Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars

Name: Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars
Brand: Twix

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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 · 1

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)

Contaminants · 3

1 at/over limit

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Twix (US cookie bar)

Worst result per contaminant across the family

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

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 Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars healthy?

Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars 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 Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars?

Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars 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 Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars’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 Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars?

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

How does Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars 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 Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars organic?

Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars is not certified organic in our data.

Has Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars been lab tested?

Yes. 1 substance in Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars has 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 (Twix (US cookie bar)), 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 Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars contain heavy metals?

No. A lab tested Twix Mars Twix Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bars for arsenic and found none above its detection limit. Other products in its family, which share its base recipe, were tested too: 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.

Full methodology: how we score products.