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Dorset Cereals Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Dorset Cereals

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Dorset Cereals super cranberry, cherry & almond muesli toasted cereal received a Longevity Score of 72 out of 100 (occasional choice). Whole-grain and dried-fruit muesli with nuts and seeds, but added sugar from fruit and malt is notable. Strengths include whole grain wheat, barley, and oat flakes, almonds and sunflower seeds, and fiber around 4g per serving, while main considerations include sugar about 17g per serving, largely from dried fruit and malt, sweetened dried cranberries and added sugar present, and malted and toasted grains indicate processing.

Longevity Score 72/100

What helped the score?

  • Whole grain wheat, barley, and oat flakes
  • Contains almonds and sunflower seeds
  • Fiber around 4g per serving

What held the score back?

  • Sugar about 17g per serving, largely from dried fruit and malt
  • Sweetened dried cranberries and added sugar present
  • Malted and toasted grains indicate processing

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Dorset Cereals Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal
Category
Breakfast & Cereal (source: Cereal)
GTIN / UPC
00814930010448
Serving size
55 g (0.5 cup)
Source data — ingredients
Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
Healthy Food Guide analysis
Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
Data last verified

Dorset Cereals

Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Whole-grain and dried-fruit muesli with nuts and seeds, but added sugar from fruit and malt is notable.

What Stands Out

Added Sweetener

Added sugar in barley flakes an…

Contains Seed Oils

Sunflower oil in sweetened drie…

Good Fiber

4g fiber

14% DV

Good Protein

5g protein

10% DV

Whole Foods

Wheat, barley, and oat flakes,…

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Whole grain wheat, barley, and oat flakes
  • Contains almonds and sunflower seeds
  • Fiber around 4g per serving
  • Low sodium and saturated fat per serving

Key Concerns

  • Sugar about 17g per serving, largely from dried fruit and malt
  • Sweetened dried cranberries and added sugar present
  • Malted and toasted grains indicate processing
  • Sunflower oil in sweetened cranberries

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Wheat, barley, and oat flakesRaisins, sultanas, and cherriesFlaked almondsSunflower seeds

Processing signals

Toasted and malted grain flakesSweetened dried cranberries

Seed oils

Sunflower oil in sweetened dried cranberries

Added sweeteners

Added sugar in barley flakes and cranberriesBarley malt extract

Ingredients

Ingredient list

TOASTED AND MALTED WHEAT FLAKES (WHEAT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), RAISINS (16%), TOASTED AND MALTED BARLEY FLAKES (BARLEY, SUGAR, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), SULTANAS (13%), TOASTED AND MALTED OAT FLAKES (OAT FLAKES, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), SUNFLOWER SEEDS (8%), SWEETENED DRIED CRANBERRIES (6%) (SUGAR, CRANBERRIES, SUNFLOWER OIL), FLAME RAISINS (5%), FLAKED ALMONDS (3.5%), FREEZE DRIED CHERRIES (1%).

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

200

10% DV

Total Carbs

39g

14% DV

Protein

5g

10% DV

Saturated Fat

0.5g

3% DV

Fiber

4g

14% DV

Net Carbs

35g

13% DV

Sugar

17g

Added Sugar

6g

12% DV

Total Fat

4.5g

6% DV

Sodium

90mg

4% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

4g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories20010% DV
Total Carbs39g14% DV
Protein5g10% DV
Saturated Fat0.5g3% DV
Fiber4g14% DV
Net Carbs35g13% DV
Sugar17g—
Added Sugar6g12% DV
Total Fat4.5g6% DV
Sodium90mg4% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat4g—

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.

Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.

How this product may fit different goals

The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.

  • Low-Spike Stability

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (35g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low saturated fat (0.5g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (17g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (17g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (17g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (17g of 39g carbs)

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Understanding the Longevity analysis

What the Longevity analysis evaluates

The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.

Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients

Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.

Who may prioritize Longevity

People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.

How Longevity differs from Food Integrity

Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.

Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both

The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.

Common questions about this product

Is Dorset Cereals Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Lightly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Dorset Cereals Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal shows about 4.02g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Dorset Cereals Super Cranberry, Cherry & Almond Muesli Toasted Cereal: 6g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Added sugar in barley flakes and cranberries, Barley malt extract. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Whole grain wheat, barley, and oat flakes; Contains almonds and sunflower seeds; Fiber around 4g per serving.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Sugar about 17g per serving, largely from dried fruit and malt; Sweetened dried cranberries and added sugar present; Malted and toasted grains indicate processing.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same breakfast & cereal differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Breakfast & Cereal, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information

Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.

Sources, citations & safety

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