Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal
Whole wheat biscuits made from unroasted flakes, frosted with sugar, pre-cooked for breakfast. Fits HTS 1904.20.90.00 as prepared from unroasted cereal flakes, processed beyond chapter 11 meal or flour.
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Alternative Classifications
This product could be classified differently depending on its characteristics or intended use.
If put up for retail sale in consumer packages
Cereal preparations otherwise prepared, retail-ready, may fall under 1904.90 per statistical suffixes.
If minimally processed without swelling or pre-cooking
Basic worked wheat grains (flakes) without 'otherwise prepared' extent remain in chapter 11.
If in sweet biscuit form rather than loose flakes
If shaped into sweetened biscuits, classifies as sweet biscuits under 1905, not flake preparations.
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Import Tips & Compliance
• Document flake processing (swelling/pre-cooking) to distinguish from raw wheat flakes in 1103
• Ensure allergen declarations for wheat; common pitfall is mislabeling as gluten-free
• Avoid cocoa coatings over 6% to stay out of 1806; specify non-chocolate in entry docs
Related Products under HTS 1904.20.90.00
Rice Krispies Cereal
A puffed rice cereal made by swelling rice grains, typically sweetened and fortified with vitamins. Classified under HTS 1904.20.90.00 as a prepared food from swelled cereals (unroasted flakes or mixtures), beyond simple processing of chapter 11.
Cheerios Oat Cereal
O-shaped oat cereal from swelled or prepared unroasted oat flakes, often honey nut flavored. Under HTS 1904.20.90.00 for prepared foods from unroasted cereal flakes or mixtures, excluding flour/meal.
Shredded Wheat Biscuits
Compressed whole wheat flakes into biscuit shapes, pre-cooked from unroasted wheat. Classifies in HTS 1904.20.90.00 as prepared from unroasted cereal flakes, beyond groats/meal.
Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal
Cluster-style cereal from unroasted oat flakes mixed and prepared with honey. HTS 1904.20.90.00 for such mixtures of unroasted/roasted flakes, prepared beyond basic cereal.
Puffed Rice Cakes
Flat cakes made from swelled puffed rice grains, lightly salted. Under HTS 1904.20.90.00 as prepared swelled cereal foods from unroasted rice flakes.
Granola-Style Barley Flakes
Prepared barley flakes from unroasted grains, toasted lightly in clusters. HTS 1904.20.90.00 for prepared unroasted cereal flake mixtures.