Haribo
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Haribo, 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
Haribo averages 52.7/100 across the 105 of 260 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 76.2% 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.
- 52.7/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 105 scored products
- 260
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 76.2%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 99%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 260 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Twin snakes sweet sour gummy candy; Haribo Starmix Gummi Candy; Starmix; 76.2% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 52.7/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 105 of 260 tracked Haribo records (40.4%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 155 cannot be screened, so the 52.7/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Haribo
Haribo: 260 products tracked, 105 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 52.7/100, 76.2% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 40.4% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Haribo's 76.2% flagged share is 58.2 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Haribo processing intensity
Haribo's NOVA-classified set is 104 products: 99% ultra-processed (Group 4, 103 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 103. That ultra-processed share sits 20.7 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Haribo shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Haribo concentrates in Snacks (114, 98% of this top-five); 15-mg (1); Gummy-candy (1).
- Snacks 114
- 15-mg 1
- Gummy-candy 1
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Haribo's 76.2% flagged share is measured across 105 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Haribo flagged share vs large-brand cohort
76.2% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
76% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 50%–60%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (52.7/100) summarizes 105 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Haribo product score distribution
Brand average 52.7/100 across 105 scored products
53 58th percentile sits above 58% of the 105 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Distribution as text
- 0–10
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 20–30
- 51 scored products (49%)
- 40–50
- 1 scored products (1%)
- 50–60
- 15 scored products (14%)
- 70–80
- 7 scored products (7%)
- 90–100
- 5 scored products (5%)
- 100 and above
- 25 scored products (24%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Haribo relies most on Red 40, an industry staple
Across the 105 Haribo products scored here, Red 40 appears in 70. It is used by 2,397 other brands in this database (6.8% 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 | Haribo products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Red 40 | 70 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Yellow 5 | 70 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Blue 1 | 55 | FDA voluntary phase-out target 2027-12-31 (a request, not a ban) · Restricted: California (schools) |
| Caramel Coloring | 13 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Trans Fat | 1 | FDA ban effective 2018-06-18 · Restricted: Federal (FDA banned) |
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 50 concern-sorted Haribo 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 (14 ingredients and 25/100) 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
- 50
- Median label
- 14 ingredients
- Median score
- 25/100
The outlined point is Twin snakes sweet sour gummy candy, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (4). 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
- Twin snakes sweet sour gummy candy: 25 resolved ingredients, 0/100, 4 flagged.
- Haribo Starmix Gummi Candy: 18 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Starmix: 15 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Haribo starmix - big bag: 16 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Haribo Starmix: 14 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Fruit Flavor Passport Mix Gummi Candy, Fruit: 25 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Scaremix Gummi Candy, Scaremix: 20 resolved ingredients, 20/100, 4 flagged.
- Gummi candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears Gummi Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gold-Bears Gummi Candy: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gold-bears gummi candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gold bears: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears Big Bag: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Ghostly Gummies: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 12 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Twin cherries gummi candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummy Candy, Twin Cherries: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo, sour gold-bears gummi candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Goldbears Sour: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Gold-Bears Sour: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour gold-bears gummi candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo, sour gold-bears: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Twin Snakes, Gummi Candy: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi Candy: 17 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Dinosaurs: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour S'ghetti: 12 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour S'Ghetti Gummi Candy: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Twin Snakes Gummies: 16 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi candy: 12 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi Candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Watermelon: 12 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Watermelon: 11 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- haribo sour sghetti: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Haribo Goldbears Wild Berry: 12 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gold Bears Sour: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears Tropical: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Twin Snakes Tropical: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- haribo sour streamers: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour Streamers: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Goldbears: 15 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Sour Easter Grass: 11 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Christmas gold bears: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Happy Hoppers Gummi Candy: 13 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
- Gummi Candy: 14 resolved ingredients, 25/100, 3 flagged.
Products by Haribo
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 210 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Haribo: closest on tracked product count (260 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (52.7/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
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 Haribo food safe? ▼
Haribo has an average safety score of 53/100 across the 105 of 260 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 76.2% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Haribo products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 260 Haribo products. 105 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 155 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Haribo catalog? ▼
Haribo has 104 NOVA-classified products; 99% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 103 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Haribo catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Haribo concentrates in Snacks (114, 98% of this top-five); 15-mg (1); Gummy-candy (1).
Does Haribo use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Haribo 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 Haribo 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 Twin snakes sweet sour gummy candy, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (4) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Red 40 appears in 70 scored Haribo products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Haribo's 52.7/100 average and 76.2% 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.
