Ingredients

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  Sugar (Refined)

  Refined sucrose, typically from sugarcane or sugar beet; minimally processed but a refined sweetener.
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  Corn Syrup

  Refined glucose syrup from corn starch.
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  Enriched Wheat Flour

  Refined flour stripped of bran/germ and fortified with synthetic vitamins to replace lost nutrients.
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  Water

  Water.
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  Modified Food Starch

  Industrially modified starch (chemical, enzymatic, or physical processing — label rarely specifies which). Common GMO source (corn/wheat/tapioca), and several modification agents (propylene oxide, sodium hydroxide) are flagged in EU regulatory reviews. Editorial position: not what we'd stock.
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  Artificial Flavor

  Undisclosed synthetic flavoring compounds; no transparency about composition.
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  Citric Acid

  Usually produced via Aspergillus niger fermentation rather than from citrus; widely accepted as safe.
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  Malic Acid

  Naturally found in apples; commercially produced via fermentation.
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  Potassium Sorbate

  Generally regarded as safe but may cause skin reactions; one of the better-tolerated synthetic preservatives.
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  Titanium Dioxide

  Banned as a food additive across the EU in 2022 after EFSA could not rule out genotoxicity from nanoparticles.

  EU: bannedFR: banned
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  Salt

  Sodium chloride. Most table salt is highly refined with anti-caking agents.
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  Red 3 (Erythrosine)

  Banned from US food (Jan 2025) and cosmetics (1990) after rat studies linked it to thyroid tumors.

  US: banned

Quality signals tier: standard · score: 0