Concern

Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy

by Ferrara Candy Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041420100239 · Ferrara Candy Company. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041420100239 · Serving size 40g

The verdict

Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy by Ferrara Candy Company scores 60/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 19 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 19-component label is layered, beginning with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Gelatin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

60/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 19 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

60/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

20100239 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 60/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 19 ing. REG-MOST 63% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Jelly Candy, Chewy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …100239 · July 2026

12 of 19 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 20100239 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Jelly Candy, Chewy Cherry · Nearest score peer is Jelly Candy, Chewy Cherry at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Ca…60/1002. Jelly Candy, Chewy Cherry: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jelly Candy, Chewy Cherry60/1003. Dark Chocolate: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Dark Chocolate60/1004. Jelly Candy Peppermint Creme Candy Canes: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jelly Candy Peppermint Cr…60/1005. Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Very Berry: 60/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Trolli Sour Brite Crawler…60/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy (60/100 on 19 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy
60/100
Jelly Candy, Chewy Cherry
60/100
Dark Chocolate
60/100
Jelly Candy Peppermint Creme Candy Canes
60/100
Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers Very Berry
60/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy lists 19 ingredients on its label

19 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 19 (68th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 60/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 19 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
3
Gelatin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
4
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
5
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
6
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
7
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
8
Confectioner's Glaze
9
Acacia
10
Gum Arabic
11
Natural And Artificial Flavors
12
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
13
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
14
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
Color
16
Carnauba Wax
17
Beeswax
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
18
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
19
Yellow

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, FUMARIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, ACACIA (GUM ARABIC), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM LACTATE, SODIUM LACTATE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR], CARNAUBA WAX*, BEESWAX*, RED 40, YELLOW

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy

Neighbours outside Ferrara Candy Company near Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy's mid-band score (60/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ferrara Candy Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 19-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Sour Brite Eggs Gummie Candy's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041420100239: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.