Skittles Original

Fruit Lollies

⌗ 9 331715 003637

Origin

Made in

🇺🇸United StatesUSA

Ingredients sourced from

Finished product Pack label	🇺🇸United StatesUSA
Packed in Australia from imported product Pack label	🇦🇺AustraliaAUS
Sugar & glucose syrup	Origin not disclosed

Source: Pack label: “Made in USA, packed in Australia”

Recipe by market

The same product is made to different recipes in different countries. Here is what each version contains.

🇺🇸US-made packs (sold in AU)3 additives

Lists titanium dioxide (E171) and iron oxide (E172) among the colours — E171 was the subject of a 2022 US consumer lawsuit.

E171 · Titanium dioxide E172 · Iron oxides E160a · Carotenes

🇪🇺EU / UK1 additive

Made without titanium dioxide, which has been banned in EU food since August 2022.

E160a · Carotenes

Recipe history

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Recipe varies by market — see the per-market breakdown.

E171E172E160aE330E331E1400

Additives (6)

Additive	Class	Status
E171 Titanium dioxide · US / AU pack	Colour	High
E172 Iron oxides · US / AU pack	Colour	Low
E160a Carotenes	Colour	Low
E330 Citric acid	Acidity regulator	Low
E331 Sodium citrates	Acidity regulator	Low
E1400 Dextrin	Thickener	Low

Other ingredients

Everything else in this product, in descending order by weight. Additives are listed above.

SugarGlucose syrupVegetable oilModified corn starchFlavours

Health evidence

Strongest evidence across the additives in this product. Bars show how settled the science is — not how dangerous.

Hyperactivity & behaviour

Unknown

Allergy & intolerance

Unknown

Gut microbiome

Suspected

Metabolic effects

Unknown

Carcinogenicity

Genotoxicity not excluded (EU)

Suspected

Cardiovascular

Unknown

Research behind this

Safety assessment of titanium dioxide (E 171) as a food additive

Concluded titanium dioxide could no longer be considered safe as a food additive because genotoxicity could not be ruled out. Led to the EU ban.

Tier 1 · Regulator verifiedEFSA Panel on Food Additives (FAF) · EFSA Journal · 2021DOI 10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6585

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Reformulated

This product is rated Conflicting data. Rated Conflicting data because verified labels differ by market: the US-made pack sold in Australia lists E171, while EU packs are made without it after the 2022 ban. Per-market recipes are shown above.

Read the full methodology →

30 May 2026 — Per-market recipe breakdown verified against AU pack label and EU ingredient lists.
02 Dec 2025 — Record created from Open Food Facts barcode 9331715003637.