Gummy Cluster - Fruits
Processing
4
Ultra-processed
Group 4 of 4 on the NOVA scale
Additives listed
7
0 we grade moderate or higher
5 of them not yet assessed here
Sugars per 100g
70g
High
UK FSA front of pack threshold
Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.
Additives (7)
This label lists 2 acidity regulators, 2 thickeners and gelling agents, 1 colour and 1 glazing agent. 1 more we cannot place from the code alone.
E100
Curcumin
Yellow colour
What it is. The yellow pigment from turmeric root.
Why it is used. Colours mustards, sauces, dairy, confectionery and savoury snacks.
What the evidence says. A plant pigment people have eaten as a spice for a very long time, and regulators treat it as safe with an acceptable daily intake. EFSA noted that children who eat a lot of the foods it is used in could approach that intake, which is a reason to watch total use rather than a sign of harm.
Permitted with maximum levels in the foods where it is allowed.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E100
E330
Citric acid
Acidity regulator
What it is. A mild acid found naturally in citrus fruit, made commercially by fermentation.
Why it is used. Adds tartness, balances flavour and helps preserve. One of the most used additives in food.
What the evidence says. Safe at food levels. No credible health concern for the additive itself.
Permitted freely.
Assessed against EFSA, JECFA. Full entry for E330
Also on the label, not assessed here yet
- E105 Fast Yellow AB
- E296 Malic acid acidity regulator
- E414 Acacia gum (gum arabic) thickener
- E428 Gelatine thickener
- E903 Carnauba wax glazing agent
1 of these is not on the GB permitted list
E105 Fast Yellow AB
Absent from Assimilated Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II, the register of additives permitted in Great Britain. That is a statement about the food additive register and nothing else: several of these are permitted in medicines, where different rules apply, and this catalogue carries some entries that are not food. Our product data is crowd sourced and worldwide, so on something sold here a code from this list usually means an imported line, an out of date entry, or a mistake in the source rather than anything about the contents. It is not a statement that this product is unsafe, and the pack is the authority.
Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.
Ingredients
Fat <0.50 of which: saturates <0.19 Carbohydrate 82g of which: 70g sugars Protein 2.3g Salt 0.35g Ingredients glucose syrup, sugar, dextrose, gelatine (park), modified maize starch", acids malic acid, citric acid), water, acidity regulator (sodium chrate), concentrated fruit juices apple, watermelon, plant and vegetable concentrates (black cam, spining, red radish, flavourings, thickener gum arabic, glazing agent (carnauba wax, stabiliser (mono - and diglycerides of tatty acid, colour (curcumin, packaging pas nitrogen) "Contains glucose grip, dextrace and starch from genetically modified maine and sugar from genetically modified sugar beet Packaged in a protective atmosphere. MANUFACTURED BY FERRARA CANDY COMPANY, CHICAGO, IL, 60607, USA &O MARA CANDY COMPANY. A rights are IMPORTED AND STITTED IN THE UK BY FOKS BURTON'S COMPANIES FBC) UK LTD, WELLINGTON STREET, BATLER, WEST YORKSHIRE, MF17 SE IMPORTED AND DISTRIBUTED IN FELAND BY FOY'S BURTON'S COMPANIES FBC UK LTD, UNIT 105, 3 LOMBARD ST EAST, DUBLIN 2, RO SAFETY WARNING SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS HARD AND SOFT CANDIES MAY INADVERTENTLY BECOME LODGED IN THE THROAT 162328 1 230000 131735'
As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.