Milk Duds
Brand of caramel and cocoa confectionery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Milk Duds are a brand of candies made with chocolate, created in 1928[3] by Hoffman and Company of Chicago and now produced and marketed by The Hershey Company, under license from owners of the brand, Highlander Partners, a Dallas-based global private equity firm.
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Product type | Candy |
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Owner | Highlander Partners / Iconic IP Interests[1] |
Produced by | The Hershey Company |
Country | United States |
Introduced | 1928; 96 years ago (1928)[2] |
Markets | Worldwide |
Previous owners |
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Ambassador(s) | M.J. Holloway & Co. |
Tagline | Chocolatey, Caramely, and Rich with Milk Chewy. Not Gooey. |
Website | hersheyland.com/milk-duds |
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The candy, marketed in a yellow-orange theater-style box, is an irregularly shaped caramel disk with a confectionery chocolate coating of cocoa and vegetable oil.
At its original naming, according to Hershey, "milk" referred to the product's initial milk ingredient, and "dud" referred to failed attempts to create a spherical shape.
Quick Facts Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz), Energy ...
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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Energy | 1,823 kJ (436 kcal) |
71.8 g | |
Sugars | 51.3 g |
Dietary fibre | 0 g |
15.4 g | |
Saturated | 9 g |
Trans | 0 g |
2.6 g | |
Vitamins | Quantity %DV† |
Vitamin A equiv. | 0% 0 μg |
Vitamin C | 0% 0 mg |
Minerals | Quantity %DV† |
Calcium | 8% 102.6 mg |
Iron | 0% 0 mg |
Sodium | 11% 256.4 mg |
Amounts converted and rounded to be relative to 100 g serving. Hershey's listed serving size is 39 g or 13 pieces (above amounts are ~2.5641 servings or ~33 pieces). | |
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[4] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[5] Source: MILK DUDS candy - Hershey's |
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