Milk Chocolate Candy Bar

Name: Milk Chocolate Candy Bar
Brand: Hershey's

15Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

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

Cadmium60 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 12×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead21 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 4.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA 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 · 10

GoodCautionAvoid

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	511.63 kcal	220 kcal
Fat	30.23 g	13 g
Saturated fat	18.6 g	8 g
Carbohydrates	60.47 g	26 g
Sugars	58.14 g	25 g
Fiber	2.33 g	1 g
Protein	6.98 g	3 g
Sodium	0.08 g	0.04 g

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Common questions

Is Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar healthy?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar 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. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 3g protein and 25g 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.

What is in Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar lists 10 ingredients, starting with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Milk, Chocolate and Cocoa Butter. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar?

220 kcal per serving, or 512 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

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

No. Nothing in Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy 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 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar 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 Milk Chocolate Candy Bar compare to other chocolate?

At 15/100 Hershey's Milk Chocolate 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.

Is Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar organic?

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

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

Yes. 4 substances in Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bar 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.