Angry Birds Fruit Gummies — BULLSHIT
Munch or Dump rates Angry Birds Fruit Gummies by Angry Birds BULLSHIT — score 0/90.
Sold as 'made with real fruit juice' by a brand literally called 'Healthy Food Brands' — but it's sugar, corn syrup, and five artificial dyes. There is no real fruit here, just candy in a kid-friendly costume.
Why this verdict
- Brand 'Healthy Food Brands' and 'real fruit juice' claim mask a sugar-and-dye candy
- Sugar and corn syrup are the #1 and #2 ingredients — 15g added sugar per serving
- Only 'fruit' is white grape juice concentrate, which is just stripped-down sugar
- Five artificial dyes including Red 3 and Red 40, marketed straight at kids
- No actual nutrition: no fiber, no vitamins, no real fruit
Ingredients (12)
- Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
- Corn Syrup (concerning) — Refined glucose syrup added purely for sweetness and body; spikes blood sugar with zero nutrition.
- white grape juice concentrate (moderate) — The 'real fruit' the package brags about. With fiber removed it's basically just more sugar, not meaningful nutrition.
- gelatin (safe) — Animal-derived setting agent in the marshmallows; benign but makes it non-vegetarian.
- citric acid (safe) — Common acidulant for tartness and preservation; safe in these amounts.
- Natural and Artificial Flavor (moderate) — Undisclosed flavor chemicals; the 'artificial' half signals lab-built taste, not food.
- FD&C Red 40 (concerning) — Synthetic petroleum-derived dye; purely cosmetic and linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children.
- yellow 5 (concerning) — Tartrazine, a synthetic dye tied to hyperactivity and allergic reactions in some people.
- yellow 6 (concerning) — Synthetic azo dye; cosmetic only, flagged for behavioral effects in sensitive kids.
- blue 1 (concerning) — Synthetic artificial dye with no nutritional purpose, used only for color.
- red 3 (harmful) — Artificial dye (erythrosine) being phased out of the food supply over cancer concerns; purely cosmetic.
- carnauba wax (safe) — Plant wax used to give the pellet its hard glossy shell. Inert coating, not nutrition.