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Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz

by Hershey

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0034000401000 · Hershey · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0034000401000 · Serving size 2 portion (36 g)

The verdict

Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz by Hershey scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 71 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 71-component record, beginning with Sugar, Vegetable Oil Reese's Pieces Candy, Palm Oil. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

25/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 71 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

20/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

25/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00401000 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 25/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 71 ing. REG-SPARSE 17% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Blue 1 PHOTO-FINISH Twisted Strawberry Blast · ±0 BOOK-OFF …401000 · July 2026

12 of 71 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Blue 1). Source sheet 00401000 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Twisted Strawberry Blast Low Fat Snack Candy, Twisted Strawberry Blast · Nearest score peer is Twisted Strawberry Blast Low Fat Snack Candy, Twisted Strawberry Blast at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hershey Assorted Flavored…25/1002. Twisted Strawberry Blast Low Fat Snack Candy, Twisted Strawberry Blast: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Twisted Strawberry Blast …25/1003. Pulp N' Peel Candy, Fruit Punch: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pulp N' Peel Candy, Fruit…25/1004. Twizzlers, Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Fruit Punch, Fruit Punch: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Twizzlers, Pull 'N' Peel …25/1005. Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Cherry Cola: 25/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Cher…25/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz (25/100 on 71 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz
25/100
Twisted Strawberry Blast Low Fat Snack Candy, Twisted Strawberry Blast
25/100
Pulp N' Peel Candy, Fruit Punch
25/100
Twizzlers, Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Fruit Punch, Fruit Punch
25/100
Pull 'N' Peel Candy, Cherry Cola
25/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz scores 61.1 points below that category average (25/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz lists 71 ingredients on its label

71 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 71 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 25/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 71 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Vegetable Oil Reese's Pieces Candy
3
Palm Oil
4
Shea Oil
5
Sunflower Oil
6
Palm Kernel Oil
7
Partially Milk Duds Candy Defatted Peanuts
8
Oil
9
Dairy Butter
10
Milk
11
Almonds
12
Vegetable Oil
13
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
14
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
15
Reduced Protein Soybean Oil
16
Corn Syrup Solids
17
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Or Less
19
Palm Sunflower Oil
20
Natural Chocolate
21
Skim Milk
22
Organic Cocoa
23
Kernel Oil
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Safflower Oil
26
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
27
Cocoa Processed With Alkali
28
Artificial Color
29
Including Yellow Reduced Protein Whey
30
Skin Salt
31
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
32
Soy
33
Natural Flavor. Od 6 Lake
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Brown Sugar
37
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
38
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Mono - Lecithin
40
Confectioner's And Diglycerides
41
Glaze
42
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
43
Artificial Flavor
44
Confectioner's Glaze
45
Soy. Carnauba Wax
46
Milk. Od Cocoa Processed With Alkali
47
Ingredient
48
Derived From A Baking Soda
49
Bioengineered Source
50
Peanuts
51
Soy. Vanillin
52
Bioengineered Tapioca Dextrin. Od Food Ingredient
53
Soy. Ingredient
54
Wheat Flour
55
Rolo® Candy Snack Size Cocoa Butter
56
Or Safflower Fat
57
Oil
58
High Fructose Lecithin
59
Pgpr
60
Vanillin Corn Syrup
61
Yeast
62
Baking Soda. Od Vegetable Oil
63
Soybean Oil
64
Wheat
65
Reduced Protein Whey Manufactured In A Facility
66
Cocoa Processed With Ingredient
67
Derived From A Alkali
68
Baking Soda
69
Artificial Bioengineered Source. Flavor
70
Od
71
Derived From A Bioengineered Source

Full Ingredient List

SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL REESE'S PIECES Candy (PALM OIL, SHEA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, &/OR SAFFLOWER INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, PARTIALLY MILK DUDS Candy DEFATTED PEANUTS, HYDROGENATED OIL), DAIRY BUTTER (MILK), ALMONDS, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL, INGREDIENTS: CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, LACTOSE (MILK), REDUCED PROTEIN SOYBEAN OIL), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, SHEA OIL, WHEY (MILK), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: PALM SUNFLOWER OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, OF: CHOCOLATE, SKIM MILK, COCOA, KERNEL OIL, CORN SYRUP, SALT, &/OR SAFFLOWER OIL), DEXTROSE, COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (INCLUDING YELLOW REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY (MILK), SKIN SALT, LECITHIN (SOY), NATURAL FLAVOR. OD 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, MILK, BROWN SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% BLUE 1 LAKE), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, OR LESS OF: LACTOSE (MILK), MONO - LECITHIN (SOY), CONFECTIONER'S AND DIGLYCERIDES, CHOCOLATE, GLAZE, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), CONFECTIONER'S GLAZE, COCOA, CONTAINS: ALMONDS, MILK, SOY. CARNAUBA WAX, MILK. OD COCOA PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, Ingredient(s) derived from a BAKING SODA, SALT, LECITHIN (SOY), bioengineered source. CONTAINS: PEANUTS, MILK, SOY. VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), Contains a bioengineered TAPIOCA DEXTRIN. OD food ingredient. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY. Ingredient(s) derived from a KIT KAT® Wafer Bar bioengineered source. Snack Size INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, WHEAT FLOUR, ROLO® Candy Snack Size COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, LACTOSE INGREDIENTS: SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (MILK), VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL), SKIM MILK, MILK (PALM OIL, SHEA OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, &/OR SAFFLOWER FAT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: OIL), CORN SYRUP, HIGH FRUCTOSE LECITHIN (SOY), PGPR, VANILLIN CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED (ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), SALT, YEAST, BAKING SODA. OD VEGETABLE OIL (PALM KERNEL OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), SKIM MILK, LACTOSE CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT, SOY (MILK, REDUCED PROTEIN WHEY MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY (MILK), CHOCOLATE, CONTAINS 2% OR THAT PROCESSES PEANUTS. LESS OF: COCOA PROCESSED WITH Ingredient(s) derived from a ALKALI, COCOA, SALT, LECITHIN (SOY)、 BAKING SODA, VANILLIN (ARTIFICIAL bioengineered source. FLAVOR). OD CONTAINS: MILK, SOY. Ingredient(s) derived from a bioengineered source.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Cocoa and its products Confectioneries Chocolates Candies

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz

Neighbours outside Hershey in the same lower screening band as Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz (25/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hershey; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Blue 1 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 71-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Blue 1. Open Blue 1
  • Compare Hershey Assorted Flavored Snack Size Candy, Party Pack 33.08 oz's 3 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0034000401000: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.