Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton

Name: Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton
Brand: Whoppers

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 6 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Whoppers Malted Milk Balls (US)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−51

cadmium−40

arsenic−11

Ingredients

−85

hydrogenated palm kernel oil−18

palm kernel oil−18

corn syrup−17

artificial flavor−16

corn syrup solids−5

7 more deductions−11

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+46

Minimum score+46

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 · 4

2 at/over limit

Includes lab tests of other products in its family

Whoppers Malted Milk Balls (US)

Worst result per contaminant across the family

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

Cadmium24.1 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 4.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: The Original Malted Milk Balls

Arsenic11 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: The Original Malted Milk Balls

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: The Original Malted Milk Balls

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: The Original Malted Milk Balls

Ingredients · 18

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Common questions

Is Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton healthy?

Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton 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, Whoppers Malted Milk Balls (US). 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 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton?

Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton lists 18 ingredients, starting with Sugar, Corn Syrup Solids, Whey (Milk), Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil and Palm Kernel Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton’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 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton?

Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton compare to other chocolate?

At 0/100 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton 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 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton organic?

Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton is not certified organic in our data.

Has Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton been lab tested?

Yes. 1 substance in Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton 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 (Whoppers Malted Milk Balls (US)), 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 Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton contain heavy metals?

No. A lab tested Whoppers Malted Milk Balls 12 oz Carton 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 arsenic at 11 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in The Original Malted Milk Balls and cadmium at 24.1 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in The Original Malted Milk Balls. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests.

Full methodology: how we score products.