Hershey's Milk Shake Chocolate Flavour 180ml — ENGINEERED

Name: Hershey's Milk Shake Chocolate Flavour 180ml
Brand: Hershey’s

Munch or Dump rates Hershey's Milk Shake Chocolate Flavour 180ml by Hershey’s ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A sugar-water drink dressed up as a milkshake: water and sugar come before the 8% milk, cocoa is a rounding-error 0.75%, and it's held together by a stack of three emulsifiers plus lab-made flavors.

Why this verdict

Sugar is the #2 ingredient, ahead of milk solids (only 8%) and cocoa (0.75%)
Stack of three emulsifiers (460i, 466, 471) plus a sequestrant holds the emulsion together
Chocolate taste comes from nature-identical flavoring, not real cocoa
NOVA group 4 ultra-processed drink dressed up with added vitamins and calcium

Ingredients (15)

Water (safe) — Bulking agent that keeps this a low-fat spread; inert.
Sugar (moderate) — Added refined sugar; spikes blood sugar and turns a milky base into a dessert.
Milk Solids (8%) (safe) — The only real dairy, and there's very little of it for something called a milkshake.
Cocoa Solids (0.75%) (safe) — A trace amount, far too little to actually flavor the drink; the taste is topped up with synthetic flavoring.
Emulsifiers (460i, 466, 471) (moderate) — Three stacked emulsifiers (microcrystalline cellulose, CMC, mono/diglycerides) to keep a watered-down mix smooth and creamy.
calcium carbonate (safe) — Added calcium to mimic dairy milk; neutral to mildly beneficial.
Nature Identical Flavouring Substances (moderate) — Lab-synthesized 'mango' flavor doing the heavy lifting instead of actual fruit.
Sequestrant (339ii) (moderate) — Sodium phosphate additive for texture and shelf stability, another processing marker.
EDIBLE COMMON SALT (safe) — Small amount for flavor balance.
ZINC SULPHATE (safe) — Added mineral for the 'fortified' marketing angle.
vitamin E acetate (safe) — Synthetic vitamin added back to make the drink look nutritious.
Vitamin A Acetate (safe) — Fortification vitamin, part of the 'goodness' positioning.
Vitamin D2 (ergocalciferol) (safe) — Added synthetic vitamin D. Harmless, but doesn't redeem a heavily processed seed oil.
Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) (safe) — Fortification B vitamin.
vitamin B2 (riboflavin) (safe) — Fortification B vitamin.