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Post Consumer Brands ingredients: what's banned overseas?

Parent company: Post Holdings Inc.

About Post Consumer Brands

Post Consumer Brands is the cereal division of Post Holdings, manufacturing several major US cereal brands including Fruity Pebbles, Cocoa Pebbles, Honey Bunches of Oats, Grape-Nuts, and Raisin Bran. Post is the third-largest cereal company in the US, with products sold at all major grocery chains and mass retailers nationwide.

Common concerns with Post Consumer Brands products

Multiple Post cereals contain concerning additives: Fruity Pebbles uses Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, and Blue 1 — petroleum-derived dyes restricted in the EU. Cocoa Pebbles contains BHT and Class IV caramel color (a source of 4-MEI, a probable carcinogen under California's Prop 65). Honey Bunches of Oats contains BHT. Post has been slower than General Mills and Kellogg's to announce comprehensive dye-removal timelines.

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