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Rowntree's Randoms nutrition: sugar, calories and salt per sweet
How much sugar is in Rowntree's Randoms? Each sweet contains 1.2g of free sugar. A standard 150g bag contains approximately 63 sweets and 75.6g of free sugar - two and a half times the NHS daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10.
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How much sugar in different portion sizes
The figures below show total free sugar, calories and salt for four realistic portion sizes — from a small amount to a full bag or tube.
Small portion
5 sweets
5 sweets (12g)
6g
sugar
40
kcal
0g
salt
6g free sugar — 25% of the daily limit for a 7-year-old; 32% for a 4-year-old
Standard portion
10 sweets
10 sweets (24g)
12g
sugar
80
kcal
0g
salt
12g free sugar — 50% of the daily limit for a 7-year-old; 63% for a 4-year-old
Larger portion
20 sweets
20 sweets (48g)
24g
sugar
160
kcal
0g
salt
24g free sugar — exactly the daily limit for children aged 7 to 10; exceeds the limit for children aged 4 to 6
Full bag
Full 150g bag (~63 sweets)
Entire bag
75.6g
sugar
504
kcal
0g
salt
75.6g free sugar — two and a half times the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10 in a single bag.
Sugar
Rowntree's Randoms combine different shaped gummy sweets in one sharing bag. Each sweet weighs approximately 2.4g and contains 1.2g of free sugar - slightly below Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Gums, and comparable to standard Haribo gummy sweets.
All sugar in Rowntree's Randoms counts as free sugar under NHS guidelines. Despite the varied shapes and fruit flavours, the product contains no whole fruit. It is made from glucose syrup, sugar and gelatine. Twenty sweets, a moderate portion from a 150g bag - deliver 24g of free sugar, which is exactly the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10.
The bag format of Randoms, rather than the tube format of Fruit Pastilles and Fruit Gums, means the total product weight is significantly higher. A 150g bag contains two and a half times as many sweets as a 52g tube, and two and a half times as much sugar. The bag format encourages more eating per sitting.
Twenty Randoms equals the daily sugar limit for a 7 to 10 year old
Each Rowntree's Randoms sweet contains 1.2g of free sugar. Twenty sweets deliver exactly 24g — the full daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10. A 150g bag contains around 63 sweets. Eating a third of the bag uses the entire daily sugar allowance for a primary school-age child, before any other food or drink has been factored in.
NHS recommended daily free sugar limits
Age 4 to 6No more than 19g per day
Age 7 to 10No more than 24g per day
Age 11 and overNo more than 30g per day
Source: NHS. Free sugars include all added sugars and do not include sugars naturally present in whole fruit, vegetables, or milk.
The table below shows 10 sweets as a percentage of the daily free sugar limit for each age group.
Free sugar as % of daily NHS limit — 10 Rowntree's Randoms nutrition (12g sugar)
Age
Daily limit
10 sweets
Age 4 to 6
19g
63%
Age 7 to 10
24g
50%
Age 11 and over
30g
40%
Adult
30g
40%
Source: NHS/SACN free sugar guidelines (2015). Red = High (over 75% of daily limit). Amber = Moderate (20–74%).
Calories
Each Rowntree's Randoms sweet contains 8 calories. Twenty sweets deliver 160 calories. A full 150g bag of approximately 63 sweets contains 504 calories.
For a child aged 4 to 6, a full 150g bag represents around 35 percent of their daily calorie requirement. The calorie density is moderate, the primary nutritional concern is the free sugar content, not calories.
Calories — Rowntree's Randoms nutrition by quantity
1 sweets
8 kcal
5 sweets
40 kcal
10 sweets
80 kcal
20 sweets
160 kcal
Nutrition from UK product labels. 8 kcal per weets (4g).
Salt
Salt content in Rowntree's Randoms is negligible - less than 0.01g per sweet. Salt is not a nutritional concern with this produc
NHS recommended daily maximum salt intake
Age 4 to 6No more than 3g per day
Age 7 to 10No more than 5g per day
Age 11 and overNo more than 6g per day
Frequently asked questions
Each sweet weighs approximately 2.4g and contains 1.2g of free sugar. A 150g bag contains around 75.6g of free sugar — two and a half times the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10.
Per sweet: 1.2g sugar, 8 kcal, 0g salt, 2.4g weight. Per 10 sweets: 12g sugar, 80 kcal. Per full 150g bag: 75.6g sugar, 504 kcal. All sugar counts as free sugar.
Marginally. At 1.2g per sweet versus 1.3g for Fruit Pastilles, the difference is minimal. However, the bag format (150g) versus tube format (52g) means a full bag of Randoms contains nearly three times the total sugar of a full tube of Fruit Pastilles.
A child aged 4 to 6 (19g daily limit) would reach their limit at around 16 sweets. A child aged 7 to 10 (24g limit) would reach their limit at exactly 20 sweets.
No. Despite the fruit flavours and the varied shapes, Rowntree's Randoms contain no whole fruit. All sugar counts as free sugar under NHS guidelines.
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Nutrition data from UK product labels. Daily limits: NHS/SACN free sugar guidelines (2015); SACN Dietary Reference Values for calories; NHS salt targets by age. For guidance only — not medical advice.
