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Jolly Rancher Hard Candy

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Low nutrition · Ultra-processed · per 100 g

Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.

Middle of Candy. 13 of 25 on our shelves score higher.

Council note

Ultra-processed — flavours, extras, a list a kitchen would not write. The colour (Tartrazine) is cosmetic, not food. A dietitian would not make this a weekday habit. Middle of Candy. 13 of 25 on our shelves score higher.

Watch-outs

  • Artificial colours

    Tartrazine, Allura red AC, Brilliant blue FCF

The pack

Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.

How often

Rarely

Who it’s for

Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.

Skip if

It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.

  • The nutrition box is incomplete
  • This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent
  • Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good

At a glance

How often

Rarely

Nutrition box

Low

How processed

Ultra-processed

Extras

4 additives

Planet

Mixed footprint · 52/100

Organic

Not organic

Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.

Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.

Source pack factsFind in stores

No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.

Why this number

Ultra-processed — built with extras a kitchen wouldn’t use. Better as a rare treat, not a Good rating.

Poor · 35/100 · nutrition low

  • Nutrition quality39/100
  • Ingredients50/100
  • How processed16/100
  • Organic0/100

What pulled it down

  • The nutrition box is incomplete

    Energy is high but salt and saturated fat are missing. We will not call that Good nutrition — a thin label is not a clean pack.

  • This nutrition box cannot be rated Excellent

    This is a treat pattern. It can only scrape into low Good if the list is clean and it is not ultra-processed.

  • Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good

    A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.

  • A cluster of extras blocks Excellent or Good

    A cluster of extras keeps this at Poor: a sometimes product, not a habit.

  • A weak-ish nutrition box

    About 17.5 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g. A treat pattern.

  • Ultra-processed

    Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. A growing pile of research ties a diet of these to poorer health — not because one biscuit is poison, but because the pattern crowds out real food.

  • Tartrazine

    -14

    Azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children. EFSA ADI 7.5 mg/kg.

  • Allura red AC

    -14

    Widely used azo dye. Hyperactivity concern in children.

  • Brilliant blue FCF

    -14

    Synthetic dye. Hyperactivity concern in sensitive children when stacked with other azo colours.

  • Azo dye mix

    -8

    2 synthetic colours (the Southampton six family) sit on this pack. Linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children.

Nutrition is half the number. Ingredients a quarter. How processed a fifth. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot rescue a sugary drink or a nitrite ham. How this compares to Nutri-Score

Nutrition · per 100 g

Energy1640 kJ
Sugars70 gHigh

Very sweet — about 17.5 teaspoons of sugar in 100 g.

Saturated fat0 gLow
Salt0 gLow

Light on salt.

Fibre0 g
Protein0 g

Ingredients

Corn syrup, sugar, malic acid, natural and artificial flavour, yellow 5, red 40, blue 1.

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