Is Sour Sh Sour Neon Worms ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 10 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugars (processing marker) (glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar, concentrated apple juice), Water, Gelatin (ultra-processing marker), Glycerol (ultra-processing marker), Modified potato starch (ultra-processing marker), Citric acid, Tartaric acid, Malic acid, Artificial flavours (ultra-processing marker), Titanium dioxide (ultra-processing marker), Allura red (ultra-processing marker), Tartrazine (ultra-processing marker), Sunset yellow FCF (ultra-processing marker), Brilliant blue FCF (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E171 Titanium dioxide , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E334 L(+)-tartaric acid , E422 Glycerol , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
Sugars (glucose syrup, sugar, concentrated apple juice), Water, Gelatin, Glycerol, Modified potato starch, Citric acid, Tartaric acid, Malic acid, Artificial flavours, Titanium dioxide, Allura red, Tartrazine, Sunset yellow FCF, Brilliant blue FCF
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.
- E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
- E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
- 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.
- E171 Titanium dioxide Titanium dioxide is a white pigment.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
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- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
- 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.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.
Among 486 candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 422nd. 96% of the candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0667888021550, last edited 1 April 2026), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.