Cheerios

Cheerios
A bowl of Cheerios cereal (Limited edition "With Happy Heart Shapes", c. 2022)
Product typeBreakfast cereal
OwnerGeneral Mills
Produced byGeneral Mills (US/Canada)
Nestlé (outside US/Canada)
CountryUnited States
IntroducedMay 1, 1941; 83 years ago (1941-05-01)
TaglineGood Goes Around
Websitecheerios.com
Cheerios
Nutritional value per 1 cup (28g)
Energy100 kcal (420 kJ)
20
Sugars1
Dietary fiber3
2
Saturated0.5
Trans0
3
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV
Vitamin A equiv.
1%
10 μg
Vitamin C
11%
10 mg
MineralsQuantity
%DV
Calcium
1%
10 mg
Iron
250%
45 mg
Potassium
6%
180 mg
Sodium
6%
140 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Cholesterol0
Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2]

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.

  1. ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  2. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024. Retrieved June 21, 2024.