The original malted milk balls
The original malted milk balls by The Hershey Company,Leaf Inc. has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.3 out of 5, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Snacks / Sweet snacks / Cocoa and its products / Confectioneries / Chocolate candies / Bonbons
How This Score Is Built
The original malted milk balls draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where The original malted milk balls sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.3 Top 93% higher than 7% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Sorbitan Tristearate - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Sugar; corn syrup solids; whey (milk); hydrogenated palm kernel oil; palm kernel oil; corn syrup; cocoa; malted milk [barley malt; wheat flour; milk; salt; baking soda]; sorbitan tristearate; lecithin (soy); confectioner's glaze; salt; artificial flavor; tapioca dextrin; calcium carbonate.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for The original malted milk balls: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0010700024404
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does The original malted milk balls's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, The original malted milk balls's 3.3/5 average puts it in the lower 93%, 0.82 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should The original malted milk balls's 3.3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. The original malted milk balls's mapped ingredients average out to 3.3/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.