Hershey's Kitchens · Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes
Chocolate Cake
A 1/2 cake (78g) serving of Chocolate Cake by Hershey's Kitchens has 290 calories, 29g of sugars and 220mg of sodium, as submitted by Brill, Inc. to USDA (FoodData Central 2586111, record updated Jun 9, 2023). A newer USDA record of this product, under another barcode, is FoodData Central 2626542.
Values for the declared serving and per 100 g. FoodData Central 2586111, available Jun 29, 2023; USDA record.
Nutrition Facts
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Protein % DV here is not corrected for protein quality.
Computed from the values per 100 g that Brill, Inc. submitted to USDA, for the declared 78g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.
- UPC
- 715432003368
- Category
- Cakes, Cupcakes, Snack Cakes
- Records
- 5 under this UPC; this page shows the newest record of this barcode
How it compares with other cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes
Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 67% of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 47% of them.
Where the calories come from: 55% carbohydrate, 40% fat and 4% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).
Where it sits among cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes: sugar per 100 g
| Per 100 g | This product | Median of the category | Share of the category lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total sugars | 37.2 g | 31.8 g | 67% |
| Sodium | 282 mg | 289 mg | 47% |
| Protein | 3.9 g | 3.7 g | 53% |
| Calories | 372 | 386 | 39% |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; category statistics computed by GetFoodFacts from 8,749 products, one per barcode.
Other cake in this aisle
4,864 of the 8,749 cakes, cupcakes, snack cakes products are named cake. Per 100 g their median is 388 calories, 294 mg of sodium and 3.6 g of protein; 2,101 have less sodium than this one.
| Other brands with less sodium | Sodium per 100 g | Calories per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Love Food, Celebration Cake, Vanilla FRESH FOODS, LLC | 225 mg | 438 |
| Lemon Pound Cake LIDL | 225 mg | 400 |
| Vanilla Cupcakes TWO-BITE | 225 mg | 451 |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "cake", one per barcode.
What is in it
Ingredients (as submitted): SUGAR, WATER, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHOLE EGGS, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN), SOYBEAN OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), WHITE CONFECTIONERY CHIPS (SUGAR, NONFAT MILK, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL, CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN), VANILLA FLAVORED CREME (SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN OIL, PALM OIL, PALM KERNEL OIL], MILK, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, VANILLA), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, MILK FAT, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN [ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), CORN SYRUP, NONFAT DRY MILK, HEAVY WHIPPING CREAM (CREAM [MILK], CARRAGEENAN GUM, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, POLYSORBATE 80, DEXTROSE), SOY LECITHIN, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH (CORN), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK (MILK, SUGAR), SODIUM BICARBONATE, DRIED EGG WHITES, SALT, WHEAT STARCH, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ALUMINIUM PHOSPHATE, POLYSORBATE 60, EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO- AND DIESTERS OF FATS AND FATTY ACIDS, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, GUAR GUM, CITRIC ACID, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAM GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), PROPYLENE GLYCOL, SOY FLOUR.
The statement lists 35 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sugar, Water, Bleached Enriched Flour (wheat Flour. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Jun 9, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.
Source: the ingredient statement Brill, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2586111).
Questions about this product
How many calories are in Hershey's Kitchens Chocolate Cake?
290 per 1/2 cake (78g) serving, and 372 per 100 g.
How much sodium is in Hershey's Kitchens Chocolate Cake?
220mg per serving (10% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).
Is this the label on the package today?
It is the record Brill, Inc. submitted to USDA, last updated Jun 9, 2023. Recipes change: the package in your hand is the authority.
Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- this record and every record it is compared with, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what branded, SR Legacy, Foundation and survey records are. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
- survey foods and their household portions. ars.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, its rounding and the Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the FDA thresholds the comparisons count. ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov