Welch's Berries and Cherries

Berries and Cherries

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 6 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Welch's Fruit Snacks

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−21

lead−21

Ingredients

−85

hut purse−11

pouch−11

blockberry−11

cherryl corn syrup−11

ocidulant−10

8 more deductions−31

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+16

Minimum score+16

Final score0

Contaminants · 5

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Welch's Fruit Snacks

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Lead5.39 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

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

Measured in: Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks

CadmiumNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks

Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)NDof 6 ppb

Not detectedUS EPA drinking-water MCL, 40 CFR 141.61(c) — 0.006 mg/L. Applied to all foods as the TIGHTEST published DEHP number; the EU food-contact limit is looser (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442: SML 0.6 mg/kg, plus the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit with DBP/BBP/DIBP).

Measured in: Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks

Ingredients · 26

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	318.18 kcal	—
Fat	0 g	—
Saturated fat	0 g	—
Carbohydrates	77.27 g	—
Sugars	45.45 g	—
Protein	4.55 g	—
Sodium	0.05 g	—

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Common questions

Is Welch's Berries and Cherries healthy?

Welch's Berries and Cherries 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, plus lab results from its product family, Welch's Fruit Snacks. 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 Welch's Berries and Cherries?

Welch's Berries and Cherries lists 26 ingredients, starting with Sugars, Hut Purse, Pear, Pouch and Strawberry. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Welch's Berries and Cherries?

318 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Welch's Berries and Cherries on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Welch's Berries and Cherries contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Welch's Berries and Cherries’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 Welch's Berries and Cherries?

Welch's Berries and Cherries is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Welch's Berries and Cherries compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 0/100 Welch's Berries and Cherries 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 Welch's Berries and Cherries organic?

Welch's Berries and Cherries is not certified organic in our data.

Has Welch's Berries and Cherries been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Corn syrup, sugar, modified starch and gelatin with fruit puree/juice; no cocoa, nut or protein) with the other products in its family, Welch's Fruit Snacks, and 4 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 Welch's Berries and Cherries contain heavy metals?

Welch's Berries and Cherries itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected lead at 5.39 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Mixed Fruit Fruit Snacks. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Does Welch's Berries and Cherries contain phthalates?

Welch's Berries and Cherries itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for DEHP and found none above its detection limit. 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.

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