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EAN 0040000140924 · Skittles · Sugar candy
Identity
Name
Skittles Original Candy
Barcode (EAN/GTIN)
0040000140924
Brand / Manufacturer
Skittles
Category
Sugar candy
Country of Origin
France
GS1 Prefix
United States / Canada (GS1 prefix 004)
Description
Skittles Original Candy comes in a 7.2 oz pack. It is catalogued under part number 040000140924. Catalogue classification: Snacks. Labelling claims on file include no gluten and no gelatin. Recorded measurements give width 4 cm, length 13.3 cm, height 20 cm, weight 204 g and display weight 204 g. The record shows Nutri-Score E, NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed food and drink product) and Eco-Score B. It is recorded as originating in France and the United States.
Regulated substances (8)
dextrin (Food additive (E-number))
carnauba wax (Food additive (E-number))
gelatin (Food additive (E-number))
Allura Red AC / Red 40 (E129) (Japan Food Sanitation restricted)
GHS hazard classifications and PubChem CIDs from NIH PubChem (NCBI / U.S. National Library of Medicine, public domain). Hover any pictogram for its meaning.
🔍 What we found about this product
A factual report of what public registries and product databases returned for this EAN. We do not authenticate products or issue safety verdicts — we only report what we found.
Identifier checks
📋 EAN format: the GTIN-13 mod-10 checksum is consistent with the GS1 standard (format check only; does not authenticate the physical product)
📋 GS1 prefix 004 indicates the issuing office in United States / Canada (this is the country where the brand owner registered the EAN; it is not necessarily where the product was manufactured. Source: GS1 country code list)
📋 Brand entries found: Skittles appears in Wikidata · Wikipedia (United States) (CC0 / CC-BY-SA; presence in an open registry, not an endorsement)
📋 Listed in 1 of the public product catalogue we check: Open Food Facts (catalogue presence only; the listing itself does not authenticate the product)
Registry scans
📋 Recall registry scan returned 0 matches (sources scanned: CPSC, FDA, RAPEX, Health Canada, NHTSA. Coverage gaps exist; we cannot speak to records outside these registries)
📋 Substance database scan returned 18 name matches with H-codes / regulated-substance entries (see substances section. This is a name match against label/ingredient text only; it does not confirm batch presence)
📋 Banned-ingredient scan (EU Cosmetic Annex II) returned 0 matches (source: EU Reg. 1223/2009. Scanned against available label text only)
📋 Certifications listed in our databases: none found (registries scanned: EU Ecolabel, US ENERGY STAR, US EPA Safer Choice. Many legitimate products are not enrolled in these schemes)
📋 Medical device registry: not listed in US FDA GUDID or EU EUDAMED (most consumer products are not medical devices and would not be expected to appear)
Sources scanned: GS1 country prefix · Wikidata brand registry · Open Beauty / Food Facts · USDA FDC Branded Foods · Nudger GTIN dataset · EU Safety Gate (RAPEX) · US CPSC · US FDA recalls · Health Canada Recalls · NHTSA recalls · ECHA SVHC · REACH Annex XVII · EU RoHS · Stockholm POPs · CLP Annex VI · EU Cosmetic Annex II · EU Ecolabel · US ENERGY STAR · US EPA Safer Choice · US FDA GUDID · EU EUDAMED. Last refreshed: .
About this section. We aggregated what we found across 24 public registries and product databases as of . This is not an authentication, certification, or safety endorsement. Coverage gaps in our source data exist. For definitive verification, please contact the manufacturer or the relevant regulator directly.
🥗 Dietary attributes
We found these dietary attribute tags (community-contributed labels — verify on packaging):
Gluten-free (wheat-free)
Source: OpenFoodFacts product page — community-tagged dietary labels (data: ODbL, text: CC-BY-SA). These tags are crowdsourced and may be incomplete or out of date; always verify on the actual packaging.
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Provenance
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