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Sour patchSnacks · 0070462030822

Sour Patch, Soft & Chewy Candy, Sour Apple, Sour Apple

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Tartrazine).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 3 May 2025

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. TartrazineHigh concernSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Brilliant blue FCFModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Sugar55.6%No flag›
  • Invert Sugar22.2%No flag›
  • Corn Syrup11.1%No flag›
  • Modified Corn Starch5.6%No flag›
  • Citric Acid · E3302.8%No flag
  • Tartaric Acid · E3341.4%No flag
  • Natural and Artificially Flavoring0.7%No flag
  • Blue 1 · E1330.3%Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

  • Yellow 5 · E1020.3%High

    Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.

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Sugar, Invert Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Natural And Artificially Flavoring, Blue 1 And Yellow 5.

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
  • Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

3 low · 1 not assessed

1 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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