Juicy Fruit Gum
Juicy Fruit Gum by Wrigley's has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Confectioneries
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 Juicy Fruit Gum, 8 of its 8 tracked ingredients carry 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 Juicy Fruit Gum sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
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
Sorbitol, gum base, glycerol; less than 2% of: hydrogenated starch hydrolysate, artificial flavors, soy lecithin, aspartame, citric acid, mannitol, acesulfame k, malic acid, sucralose, coloring (includes blue 1 lake), bht (to maintain freshness).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Juicy Fruit Gum: 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: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Wrigley's
- Barcode
- 0022000021090
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Juicy Fruit Gum's safety score compare to other products?
Juicy Fruit Gum scores 4.1 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 58% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.1/5 rating on Juicy Fruit Gum?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Juicy Fruit Gum's mapped ingredients average out to 4.1/5, 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.