Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup

Name: Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup
Brand: Reese's

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid · Bioengineered

Includes lab results from its product family: Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (US classic)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−50

cadmium−50

Ingredients

−36

dextrose−11

tbhq−11

chocolate−4

lecithin (soy)−4

pgpr−3

citric acid−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Label claims

What the package says about how it was made

−10

Bioengineered−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Minimum score+6

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

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

Cadmium50 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 10×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)

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

Contaminants · 3

1 at/over limit

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (US classic)

Worst result per contaminant across the family

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium50 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 10×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Peanut Butter Cups

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: Peanut Butter Cups

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Peanut Butter Cups

Ingredients · 13

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	488.37 kcal	205 kcal
Fat	28.57 g	12 g
Saturated fat	10.71 g	4.5 g
Carbohydrates	57.14 g	24 g
Sugars	52.38 g	22 g
Fiber	4.76 g	2 g
Protein	9.52 g	4 g
Sodium	0.32 g	0.14 g

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Common questions

Is Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup healthy?

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup 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, Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (US classic). Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 4g protein and 22g 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 Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup?

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup lists 13 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk 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 Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup?

205 kcal per serving, or 488 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup’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 Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup?

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup 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 Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup organic?

Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup is not certified organic in our data.

Has Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against. Other products in its family (Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups (US classic)), which share its base recipe, were lab tested too. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Their results are in the family's Contaminants section above.

Does Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected cadmium at 50 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup. It also tested for lead, arsenic and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above. Other products in its family, which share its base recipe, were tested too: a lab detected cadmium at 50 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Peanut Butter Cups. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests.

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