FaveREDS Fruit Chews

Name: FaveREDS Fruit Chews
Brand: Starburst

5Avoid

Contaminants · 4

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

CadmiumNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews healthy?

Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews 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 Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews?

Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews lists 12 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Apple Juice From Concentrate and Citric Acid. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews’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 Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews?

Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 5/100 Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews 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 Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews organic?

Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews is not certified organic in our data.

Has Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews contain heavy metals?

No. A lab tested Starburst FaveREDS Fruit Chews for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury and found none above its detection limit.

Full methodology: how we score products.