Candy chocolate bars filled with caramel and peanuts
Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Limited Snickers
50 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains palm oil
- Contains artificial flavors
- Seed-oil free
Why it scores 4
Mars Wrigley Confectionery UK Limited Snickers scores 4 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Lactose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Snickers
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Lactose minus 20 points
- Corn syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 3 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 3 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 51.8 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Saturated fat 7.9 g / 100 g minus 7 points
- Salt 0.6 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 481 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 4.3 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 96 = 4
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 481 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 22.5 g |
| Saturated fat | 7.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 60.5 g |
| Sugars | 51.8 g |
| Added sugars | 47.5 g |
| Fiber | 4.3 g |
| Protein | 8.6 g |
| Salt | 0.6 g |
Serving: 50 g
Ingredients
- Milk Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin) (moderate concern)
- peanuts
- corn syrup (high concern)
- sugar (high concern)
- palm oil
- skim milk
- lactose (high concern)
- salt
- egg whites
- artificial flavor
Label text, as published
Milk Chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, chocolate, skim milk, lactose, milkfat, soy lecithin), peanuts, corn syrup, sugar, palm oil, skim milk, lactose, salt, egg whites, artificial flavor.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Soy, Egg
May contain: Tree nuts
- Not vegan
- Vegetarian
- Gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
Packaging
Plastic
Context only: no points in v1.
Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu