Old Fashioned Hard Candies — DUMP

Name: Old Fashioned Hard Candies
Brand: F. B. Washburn Candy Corp.

Munch or Dump rates Old Fashioned Hard Candies by F. B. Washburn Candy Corp. DUMP — score 20/90.

Sugar and corn syrup tinted with a full stack of artificial dyes (Yellow #5, #6, Blue #1, Red #3, Red #40) and artificial flavors. Pure sweet, zero nutrition.

Why this verdict

Sugar and corn syrup are the entire base — straight added sugar
Five artificial dyes stacked: Yellow #5, Yellow #6, Blue #1, Red #3, Red #40
Red #3 is a dye the FDA moved to ban from food over cancer concerns
Artificial flavors and zero nutritional value

Ingredients (8)

Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar sitting ahead of cocoa; the main flavor driver here.
Corn Syrup (concerning) — Cheap glucose syrup; pure added sugar with no nutrition, here as the second-largest ingredient.
Natural and Artificial Flavors (moderate) — Lab-made flavor compounds; the 'artificial' half adds nothing your body needs.
Yellow 5 (tartrazine) (harmful) — Synthetic dye linked to hyperactivity in children and allergic reactions in some people.
yellow 6 (harmful) — Synthetic petroleum-derived dye associated with hyperactivity and contamination concerns.
blue 1 (concerning) — Artificial dye with purely cosmetic purpose, flagged in behavioral studies.
Red #3 (Erythrosine) (harmful) — Dye the FDA moved to ban from food in 2025 over cancer concerns in animal studies.
red 40 (harmful) — The most common artificial red dye, linked to hyperactivity in children.