Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar

Name: Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar
Brand: Cadbury

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Cadbury Dairy Milk (UK recipe, plain & aerated)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−60

arsenic−31

lead−15

cadmium−14

Ingredients

−65

palm oil−47

flavourings−11

cocoa mass−4

shea oil−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+35

Minimum score+35

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Cadbury Dairy Milk (UK recipe, plain & aerated)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic23.3 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 2.3×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar

Lead10.3 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar

Cadmium9.05 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar

Ingredients · 7

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar healthy?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Cadbury Dairy Milk (UK recipe, plain & aerated). It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar lists 7 ingredients, starting with Milk, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass and Palm Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar scores worse than most chocolate we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Hazelnut Butter + Hazelnut Crunch Milk Chocolate at 100/100.

Is Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar organic?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar is not certified organic in our data.

Has Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (UK-style milk chocolate: milk, sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, palm/shea oil; solid or aerated, no filling, nut, fruit or biscuit; cocoa is the driver) with the other products in its family, Cadbury Dairy Milk (UK recipe, plain & aerated), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar contain heavy metals?

Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate Bar itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 23.3 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar, cadmium at 9.05 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar and lead at 10.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Wispa Milk Chocolate Bar. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.