Ring pop
Ring pop by The Topps Company has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.8 out of 5, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Ring pop have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Ring pop sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.8 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
glucose syrup, sugar, water, gelatin, contains 2%or less of sorbitol, citric acid, malic acid, artificial flavors, pectin, palm oil, carnauba wax, red 40, yellow 5, blue 1 may contain milk
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ring pop: 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: 4.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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- Canadian Bacon Δ 0 additives · Black Forest, Land O'Frost Inc. 4additives · 2.8/5
Product Details
- Brand
- The Topps Company
- Barcode
- 0041116001505
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ring pop above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.8/5, Ring pop sits ahead of 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.68 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.8/5 rating on Ring pop?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Ring pop's 4.8/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.