Rip Rolls Blue Raspberry — BULLSHIT
Munch or Dump rates Rip Rolls Blue Raspberry by Foreign Candy Co. Inc. BULLSHIT — score 0/90.
Sugar is the #1 ingredient and the flavor is fully artificial with Blue 1 dye, yet the package brags 'Natural Fruit Juice' and 'Fat-Free' to dress up a roll of dyed sugar.
Why this verdict
- 'Natural Fruit Juice' on the package, but the flavor is artificial and the only fruit is trace pineapple concentrate
- Sugar is the first ingredient, ahead of everything else
- Artificial color Blue 1 directly contradicts any 'natural' claim
- 'Fat-Free' is a meaningless distraction on a candy made of sugar and syrup
Ingredients (7)
- Sugar (concerning) — Added refined sugar, listed high - spikes blood sugar with no nutrition.
- wheat flour (moderate) — Refined flour for the wafer shell — refined carbohydrate with little fiber. Also a gluten source.
- tapioca syrup (concerning) — A second refined sugar source (glucose syrup) that adds more fast carbs and stretchy texture.
- malic acid (safe) — Tart flavoring acid; fine in small amounts.
- Pineapple juice from concentrate (moderate) — The only fruit here, present in a token amount near the end of the list. Far too little to back the 'Natural Fruit Juice' claim.
- Artificial Flavor) (moderate) — Lab-made flavoring with no nutritional value — out of place in a 'finest ingredients' bar.
- Artificial color (Blue 1) (concerning) — Synthetic dye for the bright blue look, purely cosmetic and linked to behavioral concerns in sensitive kids.