Can you spot the ultraprocessed foods?

Take a virtual shopping trip to learn more about what's on grocery store shelves.

M&M's Family Size Milk Chocolate Candies
Snacks, Chips & Dips
📊 NOVA 4🌾 Gluten-Free✨ Seed Oil Free

M&M's Family Size Milk Chocolate Candies

M&M'S
18 oz
Available at Foodtown
140
Calories
1g
Protein
18g
Sugars
20mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
52
Ingredients

What You Should Know

M&M'S Family Size Milk Chocolate Candies (18 oz) is the familiar, colorful bag of button-shaped candy with a glossy sugar shell and a smooth milk-chocolate center. In a grocery store you’ll typically find it in the candy and snacks aisle, on seasonal endcaps (Halloween, Christmas, Valentine’s), by checkout lanes for impulse buys, or near baking supplies when marketed as a mix-in for cookies and desserts. This product fits casual shopping trips for party supplies, movie-night snacks, road trips, and holiday baking. Brand positioning is unmistakably mass-market and family-oriented: playful, nostalgic, and aimed at kids, parents and young adults who associate the brand with sharing, fun, and small pleasures. Packaging uses bright, child-friendly graphics and a resealable bag callout that suggests convenience and freshness; there are no organic or “natural” certifications and no health claims beyond portion-calorie information. Processing context: the candy is an industrially made confection with multiple additives and colorants, consistent with highly processed snack foods. Sensory details emphasize contrast and ritual — a thin, crisp candy shell that snaps, a glossy, colored surface (thanks to carnauba wax and dyes), and a creamy milk-chocolate interior that melts on the tongue. The resealable family bag encourages repeated snacking, communal bowls at parties, or measured scoops for baking. The ritual is casual and social: handfuls at movie-night, a bowl at a kid’s birthday, or stirred into cookie dough for festive color and texture.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 oz
Servings per Container: 18
Calories140
% Daily Value*
Total Fat5g6%
Saturated Fat3.5g18%
Cholesterol5mg2%
Sodium20mg1%
Total Carbohydrate21g8%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars18g
Added Sugars17g34%
Protein1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

MILK, CHOCOLATE, (SUGAR,, CHOCOLATE,, SKIM, MILK,, COCOA, BUTTER,, LACTOSE,, MILKFAT, SOY, LECITHIN,, SALT,, NATURAL, FLAVOR),, SUGAR,, CORNSTARCH;, LESS, THAN, 1%, OF:, CORN, SYRUP, DEXTRIN,, COLORS, (INCLUDES, BLUE, 1, LAKE,, YELLOW, 6,, RED, 40,, YELLOW, 5,, BLUE, 1,, YELLOW, 6, LAKE, RED, 40, LAKE,, YELLOW, 5, LAKE,, BLUE, 2, LAKE,, BLUE, 2),, CARNAUBA, WAX,, GUM, ACACIA..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soy Lecithin - Processed emulsifier
  • Blue 1 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 6 - Artificial coloring
  • Red 40 - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 5 - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 1 - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 6 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Red 40 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Yellow 5 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 2 Lake - Artificial coloring
  • Blue 2 - Artificial coloring
No EmulsifierNo Additive

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (artificial color lakes, corn syrup, dextrin, carnauba wax, emulsifiers) and is produced through extensive industrial processing, which qualifies it as ultra-processed.

Daily Ritual

Can you Spot Ultraprocessed Foods? Play our Supermarket Game

Take a virtual shopping trip to learn more about what's on grocery store shelves.

Shopping in the supermarket oil aisle

Others also viewed

Common Questions about M&M's Family Size Milk Chocolate Candies

Well, 'healthy' can be a bit of a slippery term! These little chocolate gems pack a sweet punch with 18 grams of sugar per serving, which is definitely on the high side. If you’re looking for a treat to enjoy occasionally, they can fit into a balanced diet, but they’re not exactly a health food.

Perfect For

movie-night
holiday-baking
road-trip

Vibe:

nostalgicindulgentcomfortingconvenient
$NaN
per package