Maltesers White

Name: Maltesers White
Brand: Maltesers

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Contaminants · 4

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

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

CadmiumNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Maltesers White healthy?

Maltesers White scores 5/100 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 Maltesers White?

Maltesers White lists 15 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Glucose Syrup, Whole Milk Powder and Barley Malt Extract. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Maltesers White contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Maltesers White’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 Maltesers White?

Maltesers White is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Maltesers White compare to other chocolate?

At 5/100 Maltesers White 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 Maltesers White organic?

Maltesers White is not certified organic in our data.

Has Maltesers White been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Maltesers White have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Maltesers White contain heavy metals?

No. A lab tested Maltesers White for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury and found none above its detection limit.

Full methodology: how we score products.