Popping Candy by Sweet Shoppe · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingPopping Candy
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
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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.
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
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.
- Allura red AC — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Brilliant blue FCF — Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (7)
- Sugars62.5%—›
- Sugar35.416666666666664%—›
- Glucose syrup13.541666666666668%—›
- Lactose13.541666666666671%—›
- DL-malic acid18.75%—›
- Artificial flavour2.5%—
- Allura red2.5%⚠ high
- Tartrazine2.5%⚠ high
- Brilliant blue FCF2.5%⚠ moderate
- Carbon dioxide8.75%—
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Sugars (sugar, glucose syrup, lactose), DL-malic acid, Artificial flavour, Allura red, Tartrazine, Brilliant blue FCF, Carbon dioxide
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