Soft Candy

Name: Soft Candy
Brand: Sour Patch Kids

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Ingredients · 11

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Common questions

Is Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy healthy?

Sour Patch Kids Soft 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 Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy?

Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy lists 11 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Invert Sugar, Corn Syrup, Modified Corn Starch and Tartaric Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sour Patch Kids Soft 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 Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy?

Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 5/100 Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy 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 Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy organic?

Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy is not certified organic in our data.

Has Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Sour Patch Kids Soft Candy, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.