Food
Tic Tac Chewy! Sour Adventure
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- Contains added sugars
- Contains artificial flavors
- No synthetic dyes
Why it scores 12
Tic Tac Chewy! Sour Adventure scores 12 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Corn syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Chewy! Sour Adventure
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Corn syrup minus 20 points
- Modified starch minus 2.5 points
- Gum arabic (acacia) minus 1.5 points
- Natural and artificial flavors minus 1.5 points
- Carnauba wax minus 1.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 73.3 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Energy 367 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
100 − 88.5 = 11.5 → 12
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [6]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 367 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 93.3 g |
| Sugars | 73.3 g |
| Added sugars | 73.3 g |
| Protein | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.1 g |
Serving: 30 pleces (30 g)
Ingredients
- sugar (high concern)
- glucose syrup (high concern)
- modified starch
- gum arabic
- malic acid
- rice starch
- tartaric acid
- natural and artificial flavors
- citric acid
- lactic acid
- colors (spirulina extract, beet red, beta-carotene, spirulina concentrate, turmeric) (not recognized)
- concentrated lemon juice
- sodium lactate
- carnauba wax
- beet concentrate
Label text, as published
sugar, glucose syrup, modified starch, gum arabic, malic acid, rice starch, tartaric acid, natural and artificial flavors, citric acid, lactic acid, colors (spirulina extract, beet red, beta-carotene, spirulina concentrate, turmeric), concentrated lemon juice, sodium lactate, carnauba wax, beet concentrate
Allergens and diets
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
More from Tic Tac
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives
“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”
ecfr.gov
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org