Milk Chocolate Kisses

Name: Milk Chocolate Kisses
Brand: Hershey's

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Hershey's Kisses milk chocolate

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−75

cadmium−55

lead−14

arsenic−6

Ingredients

−18

natural flavor−11

chocolate−4

lecithin−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Minimum score+3

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Hershey's Kisses milk chocolate

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: 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

Measured in: Kisses Milk Chocolate

Lead10 ppbof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: Kisses Milk Chocolate

Arsenic6 ppbof 10 ppb

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

Measured in: Kisses Milk Chocolate

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Kisses Milk Chocolate

Ingredients · 7

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	500 kcal	160 kcal
Fat	28.13 g	9 g
Saturated fat	18.75 g	6 g
Carbohydrates	59.38 g	19 g
Sugars	56.25 g	18 g
Protein	6.25 g	2 g
Sodium	0.08 g	0.03 g

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Common questions

Is Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses healthy?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses 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, Hershey's Kisses milk chocolate. Per serving it carries 2g protein and 18g 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 Kisses?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses lists 7 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Milk, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter and Milk Fat. 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 Kisses?

160 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses contain seed oils?

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

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses 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 Kisses compare to other chocolate?

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

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

Has Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Plain Hershey's milk chocolate in Kiss shape and seasonal Kiss formats; cocoa driver, no nuts or fillings) with the other products in its family, Hershey's Kisses milk chocolate, and 2 products in its family have 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 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses contain heavy metals?

Hershey's Milk Chocolate Kisses 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 6 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Kisses Milk Chocolate, cadmium at 73 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Kisses Milk Chocolate and lead at 10 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Kisses Milk Chocolate. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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