What's in breakfast cereal

Molecules in it 10

• Starch

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  How plants store glucose, and the biggest single source of calories in the human diet. Bread, rice, potatoes, and pasta are largely this.

• IronFe

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  The metal civilisation is named after, the core of the planet, and the atom at the centre of haemoglobin that carries oxygen in your blood. Element 26.

  As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Danger; Flammable, Irritant from source

• FolateC19H19N7O6

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Vitamin B9, needed to build DNA. It is added to flour in many countries because a shortage early in pregnancy causes neural tube defects.

  As a pure substance: LD50 85 mg/kg (mouse, other) from source

• ThiamineC12H17N4OS+

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Vitamin B1. Its absence causes beriberi, the disease that appeared when milling stripped the husk off rice and took the vitamin with it.

  As a pure substance: LD50 3,710 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source

• RiboflavinC17H20N4O6

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Vitamin B2, the pigment that makes a B-complex vitamin bright yellow and, taken in excess, turns urine fluorescent yellow-green.

  As a pure substance: LD50 10,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source

• Nicotinic acidC6H5NO2

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Vitamin B3, which your cells use to turn food into usable energy; roasting even creates a little of it in coffee.

  As a pure substance: LD50 7,000 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source

• NicotinamideC6H6N2O

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  The amide form of vitamin B3, used in skin creams as niacinamide. Unlike niacin it does not cause the flushing that a large dose of B3 can bring on.

  As a pure substance: LD50 3,500 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source

• PyridoxineC8H11NO3

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Vitamin B6, needed by more enzymes than any other vitamin, especially the ones that build and break down amino acids.

  As a pure substance, its GHS hazard label: signal word Warning; Irritant from source

• ZincZn

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  The metal that galvanises steel against rust, and a trace nutrient the body needs for hundreds of enzymes and for wound healing. Element 30.

  As a pure substance: LD50 630 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source

• SucroseC12H22O11

  On MoleculeFinder's curated breakfast cereal list from source

  Table sugar: one glucose joined to one fructose. It is the reference point the whole sweetness scale is measured against, at exactly 1 times sweet.

  As a pure substance: LD50 29,700 mg/kg (rat, oral) from source