Gimbal's Fine Candies
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Gimbal's Fine Candies, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Gimbal's Fine Candies averages 23.8/100 across the 4 of 4 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 100.0% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 23.8/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 4 scored products
- 4
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 100.0%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- Snacks
- leading Open Food Facts shelf (4 products in the top five)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Read the compact shelf sample
This compact set is concrete enough to inspect item by item: Sour fruit mix jelly beans; Cherry lovers; Sour Lovers. Its 23.8/100 average and 100.0% flagged-product share summarize just 4 records, so a single reformulation can move both figures sharply. Use the product links as a checklist; the brand aggregate is orientation, not a recall, allergy clearance, or promise about products missing from Open Food Facts.
Small captured catalog
Read the visible labels, not just the average
This is a small, fully labelled catalog with 4 tracked Gimbal's Fine Candies records. The list below shows 4 records that pass the catalog's display-quality filter. The visible sample includes Sour fruit mix jelly beans; Cherry lovers; Sour Lovers. Because one reformulation can move a small-set average sharply, the individual labels are the primary evidence.
- Label coverage
- 100%
- Visible records
- 4
- Observed range
- 0–95
Next check: open a visible product whose current package you have and compare its ingredient panel with this snapshot.
What the Data Says About Gimbal's Fine Candies
Gimbal's Fine Candies: 4 products tracked, 4 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 23.8/100, 100.0% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
100.0% of the scored Gimbal's Fine Candies products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. That distribution is the primary finding; the average does not make those affected formulations "mostly safe." Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Across the 894,137 products we index overall, the average safety score is 92.8/100, and Gimbal's Fine Candies sits 69 points below that fleet-wide average.
Gimbal's Fine Candies relies most on Blue 1, an industry staple
Across the 4 Gimbal's Fine Candies products scored here, Blue 1 appears in 3. It is used by 1,963 other brands in this database (5.6% of them), so its presence says more about the category than about this brand. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Gimbal's Fine Candies products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Blue 1 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Red 40 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 6 | 3 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 2 | 1 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 1 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 4 concern-sorted Gimbal's Fine Candies records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (15.5 ingredients and 0/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 4
- Median label
- 15.5 ingredients
- Median score
- 0/100
The outlined point is Sour fruit mix jelly beans, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (9). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Sour fruit mix jelly beans: 23 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 9 flagged.
- Cherry lovers: 18 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 5 flagged.
- Sour Lovers: 13 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Licorice: 10 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
Products by Gimbal's Fine Candies
Showing 4 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first).
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Gimbal's Fine Candies: closest on tracked product count (4 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (23.8/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Gimbal's Fine Candies food safe? ▼
Gimbal's Fine Candies has an average safety score of 24/100 across the 4 of 4 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 100.0% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Gimbal's Fine Candies products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 4 Gimbal's Fine Candies products. 4 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 0 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
Does Gimbal's Fine Candies use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Gimbal's Fine Candies items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Gimbal's Fine Candies profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Sour fruit mix jelly beans, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (9) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Blue 1 appears in 3 scored Gimbal's Fine Candies products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Gimbal's Fine Candies's 23.8/100 average and 100.0% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
