Jolly Joes

Name: Jolly Joes
Brand: Mike and Ike

5Avoid

Ingredients · 14

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Common questions

Is Mike and Ike Jolly Joes healthy?

Mike and Ike Jolly Joes 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 Mike and Ike Jolly Joes?

Mike and Ike Jolly Joes lists 14 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Citric Acid and Malic Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Mike and Ike Jolly Joes contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Mike and Ike Jolly Joes’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 Mike and Ike Jolly Joes?

Mike and Ike Jolly Joes is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Mike and Ike Jolly Joes compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 5/100 Mike and Ike Jolly Joes scores worse than most gummies & chewy candy we have scored. A higher-scoring option in gummies & chewy candy is Haribo Starmix at 80/100.

Is Mike and Ike Jolly Joes organic?

Mike and Ike Jolly Joes is not certified organic in our data.

Has Mike and Ike Jolly Joes been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Mike and Ike Jolly Joes, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.