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Nerds gummy clusters

by Nerds

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0079200080747 · Nerds. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0079200080747 · Serving size 16 portion (30 g)

The verdict

Nerds gummy clusters by Nerds scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Corn Syrup, Sugar, Dextrose. 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.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0079200080747
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

10/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00080747 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nerds gummy clusters label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Blue 2 PHOTO-FINISH Original Conversation Hearts · ±0 BOOK-OFF …080747 · July 2026

10 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 2). Source sheet 00080747 · 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: Original Conversation Hearts · Nearest score peer is Original Conversation Hearts at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Nerds gummy clusters: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nerds gummy clusters10/1002. Original Conversation Hearts: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Original Conversation Hea…10/1003. Sweetarts Giant Chewy: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweetarts Giant Chewy10/1004. Squire Boone Village, Middle Size Heart Pop, Cherry: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Squire Boone Village, Mid…10/1005. 12 Candy Canes: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 12 Candy Canes10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Nerds gummy clusters (10/100 on 25 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Nerds gummy clusters
10/100
Original Conversation Hearts
10/100
Sweetarts Giant Chewy
10/100
Squire Boone Village, Middle Size Heart Pop, Cherry
10/100
12 Candy Canes
10/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Nerds gummy clusters lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% 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%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 25 (80th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 25 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, gelatin modified food starch, contains 2% or less of water, malic acid (dl-malic acid), citric acid, sodium citrate, apple juice concentrate, natural and artificial flavors, gum arabic, carnauba wax, color added, red 40, blue 2 lake, yellow 6, red 40 lake, carmine (color), blue 1 lake. 5% 25% manufactured by ferrara candy company chicago, il 60607 119% contains bioengineered food ingredients ®, tm & ©2024 ferrara candy company. all rights reserved. tamin d, calcium, iron and potassium. safety warning: small objects such as hard and serving of food contributes soft candies may inadvertently become lodged in the throat.

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Nerds gummy clusters

Neighbours outside Nerds in the same lower screening band as Nerds gummy clusters (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nerds; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 2 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Nerds gummy clusters's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 25-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 2. Open Blue 2
  • Compare Nerds gummy clusters's 4 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 0079200080747: 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.