Last Updated on March 22, 2022 by Jim Edwards
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Zero Candy Bar – A Product Review
Since 1996, the Hershey Company has been manufacturing the Zero Candy Bars. With time, many changes have been observed in Zero Bars’ packaging, but it remains a popular candy bar that is unique for its combination of peanuts, caramel, and almonds with a sweet white chocolate exterior. No matter your age, if you have a sweet tooth, you will love this candy bar! Zero bar contains peanut, caramel, and almonds nougat.
Interesting tidbit: Initially, manufacturers attracted the children with complimentary steam engine toys that they could receive for collecting and redeeming a certain number of wrappers. It was a creative way to encourage kids eating this candy bar!
Zero Candy Bar History
In 1920, Zero candy bar started its journey in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by F.A. Martoccio Macaroni Firm. At that time, it was named Double Zero Bar. The snowy white fudge outer layer played a crucial role in naming the candy bar. The upper fudgy layer not only helped in the naming but also made it popular among the masses. There are very very few mass production candy bars that have a white chocolate exterior and it is one of the things that makes the zero bar stand out.
F.A. Martoccio, the founder of the Macaroni company, launched a new company in 1933 with the name “Hollywood Brands” to entirely focus on the candy business. He transferred the senior management of Macaroni to his son’s business firm.
For the past 100 years, Zero bar has gone through plenty of changes. In 1934, it was renamed from double zero to Zero Bar Candy.
Furthermore, in 1967, the brand was acquired by a consolidated food company. Later, Huhtamaki firm took control of Zero Candy Bar in 1988.
Variants and Ingredients of Zero Candy Bar
Zero bar comes in three variants:
- Zero standard candy bar
- Zero King Size Candy Bar,
- Zero Candy Bar 6 Packs.
A Zero Standard Candy Bar has 1.85 oz(52 gm) of weight, whereas Zero King Candy Bar is available in 3.4 oz. The third variant is a pack of 6 Zero Candy Bar.
A standard candy bar provides 230 calories of nutrition values. A single bar manufacturing process adds 5 gm of saturated fat, 115 mg of sodium, and 31 gm sugar. It also contains 3 gm proteins.
It adds vegetable oils, corn syrup, nonfat milk, soy pieces, peanuts, and sugar as the main ingredients.
Other ingredients include Almonds, cocoa, malted milk, egg whites, lecithin, hydrolyzed soy protein along with artificial flavors, mono and diglycerides, sorbitan tristearate, cocoa butter, salt, and artificial color.
These ingredients account for 2% or less quantity in a Zero candy bar.
The US Food and Drug Administration(FDA) has recognized milk, wheat, almonds, soy, peanuts, and eggs as the most common food allergens among candy bar ingredients.
You can buy a pack of 24 Zero Candy Bars for $29.25, having a bar weight of 1.85 ounces (oz)
. A pack of 24 Zero King Size Candy Bars is available here.
See: Our Reviews of Boston Baked Beans Candy and another classic favorite nougat candy, the Charleston Chew and the Big Hunk Candy Bar – a nougat favorite!
If you want sweeter, the Oreo Candy Bar is another sweet candy bar favorite!
Frequently Asked Questions About Zero Candy Bars
Can I eat a candy bar after the expiry date?
Candy bar may lose some flavor or texture after the expiry date, whereas it will not provide any health issues.
I am not finding Zero Candy Bars in supermarkets around my area. Has the company stopped manufacturing it?
No, its manufacturing process is not stopped. All stores or supermarkets have limited shelve spaces. They will consider keeping only those products that are in more demand in that area. You can always order it online.
Is Zero Candy Bar gluten-free?
As per FDA guidelines, a product comes under the gluten-free category if it doesn’t contain protein from wheat, rye, barley, Kamut, spelt, triticale, farina, and malt vinegar. Since zero bar contains wheat as one of the ingredients, it does not fall under the gluten-free category.
Related: Almond Roca Review
Video – Review of Hershey’s Zero Candy Bar
If you want to see what the candy looks like and watch a live unwrapping and taste test, check out this video. The video has excellent close ups of the Zero candy bar packaging, the label and the inside of the bar.
Image Credit: “Zero” by Like_the_Grand_Canyon is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
I’m Jim Edwards and I started this website to share my love of Junk Food. We cover new junk food, desserts, snack foods, fast food secret menus, candy (of course!) and other related news. We love trying “secret menus” at restaurants. And we love trying new products too. So, we are trying to have some fun with our hobby and share some useful information with you, our community. Please feel to send us your suggestions and feedback through the contact form. And if you have products you would like us to try, let us know…!
