Adams NOVA 4

Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum

Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum: 4/5 ingredient safety

Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum by Adams has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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, gum base, glucose syrup, modified food starch, artificial and natural flavoring, soy lecithin, corn oil, cottonseed oil, candelilla wax, bht (to maintain freshness), red 40, yellow 6, yellow 5, blue 2 and blue 1.

Product Details

Brand
Adams
Barcode
0012546101028
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Chiclets, Candy Coated Fruit Flavor Gum's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.