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Hershey's HHershey's
VerdictConsider avoidingIce breakers sours
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- TartrazineSouthampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCFSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- AspartameSweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthCritical
- 1nutrition base band "low" from nutri-score
- 2HIGH-concern additive floors band at "high"
- 3ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 4final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Tartrazine — Southampton study link to hyperactivity/attention effects in children; can trigger reactions in sensitive individuals.
- Sunset yellow FCF — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Allura red AC — Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
- Aspartame — Sweetener; classified as possibly carcinogenic, though the evidence is contested and intake-dependent.
blend health-blend-v1
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (17)
- SORBITOL52.94117647058823%—
- MALIC ACID23.529411764705884%—
- CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF11.764705882352942%—
- MALTODEXTRIN11.764705882352942%—›
- TARTARIC ACID5.882352941176471%—
- MALTITOL2.941176470588232%—
- NATURAL FLAVOR1.470588235294116%—
- ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR0.735294117647058%—
- ASPARTAME0.367647058823529%⚠ moderate
- HYDROGENATED PALM OIL0.18382352941176805%—›
- CITRIC ACID0.09191176470588402%—
- MAGNESIUM STEARATE0.04595588235294201%—
- GUM ACACIA0.022977941176471006%—
- LECITHIN0.01148897058823195%—
- ARTIFICIAL COLOR0.01148897058823195%—
- YELLOW 60.005744485294115975%⚠ high
- YELLOW 50.005744485294115975%⚠ high
- RED 400.0028722426470579876%⚠ high
- BLUE 110.0014361213235289938%—
- PHENYLKETONURICS0.0014361213235360992%—
- CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE0.0014361213235360992%—
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SORBITOL; MALIC ACID; CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MALTODEXTRIN; TARTARIC ACID; MALTITOL; NATURAL FLAVOR AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR; ASPARTAME*; HYDROGENATED PALM OIL; CITRIC ACID; MAGNESIUM STEARATE; GUM ACACIA; LECITHIN (SOY): ARTIFICIAL COLOR [YELLOW 6: YELLOW 5; RED 40; BLUE 11. *PHENYLKETONURICS: CONTAINS PHENYLALANINE
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.