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Every week, CheckIt AI identifies the lowest-scoring products from our database of 25,800+ grocery items. This week's analysis covers January 2026 — Week 4. The worst product found: CIRCLE K, FAVORITES, ORANGE SLICES SWEET CHEWY CANDY by Holiday Candy Corp, Inc. with a score of just 5/100.
Checkit score 5/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains corn syrup, modified corn starch. not organic.
CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DEXTROSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, YELLOW #6, RED #40.
CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DEXTROSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, YELLOW #6, RED #40.
Here are all 10 lowest-scoring products we found during January 2026 — Week 4:
Checkit score 5/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains corn syrup, modified corn starch. not organic.
CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, DEXTROSE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, YELLOW #6, RED #40.
Checkit score 5/100. 2 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains resistant corn starch, soluble corn fiber. not organic.
Water, whole grain wheat flour, enriched flour [unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), niacin (vitamin b3), folic acid], wheat gluten, yeast, oat fiber, sugar, resistant corn starch, wheat bran, oatmeal, rye flour, soluble corn fiber, barley flakes, rice flour, rolled oats, rye meal, whole grain millet, molasses, yellow corn meal, whole grain triticale, salt, soybean oil, wheat starch, calcium sulfate, cellulose gum, maltodextrin, calcium propionate (a preservative), ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), carrageenan, vinegar, monoglycerides, citric acid, soy lecithin; topped with oat bran.
Checkit score 6/100. 2 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains corn syrup. not organic.
CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, GELATIN, CITRIC ACID, APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE, SODIUM CITRATE, COCONUT OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CARNAUBA WAX, RED #40, YELLOW #5 AND BLUE #1.
Checkit score 7/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). not organic.
Whole grain oats, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B, (thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor, milk), soybean oil, brown sugar, water, invert sugar, eggs, vegetable glycerin, barley and rice protein, whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, sugar, molasses, soy lecithin, egg whites, salt, natural flavors, monocalcium phosphate, baking soda, mono - and diglycerides.
Checkit score 7/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). contains corn syrup, canola oil. not organic.
corn syrup, sugar, dry whole milk, coconut oil, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, salt, pectin, corn syrup, granola, rolled oats, sugar, canola oil, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid, molasses, sodium bicarbonate, fructose, sugar, canola oil, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid, glycerin, invert sugar, dried unsweetened coconut, soy lecithin, natural flavor, salt, wheat flakes
Checkit score 7/100. 3 high-risk additive(s). contains retinyl palmitate, soluble corn fiber. not organic.
WATER, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, COCOA POWDER (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI); LESS THAN 0.5% OF: INULIN, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, CELLULOSE GEL, SUNFLOWER OIL, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM ASCORBATE, SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CARRAGEENAN, DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC GLUCONATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, MANGANESE GLUCONATE, BETA-CAROTENE, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, PHYLLOQUINONE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, SODIUM SELENITE, VITAMIN D3, AND VITAMIN B12.
Checkit score 7/100. 2 high-risk additive(s). contains canola oil, rapeseed oil. not organic.
water, milk protein concentrate, calcium caseinate, cocoa powder (processed with alkali), canola oil, contains 1% or less of high oleic sunflower oil or soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, inulin, cellulose gel and gum, salt, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan, tripotassium phosphate, magnesium phosphate, dipotassium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, sodium ascorbate, choline chloride, dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), zinc glycinate chelate, ferric orthophosphate, vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, phytonadione (vitamin k1), potassium iodide, cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), copper gluconate, calcium d-pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, biotin, sodium molybdate, folic acid, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), chromium polynicotinate
Checkit score 7/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). contains modified corn starch, corn starch. not organic.
CULTURED GRADE A NON FAT MILK, WATER, FRUCTOSE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CITRIC ACID, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, VITAMIN D3, CONTAINS ACTIVE YOGURT CULTURES.
Checkit score 8/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup. not organic.
ENRICHED FLOUR (FLOUR MALTED BARLEY, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED AND/OR CORN AND/OR LESS OF: YEAST, BROWN SUGAR, HONEY, MOLASSES, SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEY SOY FLOUR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR RYE MEAL, RICE FLOUR, POTATO FLOUR, M BUTTER, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM AND/OR CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SOY LECITHIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE), YEAST CALCIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DISTILLED VINEGAR, SKIM MILK, BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE). MAY CONTAIN SESAME SEED AND/OR POPPY SEEDS.
Checkit score 8/100. 1 high-risk additive(s). 1 moderate additive(s). contains la:palmitic acid. not organic.
OF REACH INGREDIENTS: WATER (AQUA), SODIUM TRIDECETH SULFATE OR SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE,GLYCINE SOJA (SOYBEAN) OIL, SODIUM CHLORIDE, COCAMIDE MEA, SODIUM LAUROAMPHOACETATE,SODIUM COCOYL GLYCINATE, LAURIC ACID, FRAGRANCE (PARFUM), SODIUM LAUROYL ISETHIONATE, STEARIC ACID, CITRIC ACID,GLYCERIN, GUAR HYDROXYPROPYLTRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (GUAR) GUM, PALMITIC ACID, SODIUM ISETHIONATE, BHT,TETRASODIUM EDTA, ETIDRONIC ACID, METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, METHYLISOTHIAZÓLINONE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891), Created responsibly at a LEED-certified facility
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CheckIt AI. (2026). "Worst Product of the Week: January 2026 — Week 4 | CheckIt AI". Climaverse PBC. Retrieved from https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/january-2026-week-4"Worst Product of the Week: January 2026 — Week 4 | CheckIt AI." CheckIt AI, Climaverse PBC, 2026-03-06. https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/january-2026-week-4.<a href="https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/january-2026-week-4">Worst Product of the Week: January 2026 — Week 4 | CheckIt AI — CheckIt AI</a>@misc{checkit2026worstproductoftheweekjanuary2026week4,
title = {Worst Product of the Week: January 2026 — Week 4 | CheckIt AI},
author = {CheckIt AI},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Climaverse PBC},
url = {https://getcheck.it/worst-product-of-the-week/january-2026-week-4},
note = {Retrieved 2026-03-06}
}