Baby Ruth is an American candy bar made of peanuts, caramel and chocolate-flavored nougat covered in chocolate. It is owned by the Swiss company NestléOriginal flavor U.S. edition; listed by weight in decreasing order: sugar, roasted peanuts, corn syrup, partially hydrogenated palm kernel and coconut oil, nonfat milk, cocoa, high-fructose corn syrup and less than 1% of glycerin, whey (from milk), dextrose, salt, monoglyceride, soy lecithin, soybean oil, natural and artificial flavors, carrageenan, TBHQ, citric acid (to preserve freshness) and caramel color.