Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy

Name: Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy
Brand: Hershey's

0Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium73 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 15×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead10 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic6 ppbof 10 ppb

60% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 9

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Common questions

Is Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy healthy?

Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy 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. 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 Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy?

Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy lists 9 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Milk, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter and Lactose. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy’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 Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy?

Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy 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 Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy organic?

Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy is not certified organic in our data.

Has Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Hershey's Kisses Milk Chocolate Candy have an independent laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Full methodology: how we score products.