The formula
What is inside Gumipic, line by line
One active carrying its own figure, six nutrient lines above the rule, nine other ingredients beneath it. The table comes first and the nine follow, one at a time.
Supplement Facts
Serving size 1 gummy · Servings per container 30
| Per serving | Amount | %DV |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 6 | |
| Total Fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | †† |
| Total Carbohydrate | 2 g | <1% |
| Total Sugars | 1.5 g | †† |
| Apple Cider Vinegar | 250 mg | †† |
† Percent daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. †† Daily value not established.
Other ingredients
The nine that turn Gumipic into a gummy
Printed heaviest first, which makes the order as informative as the names.
Cane sugar
Top of the nine, and an ingredient list in weight order means it outweighs everything beneath it. It is the single reason a vinegar chew is something anyone would put in their mouth twice.
Glucose syrup
Sweetener number two, and the one that stops the sugar going grainy as the gel firms. The pair account for the 1.5 g of sugars the panel declares.
Water
The medium the gel forms in, most of which leaves again in drying. That is why a finished gummy weighs so little for its size.
Pectin
The setting agent, pulled from fruit. It is why this is not a gelatine sweet, and why the bite is short rather than springy.
Citric acid
Drops the acidity to where pectin will gel, and sharpens the taste while it is there. One line, two jobs.
Sodium citrate
The buffer holding that acidity steady. Without it the gel would firm differently from one batch to the next.
Natural flavor
A regulated category covering flavouring taken from a spice, fruit, vegetable or similar source. Which one is not printed.
Natural coloring
Pigment of plant or mineral origin in place of a synthetic lake. The particular source goes unnamed, exactly as the flavour does.
Starch
Bottom of the list and lightest of the nine. In a moulded gummy it is what keeps the pieces from fusing in the jar.
Above the rule and below it
Every Supplement Facts panel is cut in two by a horizontal rule. What sits above it has a reference daily value; what sits below it does not. Reading the rule first tells you more about a product than reading the numbers does.
Above: six calories, no fat of any kind, two grams of total carbohydrate, 1.5 grams of total sugars. Below: apple cider vinegar at 250 mg, marked with a double dagger because no daily value exists for it to be measured against.
Why an amount printed beside a name matters
A proprietary blend gives several ingredients one name and one milligram total. How that total divides is the formulator's business and nobody else's, which makes the figure almost impossible to compare with anything. A single ingredient carrying its own number can be compared, argued with, and looked up. 250 mg means 250 mg.
Nine ingredients in weight order
The nine read like the recipe for a moulded pectin sweet, because that is what they are: two sugars at the top, the gel system through the middle, flavour and colour towards the end, and a dust of starch at the bottom to stop the pieces sticking.
The questions the label does not answer
There is no allergen statement. No vegetarian or vegan certification. No gluten or dairy claim, and no named source behind the natural flavour. Devices for several of those arrived with this project and none is published here: a certification is something an issuer grants, not something a reader should be invited to deduce from a list.
Questions
On what Gumipic contains
Is Gumipic vegetarian?
Pectin rather than gelatine is what sets the gel, which removes the usual obstacle. The jar publishes no vegetarian certification, so this site does not claim one.
How much sugar is in one gummy?
1.5 g of total sugars within 2 g of total carbohydrate. Cane sugar and glucose syrup lead the other-ingredients line.
Does the jar carry an allergen statement?
It does not. Where that matters, read the jar you are holding and put the question to the seller before you order.
What does sodium citrate do?
It buffers. Pectin only gels within a narrow acidity band, citric acid takes it there and sodium citrate holds it.
Which flavour is it?
The label prints natural flavor, a category rather than a name. The specific source is not given.
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