Avoid

Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy

by Reese's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0034000432264 · Reese's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0034000432264 · Serving size 3 PIECES (26 g)

The verdict

Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy by Reese's scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Milk Chocolate, Sugar, Cocoa Butter. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 30 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00432264 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Milk Chocolate Shimmer · ±0 BOOK-OFF …432264 · July 2026

12 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00432264 · 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: Milk Chocolate Shimmer Mini Eggs, Milk Chocolate · Nearest score peer is Milk Chocolate Shimmer Mini Eggs, Milk Chocolate 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Milk chocolate & peanut b…0/1002. Milk Chocolate Shimmer Mini Eggs, Milk Chocolate: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Milk Chocolate Shimmer Mi…0/1003. Ice breakers ice cubes cherry limeade: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Ice breakers ice cubes ch…0/1004. Kit kat Birthday Cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Kit kat Birthday Cake0/1005. Sour Rainbow Bites, Strawberry, Orange, Lemonade, Watermelon, Blue Raspberry, Grape: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Sour Rainbow Bites, Straw…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy (0/100 on 30 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy
0/100
Milk Chocolate Shimmer Mini Eggs, Milk Chocolate
0/100
Ice breakers ice cubes cherry limeade
0/100
Kit kat Birthday Cake
0/100
Sour Rainbow Bites, Strawberry, Orange, Lemonade, Watermelon, Blue Raspberry, Grape
0/100

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. Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy scores 86.1 points below that category average (0/100 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

Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% of the 81,477 products 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 30 (80th 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk Chocolate
2
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
3
Cocoa Butter
4
Natural Chocolate
5
Skim Milk
6
Milk Fat
7
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
8
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
9
Soy
10
Pgpr
11
Peanuts
12
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
13
Partially Defatted Peanuts
14
Vegetable Oil
15
Palm Kernel Oil
16
Soybean Oil
17
Corn Syrup Solids
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
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
20
Artificial Color
21
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
22
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
23
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
24
Blue 1
Caution Approved (certified color)
25
Confectioner's Glaze
26
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
27
Tbhq And Citric Acid
28
Carnauba Wax
29
Vanillin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
30
Artificial Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Milk chocolate [sugar; cocoa butter; chocolate; skim milk; milk fat; lactose; lecithin (soy); pgpr]; peanuts; sugar; dextrose; partially defatted peanuts; hydrogenated vegetable oil [palm kernel oil; soybean oil]; contains 2% or less of: corn syrup solids; salt; palm kernel oil; corn syrup; artificial color [yellow 6 lake; yellow 5 lake; red 40 lake; blue 1 lake]; confectioner's glaze; lecithin (soy); modified cornstarch; tbhq and citric acid, to maintain freshness; carnauba wax; vanillin, artificial flavor.

Categories

Snacks Sweet snacks Confectioneries

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy

Neighbours outside Reese's in the same lower screening band as Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Reese's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Milk chocolate & peanut butter miniature cups candy's 4 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 0034000432264: 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.