Sour Patch Kids

Name: Sour Patch Kids
Brand: Sour Patch Kids

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Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Sour Patch Kids healthy?

Sour Patch Kids 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?

Sour Patch Kids lists 12 ingredients, starting with Citric Acid, Sugar, Tartaric Acid, Modified Corn Starch and Glucose Syrup. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Sour Patch Kids contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Sour Patch Kids’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?

Sour Patch Kids 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 compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

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

Sour Patch Kids is not certified organic in our data.

Full methodology: how we score products.