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Is Jelly Belly Original Gourmet Jelly Bean ultra-processed?

7 oz Gummi candies Sold in the United States

Pack of Jelly Belly Original Gourmet Jelly Bean

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 54 ingredients
  • 14 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed candies

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch, contains 2% and less of the following (peach puree), blueberry, apple juice, banana, lemon puree, tangerine juice, pear juice concentrate, orange, strawberry puree, watermelon, cherry juice, lime juice concentrate, pomegranate juice, coconut, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), cocoa powder, sodium citrate, sodium lactate, citric acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), coffee, vanilla beans, tapioca dextrin, natural and artificial flavors, color added, red 40 lake, yellow 5, 6 lake, red 40, blue 1, 2 lake, yellow 5, 6, blue 1, vegetable, fruit juice (color), beeswax, carnauba wax, confectioner's glaze, salt, caffeine

Additives: E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E1400 Dextrin , E270 Lactic acid , E296 Malic acid , E297 Fumaric acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E325 Sodium lactate , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E338 Phosphoric acid , E901 White and yellow beeswax , E903 Carnauba wax

As written on the pack

Sugar, corn syrup, modified food starch, contains 2% or less of the following: peach puree concentrate, blueberry puree, apple juice concentrate, banana puree, lemon puree, tangerine juice concentrate, pear juice concentrate, orange puree, strawberry puree, watermelon juice concentrate, cherry juice concentrate, lime juice concentrate, pomegranate juice concentrate, coconut, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), cocoa powder, sodium citrate, sodium lactate, citric acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoric acid, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), coffee, vanilla beans, tapioca dextrin, natural and artificial flavors, color added, red 40 lake, yellow 5 & 6 lake, red 40, blue 1 & 2 lake, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1, vegetable and fruit juice (color), beeswax, carnauba wax, confectioner's glaze, salt, caffeine.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E325 Sodium lactate Antioxidants are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by oxidation, such as fat rancidity and colour changes.
  • E901 White and yellow beeswax A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
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  • E903 Carnauba wax Carnauba wax comes from the leaves of a Brazilian palm and gives sweets and coated chocolates their shine.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Candies Products in the category "Candies" are at least group 3.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 119 gummi candies

From least to most processed, this one ranks 108th. 99% of the gummi candies here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 119 gummi candies, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071567950077, last edited 19 August 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.