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Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Rice Krispies

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

Rice Krispies multi-grain shapes cereal received a Longevity Score of 58 out of 100 (limit frequency). Fortified refined-grain cereal with whole-grain flours, but added sugar, caramel color, BHT and low protein limit its alignment. Strengths include whole grain corn, oat, and oat fiber, 3 g fiber per serving, and low saturated fat and sodium per serving, while main considerations include sugar is the 3rd ingredient, 6 g per serving, caramel and annatto artificial-style colors, and bht preservative and heavy vitamin fortification.

Longevity Score 58/100

What helped the score?

  • Contains whole grain corn, oat, and oat fiber
  • 3 g fiber per serving
  • Low saturated fat and sodium per serving

What held the score back?

  • Sugar is the 3rd ingredient, 6 g per serving
  • Caramel and annatto artificial-style colors
  • BHT preservative and heavy vitamin fortification

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal
Category
Breakfast & Cereal (source: Cereal)
GTIN / UPC
00038000111990
Serving size
27 g (1 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

Rice Krispies

Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

Fortified refined-grain cereal with whole-grain flours, but added sugar, caramel color, BHT and low protein limit its alignment.

What Stands Out

Refined Grains

Refined rice flour and wheat fl…

Artificial Colors

Caramel color

Added Sweetener

Added sugar

Contains Seed Oils

Canola oil (2% or less)

Good Fiber

3g fiber

11% DV

Whole Foods

Whole grain yellow corn flour,…

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

Key Positives

  • Contains whole grain corn, oat, and oat fiber
  • 3 g fiber per serving
  • Low saturated fat and sodium per serving

Key Concerns

  • Sugar is the 3rd ingredient, 6 g per serving
  • Caramel and annatto artificial-style colors
  • BHT preservative and heavy vitamin fortification

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Whole grain yellow corn flourWhole grain oat flour

Processing signals

Refined rice flour and wheat flour baseReady-to-eat extruded cerealHeavy vitamin and mineral fortification

Additives

BHT for freshnessNatural flavorZinc oxide and niacinamide fortification

Seed oils

Canola oil (2% or less)

Artificial colors

Caramel colorAnnatto color

Added sweeteners

Added sugar

Ingredients

Ingredient list

RICE FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, OAT FIBER, WHEAT FLOUR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF CANOLA OIL, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO COLOR, BHT FOR FRESHNESS. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: VITAMIN C (ASCORBIC ACID), REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN B1 (THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE AND THIAMIN MONONITRATE), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN D3.

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

Macronutrients

Calories

110

6% DV

Total Carbs

24g

9% DV

Protein

2g

4% DV

Saturated Fat

0g

0% DV

Fiber

3g

11% DV

Net Carbs

21g

8% DV

Sugar

6g

Added Sugar

6g

12% DV

Total Fat

1g

1% DV

Sodium

100mg

4% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1106% DV
Total Carbs24g9% DV
Protein2g4% DV
Saturated Fat0g0% DV
Fiber3g11% DV
Net Carbs21g8% DV
Sugar6g—
Added Sugar6g12% DV
Total Fat1g1% DV
Sodium100mg4% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat1g—

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: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar". See ingredients for details.)

    This product has 1 additional signal 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 (0g)

    This product has 1 additional signal 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: Lower protein (2g)

    This product has 3 additional signals 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: Sweetener signals (Added sugar)

    This product has 2 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: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar". See ingredients for details.)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (24g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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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 Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly 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?

Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal shows about 3g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Rice Krispies Multi-Grain Shapes Cereal: 6g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Added sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Contains whole grain corn, oat, and oat fiber; 3 g fiber per serving; Low saturated fat and sodium per serving.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Sugar is the 3rd ingredient, 6 g per serving; Caramel and annatto artificial-style colors; BHT preservative and heavy vitamin fortification.

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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