Chocolate Candy Midgees

Name: Chocolate Candy Midgees
Brand: Tootsie Roll

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Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

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

Arsenic380 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 38×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Ingredients · 8

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Common questions

Is Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees healthy?

Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees 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. 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 Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees?

Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees lists 8 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Condensed Skim Milk and Cocoa. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees’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 Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees?

Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 0/100 Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees 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 Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees organic?

Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees is not certified organic in our data.

Has Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees been lab tested?

Yes. 1 substance in Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees has a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected arsenic at 380 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Tootsie Roll Chocolate Candy Midgees. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.