Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy

Name: Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy
Brand: Warheads

Hard candy rolled in a very sour malic-acid coating, then sweet after the first minute.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

Synthetic dyesRed 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1
Corn syrupCorn syrup
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 3 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 5	Synthetic dyes	YELLOW 5
Blue 1	Synthetic dyes	BLUE1
Corn syrup	Corn syrup	CORN SYRUP
Canola oil	Seed oils	CANOLA OIL

Ingredients as listed

Sugar, Corn Syrup, Microencapsulated Malic Acid (Malic Acid, Hydrogenated Palm Oil), Citric Acid, Gum Acacia, Canola Oil (Processing Aid), Natural and Artificial Flavors, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue1, Carnauba Wax, Corn Starch.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2699084). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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