The Hershey Company Hershey

The Hershey Company Hershey appears in 7 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.

What the data can answer

The Hershey Company Hershey appears in 7 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.

7
catalogued products
#19,546
usage rank of 247,206
3
named brands represented
80%
average depth down ingredient lists

Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.

What this page can and cannot answer

Audit the co-occurring flags first

57.1% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify The Hershey Company Hershey as the trigger. Open records such as Chocolate bunny; Jolly Rancher Gummies VERY BERRY; jolly rancher Gummies, Sour Awesome Reds and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 60.7/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 80% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

57.1% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 7 of 7 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.

Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.

High-volume listing for The Hershey Company Hershey - usage rank #19,546

Usage rank
#19,546
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 2,185 others that also appear in exactly 7 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
80%
Mean relative depth 80% across 7 parsed labels, slot 15.0 on average. The Hershey Company Hershey tends to sit near the end of the captured list. Depth is location on the label, not a measured dose.

Ranks use Open Food Facts ingredient rows on this site’s refresh cycle. 247,206 ingredients with ≥1 product appearance enter the ranking. Prevalence and list depth are catalog facts, not toxicology.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 7 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.

Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing The Hershey Company Hershey

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 7 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 050100150 012345 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing The Hershey Company Hershey Chocolate bunnyJolly Rancher Gummies VERY BERRYjolly rancher Gummies, Sour Awesome RedsRessesJolly ranchers gummy sourJolly Ranchers hard candy zero sugarTwizzlers- licorice
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

High-volume peers for The Hershey Company Hershey: 7 products, mean screening score 60.7/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

Nearest other ingredients by mean product screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.

Using the The Hershey Company Hershey evidence

7 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on The Hershey Company Hershey are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Check the listed products containing The Hershey Company Hershey before treating the aggregate count as a personal conclusion. Open product sample
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Compare a peer
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. See source joins

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

The Hershey Company Hershey — common follow-ups

How should I read safety signals when The Hershey Company Hershey sits in heavily flagged products?

57.1% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming The Hershey Company Hershey is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with The Hershey Company Hershey?

The Hershey Company Hershey ranks in the top decile by product count (#19,546 of 247,206), appearing in 7 indexed products led by Snacks. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is The Hershey Company Hershey so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet The Hershey Company Hershey appears in 7 products (#19,546 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (The Hershey Company Hershey). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.