Kasugai Lychee Gummy Candy — DUMP

Munch or Dump rates Kasugai Lychee Gummy Candy by Kasugai DUMP — score 17/90.

Sugar candy in three forms, artificial flavor, emulsifiers and wax. The 'real fruit juice' is mostly cheap apple concentrate, not lychee.

Why this verdict

• Three sweeteners up top: glucose syrup, sugar and sorbitol dominate the whole formula
• 'Natural AND artificial flavor' is doing the heavy lifting, not the trace lychee
• Apple juice concentrate outranks lychee juice; the headline fruit is barely there
• Emulsifier stack plus carnauba wax marks it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4)
• Pure sugar load with zero fiber, protein or micronutrients

Ingredients (13)

• glucose syrup (caution) — A second refined sweetener in the caramel.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• sorbitol (moderate) — Sugar alcohol used as a humectant; can cause GI upset in quantity.
• Concentrated apple juice (moderate) — Sugar dressed as fruit; concentrated fruit juice is just added sugar for the body.
• gelatin (moderate) — Animal-derived binder for the frosting; makes the product non-vegetarian.
• citric acid (safe) — Acidity and tartness adjuster.
• Pectin (safe) — Fruit-derived gelling agent.
• Natural and Artificial Flavor (moderate) — Added flavor system, including artificial flavor.
• Concentrated Lychee Juice (safe) — The namesake fruit, but present in trace amounts below apple juice.
• Potato Starch Powder (moderate) — Refined starch used as a coating/anti-stick agent.
• carnauba wax (safe) — Plant wax used to keep the bears from sticking.
• POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS (moderate) — Synthetic emulsifier; a marker of industrial processing.
• Enzyme-Modified Lecithin (Soybeans) (moderate) — Modified soy emulsifier; processing aid, also a soy allergen.