these, the data is incomplete or an ingredient can go either way. We say so instead of guessing. Tap one to see exactly what's unclear.

Verdicts are automated checks based on Open Food Facts data. Formulations change, so always confirm on the physical label.