Candy Salad

Name: Candy Salad
Brand: SmartSweets

4Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: SmartSweets plant-based gummies (IMO + chicory fiber, potato starch, pectin)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−58

arsenic−58

Ingredients

−28

isomaltooligosaccharides−13

modified potato starch−12

malic acid−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Final score4

Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

SmartSweets plant-based gummies (IMO + chicory fiber, potato starch, pectin)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic180 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 18×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Berry Sweet Fish Candy

Ingredients · 7

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Common questions

Is SmartSweets Candy Salad healthy?

SmartSweets Candy Salad scores 4/100 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, SmartSweets plant-based gummies (IMO + chicory fiber, potato starch, pectin). 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 SmartSweets Candy Salad?

SmartSweets Candy Salad lists 7 ingredients, starting with Isomaltooligosaccharides, Chicory Root Fiber, Water, Modified Potato Starch and Lactic Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does SmartSweets Candy Salad contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in SmartSweets Candy Salad’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 SmartSweets Candy Salad?

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

How does SmartSweets Candy Salad compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 4/100 SmartSweets Candy Salad 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 SmartSweets Candy Salad organic?

SmartSweets Candy Salad is not certified organic in our data.

Has SmartSweets Candy Salad been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Isomaltooligosaccharide, chicory fiber, modified potato starch, pectin gummies; no rice flour, gelatin, cocoa) with the other products in its family, SmartSweets plant-based gummies (IMO + chicory fiber, potato starch, pectin), and 5 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 SmartSweets Candy Salad contain heavy metals?

SmartSweets Candy Salad 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 180 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Berry Sweet Fish Candy. 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.