Brand
M&M's
Made by
Mars
Aisle
Chocolate candy
Kind
candy-coated chocolate
Barcode
00040000579816

M&M's

M&M's Peanut Butter Chocolate Candies

Candy-coated milk chocolate pieces with a peanut butter centre, in a resealable sharing-size bag.

Label check

Flagged ingredients6

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Red 40Synthetic dyesRED 40
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOW 6
Blue 1Synthetic dyesBLUE 1
Blue 2Synthetic dyesBLUE 2
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP

Ingredients as listed

MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, COCOA BUTTER, CHOCOLATE, MILK, LACTOSE,PEANUTS, MILKFAT, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR), SUGAR, PEANUT BUTTER(PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUTS, PALM OIL), HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL,CORNSTARCH, DEXTROSE; LESS THAN 1% OF: CORN SYRUP, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT,DEXTRIN, COLORS (INCLUDES BLUE 1 LAKE, RED 40, YELLOW 6, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, RED 40LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, BLUE 2), CARNAUBA WAX, PROPYLGALLATE TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS, GUM ACACIA.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2757229). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More candy-coated chocolate first, then the rest of the chocolate candy aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.