Avoid

Perky Penguins Gummi Candy

by Mederer Group

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0813805003356 · Mederer Group · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0813805003356 · Serving size 8 PIECES (40 g)

The verdict

Perky Penguins Gummi Candy by Mederer Group scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 21 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 21-component label is layered, beginning with Glucose Syrup, Sugar, 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 21 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

05003356 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Perky Penguins Gummi Candy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-LAYERED 21 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 37% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Gummi Pizza · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003356 · July 2026

10 of 21 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 05003356 · 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: Gummi Pizza · Nearest score peer is Gummi Pizza 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.

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.

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. Perky Penguins Gummi Candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Perky Penguins Gummi Candy0/1002. Gummi Pizza: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Gummi Pizza0/1003. Gelatin Desserts: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Gelatin Desserts0/1004. Kings, fudge m&m: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Kings, fudge m&m0/1005. Bubblegum Balls: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Bubblegum Balls0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Perky Penguins Gummi Candy (0/100 on 21 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Perky Penguins Gummi Candy
0/100
Gummi Pizza
0/100
Gelatin Desserts
0/100
Kings, fudge m&m
0/100
Bubblegum Balls
0/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Perky Penguins Gummi Candy scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Perky Penguins Gummi Candy lists 21 ingredients on its label

21 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Above this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks 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

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 21 (63rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 21 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Glucose syrup, sugar, gelatin, citric acid, pectin, artificial and natural identical flavors, colors added: red 40 (e 129), yellow 5 (e 102), carmine (e 120), yellow 6 (e 110), blue 1 (e 133), titanium dioxide (e 171), vegetable oil ( coconut oil / palm oil), carnauba wax / bees wax.

Other products containing Coconut Oil / Palm Oil

Coconut Oil / Palm Oil is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Perky Penguins Gummi Candy

Neighbours outside Mederer Group in the same lower screening band as Perky Penguins Gummi Candy (0/100). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Mederer Group; these peers cross brands.

Nearest screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (5 flagged of 21 on 0813805003356).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (21 on 0813805003356).

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Perky Penguins Gummi Candy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 21-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Perky Penguins Gummi Candy's 5 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 0813805003356: 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.