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Corn Flakes
Product Insights
Corn Flakes is a ready‑to‑eat breakfast cereal made primarily from milled maize, fortified with sugar, salt, barley malt extract and a blend of vitamins and minerals. It falls in the "Cereals and potatoes" and "Breakfast cereals" groups, carries a Nutri‑Score of C and is classified as NOVA 3, indicating a processed but not ultra‑processed product. The cereal provides low fat (3.6 g) and saturated fat (0.6 g) with modest sugar (6 g) and salt (0.6 g) per 100 g, yet it is low in fiber (2.7 g), protein (7.7 g) and high in carbohydrates (85 g), so it offers quick energy but limited satiety.
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Nutritional Values
Values per 100 g/ml
Comparative Analysis
Compared with the average breakfast‑cereal profile, Corn Flakes contains less sugar (6 g vs 14.13 g), less fat (3.6 g vs 8.97 g) and lower salt (0.6 g vs 1.77 g), but also provides less fiber (2.7 g vs 8.26 g) and protein (7.7 g vs 10.15 g) while delivering higher carbohydrate content (85 g vs 63.94 g).
Ingredients
maize, sugar, salt, barley malt extract, iron, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12,
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