Caramel Apple Sugar Babies
Caramel Apple Sugar Babies by Charms has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries / Caramels
How This Score Is Built
Caramel Apple Sugar Babies draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Caramel Apple Sugar Babies sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Titanium Dioxide - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, INVERT SUGAR, PALM OIL, DRY WHOLE MILK, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, MALIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, WHEY, CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, SALT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (INCLUDING FD&C YELLOW 5 LAKE, 10 YELLOW 5, BLUE 1 LAKE AND BLUE 1), SOY LECITHIN, WHITE MINERAL OIL
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Caramel Apple Sugar Babies: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Charms
- Barcode
- 0014200533251
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Caramel Apple Sugar Babies's safety score compare to other products?
Caramel Apple Sugar Babies scores 3.7 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Caramel Apple Sugar Babies's 3.7/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Caramel Apple Sugar Babies's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.