Sour Patch Kids Tropical

Name: Sour Patch Kids Tropical
Brand: Sour Patch Kids

Sour-then-sweet soft candy in tropical flavours, from the Sour Patch Kids line.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

Synthetic dyesRed 40, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Titanium dioxide
Corn syrupCorn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Red 40	Synthetic dyes	RED 40
Yellow 6	Synthetic dyes	YELLOW 6
Blue 1	Synthetic dyes	BLUE 1
Titanium dioxide	Synthetic dyes	TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Corn syrup	Corn syrup	CORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

SUGAR, INVERT SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF TARTARIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR (INCLUDES CINNAMON), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), YELLOW 6, RED 40, BLUE 1.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2688851). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More sour candy first, then the rest of the gummies and fruity candy aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.

Sour Patch Kids Tropical

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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