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Just so you know what to look out for on labels ...

Here's a copy from a Hershey's Nutrageous peanut and chocolate bar (yes, all the information below is crammed onto the back of the wrapper of every 51-gram bar along with a pile of other information).

The block capitals are exactly as printed on the product, except at several times the print-size so you won't get eye-strain reading it:

INGREDIENTS:

CHOCOLATE FLAVOURED COATING:
SUGAR*
VEGETABLE OIL (COCOA BUTTER, PALM, SHEA, SUNFLOWER AND /OR
SAFFLOWER OIL)
COCOA MASS
SKIM MILK POWDER
WHEY POWDER
MILK FAT
EMUSLIFIER(typo is theirs not ours) (SOYA LECITHIN (E322*)
SALT
VANILLIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR

PEANUTS:

PEANUT BUTTER:
PEANUTS
SUGAR*
DEXTROSE* (glucose)
SALT
CORN SYRUP*
ANTIOXIDANTS – PROPYL GALLATE E310
CITRIC ACID E330
ASCORBYL PALMITATE E304
CARAMEL:
HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP*
HIGH MALTOSE CORN SYRUP*
SORBITOL*
SUGAR*
PALM KERNEL OIL
WHEY POWDER
WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE
CASEINATE
SALT
ARTIFICIAL VANILLA FLAVOUR
COLOUR (CARAMEL)
MONO- AND DI-GLYCERIDES (E471)*contains genetically modified sugar, soya, and corn (printed as shown i.e. attached to the final ingredient and in lower-case, therefore smaller, print size)

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