Old fashioned hard candy

Name: Old fashioned hard candy
Brand: Claey's

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Ingredients · 5

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Common questions

Is Claey's Old fashioned hard candy healthy?

Claey's Old fashioned hard candy scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Claey's Old fashioned hard candy?

Claey's Old fashioned hard candy lists 5 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Artificial Flavor and Food Color Red No. 40. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Claey's Old fashioned hard candy contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Claey's Old fashioned hard candy’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Claey's Old fashioned hard candy?

Claey's Old fashioned hard candy is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Claey's Old fashioned hard candy compare to other hard candy & lollipops?

At 5/100 Claey's Old fashioned hard candy scores worse than most hard candy & lollipops we have scored. A higher-scoring option in hard candy & lollipops is Fox's Fruit at 90/100.

Is Claey's Old fashioned hard candy organic?

Claey's Old fashioned hard candy is not certified organic in our data.

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