Cheerios
Cheerios is a brand of cereal manufactured by General Mills in the United States and Canada, consisting of pulverized oats in the shape of a solid torus. In some countries, including the United Kingdom, Cheerios is marketed by Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand; in Australia and New Zealand, Cheerios is sold as an Uncle Tobys product. It was first manufactured in 1941 as CheeriOats.
A bowl of Cheerios cereal (Limited edition "With Happy Heart Shapes", c. 2022) | |
| Product type | Breakfast cereal |
|---|---|
| Owner | General Mills |
| Produced by | General Mills (US/Canada) Nestlé (outside US/Canada) |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | May 2, 1941 |
| Website | cheerios.com |
| Nutritional value per 1 cup (28g) | |
|---|---|
| Energy | 100 kcal (420 kJ) |
20 | |
| Sugars | 1 |
| Dietary fiber | 3 |
2 | |
| Saturated | 0.5 |
| Trans | 0 |
Protein | 3 |
| Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
| Vitamin A equiv. | 1% 10 μg |
| Vitamin C | 11% 10 mg |
| Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
| Calcium | 1% 10 mg |
| Iron | 250% 45 mg |
| Potassium | 6% 180 mg |
| Sodium | 6% 140 mg |
| Other constituents | Quantity |
| Cholesterol | 0 |
| †Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults, except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies. | |
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