Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bar

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 ingredient to avoid

Hershey's Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bar scores 67/100 on Tallow — our okay 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 Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bar lists 8 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Pgpr and Milk Fat. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 67/100 Hershey's Special Dark Mildly Sweet Chocolate Bar lands mid-scale — below the typical score in chocolate, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in chocolate is Hu Organic Hazelnut Butter + Hazelnut Crunch Milk Chocolate at 100/100.