Candy corn · GreenveilSaving recent analysisCandy corn
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- ErythrosineIodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Food healthCritical
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCF — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Erythrosine — Iodine-based red dye; thyroid effects in animal studies; restricted uses.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (10)
- Sugar55%—›
- Corn syrup22.5%—›
- Honey11.25%—›
- Zein5.625%—›
- Salt0.19875%—›
- Egg whites0.19875%—›
- Artificial flavor0.19875%—
- Soy protein0.19875%—›
- Carnauba wax0.19875%—
- Artificial colors4.63124999999998%—
- Yellow #60.19875%⚠ high
- Yellow #50.099375%⚠ high
- Red #34.33312499999998%⚠ moderate
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Sugar, corn syrup, honey, zein, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor, soy protein, carnauba wax, artificial colors (yellow #6, yellow #5, red #3).
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.
