Are fruit snacks just candy?

These and most other fruit snacks are made of mostly sugars (whether from corn syrup or concentrated fruit juice), modified cornstarch, artificial flavors, and artificial color/food dyes. In fact, if you compare ingredients lists, fruit snacks look much closer to candy—like jelly beans or gummy bears—than fruit.

Are Welch’s fruit snacks considered candy?

Welch’s fruit snacks: A healthier snack or candy by any other name? Welch’s fruit snacks are candy masquerading as healthy snacks, says a false advertising lawsuit filed in New York.