Hershey's Milk Chocolate — TREAT
Munch or Dump rates Hershey's Milk Chocolate by Hershey’s TREAT — score 45/90.
Sugar is the number one ingredient in this classic milk chocolate bar, ahead of the cocoa. It's an indulgent treat with a short, mostly recognizable list, but it's candy, not nutrition.
Why this verdict
- Sugar is the first and dominant ingredient, ahead of the cocoa
- High in sugar and saturated fat with little nutritional value
- Short, mostly recognizable list keeps it out of engineered territory
- Two emulsifiers (soy lecithin and PGPR) but no artificial colors or flavor stacks
Ingredients (8)
- Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
- Milk (safe) — Real dairy, adds richness and protein; a common allergen but nutritionally fine.
- Chocolate (cocoa liquor) (safe) — Ground cocoa; source of flavor and a modest amount of antioxidants.
- Cocoa Butter (safe) — Natural fat from the cocoa bean; a clean ingredient.
- MILK FAT (moderate) — Saturated dairy fat.
- Lecithin (Soy) (moderate) — Emulsifier that binds water and oil into a butter-like emulsion; a marker of processed formulation.
- PGPR (moderate) — Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, an industrial emulsifier used to cut cocoa butter costs and improve flow. Generally recognized as safe but a sign of processing.
- Natural flavor (moderate) — Undefined proprietary flavoring; signals engineered taste over real ingredients.
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