Gummy Clusters

Name: Gummy Clusters
Brand: Nerds

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 9 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Nerds Gummy Clusters (US)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−71

arsenic−71

Ingredients

−85

corn syrup−13

allura red−12

tartrazine−11

indigotine−11

sunset yellow fcf−11

11 more deductions−27

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Packaging

−5

Packaging−5

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+71

Minimum score+71

Final score0

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Nerds Gummy Clusters (US)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic500 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 50×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Gummy Clusters Rainbow Candy, 8 oz

Ingredients · 20

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	341.18 kcal	290 kcal
Fat	0 g	0 g
Saturated fat	0 g	0 g
Carbohydrates	82.35 g	70 g
Sugars	70.59 g	60 g
Fiber	0 g	0 g
Protein	2.35 g	2 g
Sodium	0.14 g	0.12 g

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Common questions

Is Nerds Gummy Clusters healthy?

Nerds Gummy Clusters scores 0/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Nerds Gummy Clusters (US). Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 2g protein and 60g sugar. 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 Nerds Gummy Clusters?

Nerds Gummy Clusters lists 20 ingredients, starting with Sugars, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Dextrose and Apple Juice From Concentrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Nerds Gummy Clusters?

290 kcal per serving, or 341 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Nerds Gummy Clusters on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Nerds Gummy Clusters contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Nerds Gummy Clusters’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 Nerds Gummy Clusters?

Nerds Gummy Clusters is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Nerds Gummy Clusters compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 0/100 Nerds Gummy Clusters scores worse than most gummies & chewy candy we have scored. A higher-scoring option in gummies & chewy candy is Blue Stripes Superfruit Gummies Mango Pineapple at 100/100.

Is Nerds Gummy Clusters organic?

Nerds Gummy Clusters is not certified organic in our data.

Has Nerds Gummy Clusters been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Corn syrup, sugar, dextrose, gelatin, modified starch, apple juice concentrate; no cocoa, rice, cinnamon, nut) with the other products in its family, Nerds Gummy Clusters (US), and 7 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Nerds Gummy Clusters contain heavy metals?

Nerds Gummy Clusters itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 500 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Gummy Clusters Rainbow Candy, 8 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.