Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

Name: Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Brand: Reese's

Milk chocolate cups with a salted peanut butter filling, the best-known peanut butter cup in the US.

Label check

Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsNone listed
PreservativesTBHQ

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
TBHQ	Preservatives	TBHQ

Ingredients as listed

Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Milk Fat, Lactose, Lecithin (Soy), PGPR), Peanuts, Sugar, Dextrose, Salt, TBHQ & Citric Acid (To Maintain Freshness)

Source: The Hershey Company’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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