Hershey's Special Dark Whole Almonds

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Hershey's Special Dark Whole Almonds scores 15/100 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. 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 Special Dark Whole Almonds lists 14 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Palm Oil, Shea Oil, Sunflower Oil and Palm Kernel Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Hershey's Special Dark Whole Almonds scores worse than most chocolate we have scored. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Salty Dark Chocolate 70% Cacao at 100/100.