Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar

Name: Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar
Brand: Twix

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 6 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Twix (US cookie bar)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−30

cadmium−30

Ingredients

−85

palm oil−20

corn syrup−20

artificial flavor−18

soy lecithin−5

folic acid−5

9 more deductions−17

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+25

Minimum score+25

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Twix (US cookie bar)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium11 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Chocolate Caramel Candy Cookie Bars Sharing Size

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

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

Measured in: Chocolate Caramel Candy Cookie Bars Sharing Size

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: Chocolate Caramel Candy Cookie Bars Sharing Size

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Chocolate Caramel Candy Cookie Bars Sharing Size

Ingredients · 22

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Common questions

Is Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar healthy?

Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy 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, plus lab results from its product family, Twix (US cookie bar). 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 Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar?

Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar lists 22 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk and Lactose. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy 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 Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar?

Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy 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 Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar organic?

Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar is not certified organic in our data.

Has Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (US Twix: milk chocolate coating, wheat flour, palm oil; cocoa present, no nuts, no rice) with the other products in its family, Twix (US cookie bar), and 6 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar contain heavy metals?

Twix Caramel Cookie Chocolate Candy Bar itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 11 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Chocolate Caramel Candy Cookie Bars Sharing Size. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.