Fruit Snacks

How it scored 15 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 26 listed

• 1 Fruit Puree
  A thick paste made from cooked or raw fruit that has been ground, pressed, or strained, retaining most of the original fruit's fiber and nut…
  Safe
• 2 Corn Syrup
  A sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture produced from corn starch hydrolysate. The high-fructose form (HFCS) contains approximately 42% or 55%…
  Moderate
• 3 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 4 Modified Corn Starch
  Corn starch chemically or physically altered (acid hydrolysis, esterification, etherification, oxidation, or enzymatic treatment) to change …
  Low
• 5 Modified Tapioca Starch
  Tapioca starch (from cassava root) chemically or physically modified to alter properties.
  Low
• 6 Gelatine
  Gelatine (E428) is a protein derived from animal collagen, typically from pig or cow skin and bones.
  Low
• 7 Pectin
  Pectin (E440a) is a natural soluble fiber polysaccharide found in fruit cell walls.
  Low
• 8 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 9 Lactic Acid
  Organic acid (E270) naturally produced by lactic acid bacteria during fermentation; also produced industrially.
  Low
• 10 Natural And Artificial Flavouring
  A blanket label for proprietary flavor mixtures combining naturally derived flavor constituents (essential oils, extracts, distillates) with…
  Low
• 11 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 12 D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
  The acetate ester of natural-form vitamin E (RRR-alpha-tocopherol); a stable form used in fortification and supplements.
  Low
• 13 Retinyl Palmitate
  Ester of retinol (vitamin A) and palmitic acid; preformed vitamin A.
  Low
• 14 Coconut Oil
  Edible oil extracted from coconut (Cocos nucifera) flesh; ~90% saturated fat (mostly medium-chain triglycerides, primarily lauric acid).
  Low
• 15 Carnauba Wax
  Carnauba wax (E903) is a natural wax obtained from the leaves of the Brazilian carnauba palm.
  Low
• 16 Allura Red
  Allura Red AC (E129; FD&C Red No. 40 in the US) — a synthetic monoazo dye, sodium salt of 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-5-methyl-4-sulfophenyl)azo…
  High
• 17 Brilliant Blue Fcf
  Brilliant Blue FCF (FD&C Blue No. 1), a synthetic triphenylmethane dye used to produce a bright blue colour.
  Moderate
• 18 Pear
  Fruit of trees in the genus Pyrus; whole fruit eaten fresh or processed.
  Safe
• 19 Peach
  Whole fruit of Prunus persica.
  Safe
• 20 Strawberry
  Fruit of Fragaria × ananassa, eaten fresh, frozen, or processed.
  Safe
• 21 Raspberry
  Raspberry (Rubus idaeus and related), a small red/black berry fruit.
  Safe
• 22 Blackberry
  The aggregate fruit of various Rubus species in the rose family.
  Safe
• 23 Blueberry
  Fruit of Vaccinium species (highbush, lowbush, rabbiteye blueberries).
  Safe
• 24 Cherry
  Fruit of Prunus avium (sweet) or Prunus cerasus (sour) trees, eaten fresh, dried, or canned.
  Safe
• 25 Acid
  Generic umbrella label for unspecified food acidulants (e.g., citric, malic, lactic, phosphoric, tartaric).
  Low
• 26 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low