Sour Bites

Name: Sour Bites
Brand: YumEarth

42Okay

Contaminants · 1

From lab tests of this product’s family

YumEarth Giggles Chewy Candy Bites

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: 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)

Measured in: Organic Giggles Chewy Candy Bites

Ingredients · 13

GoodCautionAvoid

,,,,,,,,,,,,

Healthier swaps

Same shelf, cleaner ingredients

Browse Gummies & Chewy Candy

Common questions

Is YumEarth Sour Bites healthy?

YumEarth Sour Bites scores 42/100 on Tallow — our okay 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, YumEarth Giggles Chewy Candy Bites. 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 YumEarth Sour Bites?

YumEarth Sour Bites lists 13 ingredients, starting with Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Rice Syrup, Organic Palm Oil, Citric Acid and Organic Natural Flavors. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does YumEarth Sour Bites contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in YumEarth Sour Bites’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 YumEarth Sour Bites?

YumEarth Sour Bites is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does YumEarth Sour Bites compare to other gummies & chewy candy?

At 42/100 YumEarth Sour Bites lands mid-scale — below the typical score in gummies & chewy candy, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in gummies & chewy candy is Blue Stripes Superfruit Gummies Mango Pineapple at 100/100.

Is YumEarth Sour Bites organic?

YumEarth Sour Bites is not certified organic in our data.

Has YumEarth Sour Bites been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic cane sugar, rice syrup, palm oil, turmeric, spirulina chewy bites; no cocoa, rice flour) with the other products in its family, YumEarth Giggles Chewy Candy Bites, and 3 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 YumEarth Sour Bites contain heavy metals?

YumEarth Sour Bites itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for arsenic 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.