Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups scores 58/100 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.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups lists 12 ingredients, starting with Caramelized Unrefined Cane Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Unsweetened Chocolate, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate and Peanuts. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 58/100 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups 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.