Snickers Bar

Name: Snickers Bar
Brand: Snickers

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Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit

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

Arsenic350 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 35×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Ingredients · 13

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Common questions

Is Snickers Bar healthy?

Snickers Bar 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. 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 Snickers Bar?

Snickers Bar lists 13 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Lactose and Skim Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Snickers Bar contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Snickers Bar’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 Snickers Bar?

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

How does Snickers Bar compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Snickers Bar 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 Snickers Bar organic?

Snickers Bar is not certified organic in our data.

Has Snickers Bar been lab tested?

Yes. 1 substance in Snickers Bar has a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Snickers Bar contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected arsenic at 350 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Snickers Bar. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.