Zero bar
Candy bar by Hershey
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The Zero candy bar is a candy bar composed of a combination of caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with a layer of white fudge. Its outwardly white color — an unusual color for a candy bar — has become its trademark. The white coating does not contain cocoa butter, so it does not technically qualify as white chocolate. Zero resembles Snickers, a candy manufactured by Mars, except Zero is white instead of dark brown.
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 A candy bar that combines caramel, peanuts, and almond nougat coated with white fudge. | |
| Product type | Candy bar |
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| Owner | Iconic IP Interests, LLC |
| Produced by | The Hershey Company |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 1920s |
| Related brands | Hershey's White Crème with Almonds |
| Website | hersheyland.com/zero |
History
The Zero bar was initially named "Double Zero", intending to sound icy cool. The name was shortened to Zero in 1934.[1] The coating melted at a higher temperature than brown chocolates, which made the bar a popular choice for summer vending in the pre-air conditioning South.[citation needed]
Hollywood Brands was first sold to Consolidated Foods Corporation in 1967 (which later became Sara Lee) and production continued after a fire destroyed the Centralia plant in 1980. A new production facility opened in 1983, and in 1988 Hollywood Brands was purchased by Huhtamaki Oyj of Helsinki, Finland, and became part of Leaf, Inc.[2]
Hershey Foods Corporation took over Leaf North America confectionery operations in 1996, and with it came the production of the Zero candy bar.[3]
Variation and sale
The candy bar is sold in three different sizes. According to the official website,[4] its traditional size is a singular bar at 1.85 ounces (52 g), comparable to the traditional full-size Hershey Bar which is 1.55 ounces (44 g).[5] As of 2020, the candy bar can also be purchased in a king size at 3.4 ounces (96 g). Finally, the candy is sold in a pack of 6 containing individually wrapped bars coming in at 1.85 ounces (52 g).[6]
Reviews
In October 2020, Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Good Mythical Morning deemed the Zero bar the "worst candy bar in the world" in a multi-day bracketed review of several different candy bars.[7]
Some critics have deemed the bar as a "white chocolate Snickers",[8] even though the Zero bar predates Snickers by a decade and its white coating does not contain cocoa butter, which makes it not technically qualify as white chocolate.[9]
