Cookies 'n' Creme XL Candy Bar

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 11 ingredients to avoid

Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme XL Candy Bar scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 2g protein and 13g sugar. 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.

Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme XL Candy Bar lists 29 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Palm Oil, Shea Oil and Sunflower Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

140 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme XL Candy Bar on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Hershey's Cookies 'n' Creme XL Candy 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.