Tropical Gummy Candy

Name: Tropical Gummy Candy
Brand: Skittles

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 10 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Skittles Original & Sour (US hard shell)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−67

arsenic−67

Ingredients

−85

corn syrup−11

hydrogenated palm kernel oil−11

yellow 5 lake−10

yellow 6 lake−9

blue 1 lake−9

8 more deductions−35

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+62

Minimum score+62

Final score0

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Skittles Original & Sour (US hard shell)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic370 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 37×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Skittles Original Bite Size Candies 9 oz

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy healthy?

Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy 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, Skittles Original & Sour (US hard shell). 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 Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy?

Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy lists 15 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Citric Acid and Tapioca Dextrin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Skittles Tropical Gummy 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 Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy?

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

How does Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 0/100 Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy 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 Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy organic?

Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy is not certified organic in our data.

Has Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (US hard-shell candy: sugar, corn syrup, hydrogenated palm kernel oil, tapioca dextrin; no cocoa, rice, nut) with the other products in its family, Skittles Original & Sour (US hard shell), and 6 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 Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy contain heavy metals?

Skittles Tropical Gummy Candy 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 370 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Skittles Original Bite Size Candies 9 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.